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In many spatial resource models it is assumed that the agent is able to determine the harvesting activity over the complete spatial domain. However, agents frequently have only access to a resource at particular locations at which the moving biomass, such as fish or game, may be caught or...
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enclosure for nearshore fisheries. For highly migratory and offshore fisheries, enclosure is inefficient, and customary law …
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We study optimal climate policy for a "policy bloc" of countries facing a market where emissions offsets can be purchased from a non-policy "fringe" of countries (such as for the CDM). Policy-bloc firms benefit from free quota allocations whose quantity is updated according to firms' past...
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We evaluate equity-efficiency trade-offs from admissions quotas by examining effects on output once beneficiaries start producing in the relevant industry. In particular, we document the impact of abolishing a 40% quota for male primary school teachers in Finland on their pupils' long-run...
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The trade-off between increased representation and perceived quality is central to the debate on how to address underrepresentation in high-profile professions. We address this trade-off using a dynamic model of career selection where juniors value both the identity and perceived quality of...
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We study the co-existence of two community-based institutions for fisheries management in Benin: a traditional …
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encourage more stable long-run economic growth. Thereafter, the paper considers Iceland as a case study of the intertwined … more foreign exchange than fisheries. The paper ends with some general policy conclusions. …
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until 2008 with the experience of Sweden and Iceland. The working hypothesis is that social capital decay can be a precursor … as well as consequence of slow economic growth and of financial crises. Iceland is a case in point. An increasingly …
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This paper reviews economic developments in Iceland following its financial collapse in 2008, focusing on causes and … developments elsewhere on the periphery of Europe, in Greece, Ireland, and Portugal. In some ways, however, Iceland resembles Italy …
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This paper maps the use of digital tools in the Icelandic constitutional revision process of 2011 and discusses its aftermath in subsequent years. Although causal links between the digital elements of the process and the content and fate of the constitutional bill are impossible to establish, an...
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