Resource Library of Subsidy Documents

Many organizations and key members of government believe that US energy markets need to embark on an accelerated transition off of oil.  Some focus on diversification away from oil imports in order to stop funding countries that don't like us much.  Others focus on climate change worries, working to…

Tracking energy subsidies for a single country is a challenging task; trying to measure them globally is even more so.  Multi-country studies of fossil fuel studies have been done, and normally use a price gap measure.  This approach compares the world price of the energy commodity with a transport…

This chapter reviews the major policy developments affecting the fuel-ethanol industry of the United States since the late 1970s, quantifies their value to the industry, and evaluates the efficacy of ethanol subsidization in achieving greenhouse gas reduction goals.  Total support to ethanol is…

1998 (October 28-30, Portsmouth, U.K.). First Workshop of the EU Concerted Action on Economics and the Common Fisheries Policy. Organised by the Centre for the Economics and Management of Aquatic Resources (CEMARE) of the University of Portsmouth.

1999 (May 5-7, Brest, France). Second Workshop of the EU Concerted Action on Economics and the Common Fisheries Policy. Organised by the Centre for the Economics and Management of Aquatic Resources (CEMARE) of the University of Portsmouth.

1999 (October 28-30, Vigo, Spain). Third Workshop of the EU Concerted Action on Economics and the Common Fisheries Policy. Organised by the Centre for the Economics and Management of Aquatic Resources (CEMARE) of the University of Portsmouth.

2000 (October 26-28, Bergen, Norway). Fourth Workshop of the EU Concerted Action on Economics and the Common Fisheries Policy. Organised by the Centre for the Economics and Management of Aquatic Resources (CEMARE) of the University of Portsmouth.

2002 (July 4-5, Rome, Italy). Fishing in the Dark: A Symposium on Access to Environmental Information and Government Accountability in Fishing, Subsidy Programmes. (Symposium Proceedings). WWF and European Policy Centre.

2002 (December 3-6, Rome, Italy). Conclusions And Recommendations Of The Fao Expert Consultation On Identifying, Assessing And Reporting On Subsidies In The Fishing Industry

Food and Agriculture Organization.

OECD Conference. Workshop focuses on IUU fisheries activities using a multi-disciplinary approach to assess a broader range of ameliorative actions.

Eugene H. Buck. F Report No. 95-937 (15 August 1995). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Congressional Research Service.

Eugene H. Buck, Issue Brief No. 35-296 ENR (22 February 1995). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Congressional Research Service.

Report to Congress. Washington: Government Printing Office.

Ola Flaaten and Paul Wallis, OECD Publication. Government financial transfers (GFTs) to the marine capture fishery sectors in OECD Member countries represent a significant policy intervention. These transfers have a variety of objectives and governments employ a number of means to implement them…

Gordon R. Munro and Ussif Rashid Sumaila in Tony Pitcher, Ussif Rashid Sumaila and Daniel Pauly (eds), Fisheries Impacts on North Atlantic Ecosystems: Evaluations and Policy Exploration, Fisheries Centre Research Reports 9(5). 94 pp.

Bertrand Le Gallic, OECD Publication. Discusses reasons that OECD countries have not adopted market-based instruments in fisheries despite commitments to do so. Countries evaluted include Australia, Canada, Iceland, Netherlands, New Zealand, and United States.

(Summary). OECD. Experience has shown that a regime which does not adequately limit fishing capacity may lead to overexploitation and poor economic performance. Report analyzes the use of alternative managements regimes in over 100 fisheries and assesses their effectiveness in OECD countries. Whole…

Paul Wallis and Ola Flaaten, OECD Publication. This study explores the extent of the cost of government financial transfers and how they vary between countries, fisheries and management systems in use.

Anthony Cox. Presentation at New Zealand Deep Sea Conference (December 1-5, 2003).