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Regulating Multiple Externalities: The Case of Nordic Fisheries

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  • Staffan Waldo
  • Frank Jensen
  • Max Nielsen
  • Hans Ellefsen
  • Jónas Hallgrimsson
  • Cecilia Hammarlund
  • Øystein Hermansen
  • John Isaksen

Abstract

Open access is a well-known externality problem in fisheries causing excess capacity and overfishing. Due to global warming, externality problems from CO2 emissions have gained increased interest. With two externality problems, a first-best optimum can be achieved by using two regulatory instruments. However, solving the open-access externality problem also affects CO2 emissions. By using a bio-economic model covering Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and the Faroe Islands, it is shown that regulations of the open-access externality problem have a large effect on both economic performance and CO2 emissions, while an additional CO2 regulation only has minor effects. The second-best solution achieved by only regulating open access reduces emissions by approximately 50% compared to current fisheries, with the exception of Iceland, which already has a well-developed fisheries management system.

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  • Staffan Waldo & Frank Jensen & Max Nielsen & Hans Ellefsen & Jónas Hallgrimsson & Cecilia Hammarlund & Øystein Hermansen & John Isaksen, 2016. "Regulating Multiple Externalities: The Case of Nordic Fisheries," Marine Resource Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 31(2), pages 233-257.
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