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Buyback programs in commercial fisheries: effciency versus transfers

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  • Quinn Weninger
  • K. E. McConnell

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A Cournot model of investment is used to characterize the pre‐ and post‐buyback investment equilibrium for vessels operating in a total‐allowable‐catch‐regulated fishery. Welfare effects – the net welfare gains or losses and the distributional effects – that may be expected from vessel buyback programs are identifed. Net welfare effects depend on the ability of remaining vessels to replace buyback capital, the speed of capital replacement, and capital investment irreversibility. Net welfare effects are likely to be positive only under exceptional technological and capital‐market conditions. A brief review of the British Columbia Pacific Salmon Revitalization Plan is presented to anchor the theoretical model. JEL Classification: Q28, D24 Les auteurs utilisent un modèle d;qgainvestissement à la Cournot pour analyser la situation d;qga´equilibre d'investissement avant et après le rachat de vaisseaux opérant dans des pêches où le total des prises permises est réglementé. Les effets de bien‐être – les effets nets de gains ou de pertes et les effets de redistribution – qu;qgaon peut anticiper de programmes de rachats de vaisseaux sont identifiés Les effets nets de bien‐être dépendent de la capacité des vaisseaux qui restent en service à remplacer le capital racheté, de la vitesse avec laquelle le capital est remplacé, et de l'irréversibilité de la capitalisation. Les effets nets de bien‐être sont susceptibles d'être positifs seulement dans des conditions exceptionnelles sur le plan technologique et pour ce qui est du marché du capital. Les auteurs examinent le plan de revitalisation du saumon du Pacifique de la Colombie Britannique pour donner un point d;qgaancrage au modèle théorique.

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  • Quinn Weninger & K. E. McConnell, 2000. "Buyback programs in commercial fisheries: effciency versus transfers," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 33(2), pages 394-412, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:canjec:v:33:y:2000:i:2:p:394-412
    DOI: 10.1111/0008-4085.00021
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    • Q28 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Government Policy
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity

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