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Individual Value-Driven Rent Dissipation in Limited-Entry Fisheries: Experimental Evidence

Creator:

Dunham, Gabe, Ainsworth, Joel, Murphy, Jim, and Knapp, Gunnar

Abstract:

Economists have devoted considerable attention to rent-dissipation in limited-entry fisheries as a result of excessive use of capital inputs, or "capital stuffing." We may refer to this mechanism of rent dissipation as "cost-driven rent dissipation." An alternative potential mechanism of rent dissipation, which we refer to as "value-driven rent dissipation,"...

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Voluntary Approaches to Transitioning from Competive Fisheries to Rights- Based Management

Creator:

Knapp, Gunnar and Murphy, James J.

Abstract:

Despite potential advantages of rights-based management over competitive fisheries, there has been significant political resistance to rights-based management from many fishermen, which has slowed the adoption of rights-based management. This paper explores the concept of voluntary transitions to rights-based management, under which fishermen may choose between an allocated fishery (with...

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