Individual transferable quotas and the "tragedy of the commons"

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1889-1896

  Parslow, John ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHABILITY; FISHERY POLICY; FUTURE PROSPECT; INCENTIVE; PROFITABILITY; QUOTA SYSTEM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78149404014     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-104     Document Type: Article

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