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Links between fishery and the work of Johann Heinrich von Thünen, eponym of the newly founded Federal Research Institute
Author(s) -
Berkenhagen J.,
Ebeling M. W.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of applied ichthyology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1439-0426
pISSN - 0175-8659
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01442.x
Subject(s) - estate , work (physics) , relevance (law) , management , economic history , political science , fishery , economics , law , engineering , biology , mechanical engineering
Summary The Johann Heinrich von Thünen‐Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries is one of four newly established large scale federal research institutions. It comprises the former Federal Research Centre for Fisheries, the Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products and large parts of the Federal Agricultural Research Centre. The institute is named after Johann Heinrich von Thünen, a famous national economist and social reformer of the 19th century. Von Thünen developed the first serious treatment of spatial economics (the so‐called Thünen rings) and the basics of the theory of the natural wage. Moreover, he created marginalism and managerial economics by recording and analysing the accounts of his estate, as well as elaborating one of the first models of general equilibrium. This article aims at introducing Johann Heinrich von Thünen’s life and work with a closer look at its relevance for current fisheries research.