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On blending mandates, border tax adjustment and import standards for biofuels
(2009-12-09)
The transport sector is a major contributor to green house gas
(GHG) emissions and its share is increasing. Biofuels may pro-
vide an option to replace fossil fuels and generate an increasing
worldwide interest. Rich ...
Heterogeneous preferences for marine amenities: A choice experiment applied to water quality
(2004)
The marine environment provides many goods and services dependent upon the quality of coastal waters. In this paper, we represent water quality by three different attributes, fish stock level, bathing water quality, and ...
Technical efficiency in the Swedish trawl fishery for Norway lobster
(2001)
Reducing fleet capacity in European fisheries is an important objective of the European Union's Common
Fisheries Policy. The success of such programmes depends both on the variation and the level of efficiency within the ...
Difference in Preferences or in Preference Orderings? Comparing Choices of Environmental Bureaucrats, Recreational Anglers, and the Public
(2016-08)
Do Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) bureaucrats represent the general public or are they more in line with an interest group? We study preferences for environmental policy using a choice experiment (CE) on three ...
Effects of Global Fisheries on Developing Countries Possibilities for Income and Threat of Depletion
(2009-11-30)
This study deals with fisheries and trade, focusing on developing countries. Fish is globally
traded, and for many developing countries, it is an important net export good. In most of these countries,
fisheries are often ...
Regulatory Compliance in Lake Victoria Fisheries
(2005)
This paper analyzes the causes for regulatory compliance using traditional deterrence
variables and potential moral and social variables. We use self-reported data from Tanzanian artisanal fishers in Lake Victoria. The ...
Why (field) experiments on unethical behavior are important: Comparing stated and revealed behavior
(2016-06)
Understanding unethical behavior is essential to many phenomena in the real world. We carry out a field experiment in a unique setting that varies the levels of reciprocity and guilt in an ethical decision. A survey more ...
Trade and Resources: Welfare effects of the Lake Victoria fisheries boom
(2012-05)
In this paper we examine the welfare implications of the Tanzanian fisheries boom following from the increase in quantities and prices of the Lake Victoria Nile perch export during 1993-2008. We use the theoretical model ...
Jens Warming (1931) on Open Access, Pigovian Tax, and Property Rights
(2009-12-01)
This article summarizes the contribution in fisheries economics by the Danish economist Jens Warming and gives a translation of his article “Aalegaardsretten” (The Danish Right to Eel Weir, 1931). Warming, provides an early ...
Stochastic Production and Heterogeneous Risk Preferences: Commercial Fishers Gear Choices
(2001)
As long as total effort cannot be completely controlled, a more thorough understanding of fishers' supply
response decisions will be beneficial for fishery managers. In this paper, we present a model of fishers'
gear ...