Assessing efficiency gains from individual transferable quotas: An application to the Mid-Atlantic surf clam and ocean quahog fishery

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 750-764

  Weninger, Quinn ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Efficiency gains; Fleet restructuring; Individual transferable quotas

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; QUOTA SYSTEM; SHELLFISH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032321554     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244061     Document Type: Article

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