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Dept. of Economics
UNIVERSITY of ALASKA
ANCHORAGE
Voluntary Approaches to Transitioning fromCompetitive Fisheries to Rights-Based
Management:An Experimental Analysis
or
Bringing the Field into the Lab
Gunnar KnappJim Murphy
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Dept. of Economics
UNIVERSITY of ALASKA
ANCHORAGEEvolution of fisheries management institutionsInstitution Characteristics Problem
Open-Access(Common Pool)
No regulation Over-fishing(“Tragedy of the Commons”)
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Dept. of Economics
UNIVERSITY of ALASKA
ANCHORAGEEvolution of fisheries management institutionsInstitution Characteristics Problem
Open-Access(Common Pool)
No regulation Over-fishing(“Tragedy of the Commons”)
RegulatedOpen-Access
Limit on total catch Race for fish;Excess inputs
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Dept. of Economics
UNIVERSITY of ALASKA
ANCHORAGEEvolution of fisheries management institutionsInstitution Characteristics Problem
Open-Access(Common Pool)
No regulation Over-fishing(“Tragedy of the Commons”)
RegulatedOpen-Access
Limit on total catch Race for fish;Excess inputs
Limited entryInput restrictions
Race for fish;“Capital stuffing” of unrestricted inputs
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Problems with Limited Entry Management in Alaska’s Bristol Bay Salmon Fishery . . . Race for Fish
Fishermen get in each other’s way competing for the best place to catch fish (“Derby fishing)
(Photograph by Bart Eaton)
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Although boats are restricted to 32’ in length, over time fishermen have built wider and taller boats in an effort to catch a larger share of the available fish.
Boat costs have increased without any corresponding increase in catches.
Old 32’ boat (1970s)New 32’ boat (1990s)
(Photograph by Norm Van Vactor)
Problems with Limited Entry Management in Alaska’s Bristol Bay Salmon Fishery . . .“Capital Stuffing”
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Evolution of fisheries management institutionsInstitution Characteristics Problem
Open-Access(Common Pool)
No regulation Over-fishing(“Tragedy of the Commons”)
RegulatedOpen-Access
Limit on total catch Race for fish;Excess inputs
Limited entryInput restrictions
Race for fish;“Capital stuffing” of unrestricted inputs
Rights-Based Limits on individual catches(Individual quotas)
Allocation issues(who gets the quotas?)Transition issues
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Our Research Focus:Voluntary Transition to Rights-Based Management APPROACH:
• Divide the total quota between a derby fishery and a rights-based fishery
• Give fishermen a choice between fisheries• Base quotas on the number of fishermen choosing each fishery
LOGIC:• Opportunity to demonstrate benefits• “Win-win” • Reduced opposition
QUESTION:• Does voluntary transition lead to easier and quicker adoption?
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Experimental Methodology
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Basic math of the derby fishery problem:
p price of harvest
qi individual harvest
xi input choice
ci (xi) cost function
max i i ipq c xStandard profit max:
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Maximizing profits in a derby
i ii
j j
xq Q
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p price of harvest
qi individual harvest
xi input choice
ci (xi) cost function
max i i ipq c xStandard profit max:
i skill
Q aggregate quota
where:
Share of total harvest
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Potential experimental approach:Nonlinear social dilemma payoff table
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101 9.56 12.46 13.69 14.25 14.48 14.52 14.44 14.28 14.06 13.81 0.142 6.23 9.13 10.69 11.58 12.10 12.38 12.49 12.50 12.43 12.29 0.293 4.56 7.13 8.69 9.68 10.31 10.71 10.94 11.05 11.06 11.01 0.434 3.56 5.79 7.26 8.25 8.92 9.38 9.66 9.83 9.91 9.91 0.575 2.90 4.84 6.19 7.14 7.81 8.28 8.60 8.81 8.92 8.96 0.716 2.42 4.13 5.35 6.25 6.90 7.38 7.71 7.93 8.06 8.13 0.867 2.06 3.57 4.69 5.52 6.15 6.61 6.94 7.17 7.31 7.39 1.00
64 -0.13 -0.27 -0.42 -0.57 -0.74 -0.91 -1.09 -1.28 -1.47 -1.67 9.1465 -0.13 -0.28 -0.43 -0.59 -0.76 -0.93 -1.12 -1.31 -1.51 -1.71 9.2966 -0.14 -0.29 -0.44 -0.61 -0.78 -0.96 -1.14 -1.34 -1.54 -1.74 9.4367 -0.14 -0.30 -0.46 -0.62 -0.80 -0.98 -1.17 -1.37 -1.57 -1.78 9.5768 -0.15 -0.30 -0.47 -0.64 -0.82 -1.00 -1.20 -1.39 -1.60 -1.81 9.7169 -0.15 -0.31 -0.48 -0.65 -0.84 -1.03 -1.22 -1.42 -1.63 -1.84 9.8670 -0.16 -0.32 -0.49 -0.67 -0.85 -1.05 -1.24 -1.45 -1.66 -1.88 10.00
My Input Choice
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Concerns about payoff tables
We don’t live in a world of payoff tables• A lot of numbers, hard to read• Too abstract??
