Design principles for individual transferable quotas

Marine Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-141

  Townsend, Ralph E ^a   McColl, James ^b   Young, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Individual transferable quotas; Transactions costs

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; QUOTA SYSTEM; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 31044435311     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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