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Market power, vertical linkages, and government policy : the fish industry in Peninsular Malaysia
- Title
- Market power, vertical linkages, and government policy : the fish industry in Peninsular Malaysia / Ishak Haji Omar.
- Author
- Ishak Haji Omar.
- Publication
- Kuala Lumpur ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | HD9466.M353 M355 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 192 pages : illustrations, map; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Problems of agricultural marketing have long been of concern to policy-makers, especially in determining the relative roles to be played by the private and public sectors in improving market performance. This book is a comprehensive evaluation of the fish trade in Peninsular Malaysia, a business fraught with risks and uncertainties. It draws upon various economic theories and statistical tools to establish the market characteristics of the trade of a highly heterogeneous commodity in a multi-market distribution system. Intriguing features of the fish trade are identified, some of which are at divergence with the conventional wisdom. In the study, attention is first focused on the industrial structure framework, with special emphasis on, and modifications to, concepts that are of importance to fish marketing. Then, the structural features of the fish trade and its market conduct are established and government and co-operative intervention schemes evaluated. The final chapter synthesizes the findings across the board to gauge the overall competitiveness of the fish industry and makes policy suggestions for improving market performance.
- Series Statement
- South-East Asian social science monographs
- Uniform Title
- South-East Asian social science monographs
- Subject
- Fish trade > Malaysia > Malaya
- Fisheries > Malaysia > Malaya
- 83.67 industry
- Fish trade
- Fisheries
- Fischerei
- Wirtschaftspolitik
- Fischindustrie
- Fischwirtschaft
- Visindustrie
- Visserijbeleid
- Fish trade > Government policy > Malysia > Malaya
- Produits de la pêche > Industrie et commerce > Malaisie > Malaisie occidentale
- Geschichte 1960-1994
- Malaya
- Malaysia
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. The Economic Setting -- 2. The Fisheries Sector -- 3. Market Structure in a Vertical System -- 4. Evidence on the Market Structure for Fish -- 5. Market Conduct -- 6. Government Intervention in the Fish Trade -- 7. Co-operatives and Market Intervention -- 8. Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 9676530565
- 9789676530561
- LCCN
- 94015916
- OCLC
- ocm30318930
- 30318930
- SCSB-2045449
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library