Aquaculture economics
Economic performance in salmon farming, including production costs, biological risk, productivity, regulation, investment and industry structure.
Production costsBiological riskIndustry structureSeafood markets
Research
Economics of resource-based industries
Research connecting finance and economics with the markets, regulation and operating conditions of seafood and energy industries.
Resource taxation
How economic rent taxation and other fiscal instruments affect investment decisions, neutrality, company value and the distribution of economic rent.
Aquaculture taxPetroleum taxNeutralityInvestment
Valuation and accounting
Valuation of companies and projects, financial statement analysis, accounting choices and the value relevance of financial and operational information.
Company valuationFinancial reportingCash flowReal options
Commodity markets and risk
Spot and futures markets, price volatility, hedging, derivatives and risk management in salmon, natural gas, petroleum and other commodities.
FuturesVolatilityHedgingPrice formation
Current projects
Collaborative research
Projects addressing food systems, sustainable inputs and the economic conditions of aquaculture.
SeaFood: the sea within the food system
Examining seafood as part of the wider food system and connecting questions of production, markets, sustainability and resource use.
NVA project record ↗Mussel Up
Exploring mussel protein as a sustainable feed ingredient. The economic and sustainability work is led through NORCE.
FHF project page ↗Methods and application
Research grounded in industry conditions
The research combines financial economics, applied econometrics and industry analysis.
Questions are framed around actual investment decisions, market institutions, company reporting and policy design. This connects academic research to decisions made by firms, regulators and other participants in resource industries.