Frames how a person should think about the game• May affect extent of cooperative behavior
How to address heterogeneity of fishing skill?
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Harvesting experiment
8 subjects per group 20 cups of beans in large bowl Revenue is $1/cup.
Subjects need to purchase “gear” to harvest the beans.• Select a measuring cup• Larger gear costs more.
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Experiment supplies
20 cups of pinto beans
Measuring scoops
Subjects harvest beans by scooping them into a pitcher on the floor
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Gear (measuring cups)
Scoop Size(cups)
Cost(scoops)
Cost(cups)
1/8 0.551/4 1.091/3 1.461/2 2.192/3 2.923/4 3.281 4.38
TotalPer Person 2.5 cups
Cost of your harvesting scoop is:
4.375
Amount of beans in the bowl20.0 cups
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RoundTreatment
1Treatment
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Derby
Derby Derby5678
Choice between Derby &
Individual Quota
Choice between Derby &
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Skill1516
Experiment Summary:
3 treatments4 sessions per
treatment16 rounds per session
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Derby video
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An unanticipated but interesting result:Significant rent dissipation occurs as beans are spilled
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10 20 30 40 50Percent of Beans Spilled
Mean = 27%
$5.40 per period spilled
(= $0.68/person)
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There is wide heterogeneity in “fishing” skill, highly correlated across rounds
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We can predict catch shares accurately as a function of “skill” and cup choices (we can estimate catch functions)
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Share of Catch vs. Share of Power
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Distribution of Cup Choices
Rent dissipation occurs through capital stuffing:Subjects choose scoops larger than 1/8 cup
“Nash” Prediction (with homogeneous subjects):
1/2 cup if no spills
1/3 cup if 25% spilled
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Derby Earnings – Rents are almost fully dissipated
Mean = $0.15
17% were < 0
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Derby Summary
Predicted(with no spills,
subject homogeneity) Mean Observed
Harvest / person 2.50 1.81 (73%)Spills are an
externality
Cup size 1/2 cup(cost=2.19)
1/3 cup(mean cost=1.66)
Earnings 0.31(16% efficiency)
0.15(8% efficiency)
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IFQ video
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Voluntary transition: hypotheses
Given the option to choose between a competitive fishery and a quota fishery, some but not all subjects will choose the quota fishery
Over time, the number of subjects choosing the quota fishery will increase
Average gear use (harvest cost) will be lower in both the quota and the competitive fishery than in a competitive-only fishery
Average profits will be higher in both the quota and the competitive fishery than in a competitive-only fishery
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RESULTS:Some but not all subjects chose the quota fishery.Over time, the number of subjects choosing the quota fishery
increased. Average Number of Subjects Choosing Quota Fishery
(Average for four experiments, IHQ80 Treatment*)
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*Beans were allocated between bowls so that the
volume of beans per subject was always 25% higher in the competitive fishery than in the
quota fishery.
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RESULTS: Average gear use (harvest cost) are lower in the quota fishery and (in later periods) in the competitive fishery
Average Cup Size by Period(Average for four experiments, IHQ80 treatment experiments)
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Competitive,optional scoop size
Competitive bowl
Quota bowl
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RESULTS: Average profits are higher in both the quota and the competitive fishery than in a competitive-only fishery
Average Earnings by Period(Average for four experiments, IHQ80 treatment experiments)
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