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Possibilities for a Common Fisheries Development and Management Policy for the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (O.E.C.S.)
Joseph, Daven C. - 1991
The fisheries resources within the EEZs of countries in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States is not being exploited at their maximum sustainable yield. Fisheries development has however been hampered by a history of these states, little or no sectoral development planning. If member...
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The New England Fishing Industry: A Case for Altering Conditions of Competition in Both the Fishery and in the Market
Brennan, William Joseph - 1985
The New England fishing industry is presented in detail including an historical review, a discussion of current difficulties, and an examination of the public policy dilemma between resource conservation and industry promotion. Continuing efforts to revitalize the United States fishing industry...
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Perspectives: Wealth-based Fisheries Management: Using Fisheries Wealth to Orchestrate Sound Fisheries Policy in Practice
Cunningham, Stephen; Neiland, Arthur E.; Arbuckle, Michael - 2009
The importance of resource rent in fisheries has long been acknowledged. By generating such rents, economically efficient management systems increase value added and the sector’s contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) and growth. However, despite the successful adoption of such...
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Portfolio optimization with risk constraints
Gandy, Ralf - 2005
In dieser Arbeit setzen wir uns mit den Auswirkungen von Risikobeschränkungen auf das optimale Verhalten eines Investors auseinander, welcher versucht, den erwarteten Endnutzen zu einem festgelegten Zeitpunkt zu maximieren. Dazu kann er ein vorgegebenes Anfangsvermögen in einem Markt...
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Distributing the Benefits from the Commons
Silvestre, Joaquim - 1993
"The common-property literature has often focused on the question of efficiency. Here we consider distributional issues instead. How should the benefits of the commons (say, a fishery) be distributed? We approach the question from the viewpoint of ownership rather than income redistribution. "A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468330
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Foundations for Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
Ahn, Toh-Kyeong - 2001
"Institutional approaches to social dilemmas have so far focused on how to create incentive structures that channel individuals' behavior into socially desirable outcomes assuming that everyone is selfish. However, the presumption of universal selfishness is not only empirically invalid but may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468335
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Appropriation Externalities in the Commons: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Herr, Andrew - 1996
of the commons.' This dissertation combines the tools of game theory and experimental methods to gain a broader …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468337
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Essays on Individual Behavior in Social Dilemma Environments: An Experimental Analysis
Dudley, Dean - 1993
"In this study, individual level behavior is investigated in the context of computer assisted voluntary contribution mechanism public good (VCM) provision experiments and common pool resource (CPR) appropriation experiments. Previous studies of these environments have concentrated on aggregate...
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Salience and Its Implications for Common-Pool Resource Management in Scotland: A Tragedy of a Different Kind?
Brown, Katrina Myrvang; Slee, Bill - 2002
"In past contributions to CPR theory, the issue of salience/dependence on a resource has been flagged up as a one of a … high. However, cases do exist of CPRs in which this assumption does not hold, and consequently, related theory proves to be … into question the possibility and utility of constructing a coherent CPR meta-theory." …
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Institutional Equilibrium and Equilibrium Institutions
Shepsle, Kenneth A. - 1983
"This theme paper focuses on political institutions and their effects on social choice. Institutions are argued to play a mediating rolebetween the preferences of individuals and social choices. In addition to playing an endogenous role in molding and channeling preferences, institutions...
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