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Unraveling the Multiple Margins of Rent Generation from Individual Transferable Quotas

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  • Matthew N. Reimer

    (Institute of Social and Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage)

  • Joshua K. Abbott

    (School of Sustainability, Arizona State University)

  • James E. Wilen

    (Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis)

Abstract

Individual transferable quotas (ITQs) induce changes along the both the extensive margin—via consolidation of quota among fewer vessels—and the intensive margin, as harvesters adjust their behavior to ITQ incentives. We use ITQ introduction in the Bering Sea crab fishery to decompose the sources of rent generation across both margins. We embed an empirically calibrated structural model of the harvesting process into a sector-level model, allowing us to experimentally "unravel" the ITQ treatment. We show that the magnitude and source of rent generation under ITQs critically depends on the manner and degree of rent dissipation before ITQs are implemented.

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  • Matthew N. Reimer & Joshua K. Abbott & James E. Wilen, 2013. "Unraveling the Multiple Margins of Rent Generation from Individual Transferable Quotas," Working Papers 2013-03, University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    fisheries; ITQ; production function; intensive margin; Alaska; crab;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q22 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Fishery
    • Q28 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Government Policy
    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory

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