Efficiency Costs of Social Objectives in Tradable Permit Programs

Kailin Kroetz, James Sanchirico () and Daniel K. Lew

Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2015, vol. 2, issue 3, 339 - 366

Abstract: Objectives of tradable permit programs are often broader than internalizing an externality and improving economic efficiency. Many programs are designed to accommodate community, cultural, and other nonefficiency goals through restrictions on trading. However, restrictions can decrease economic efficiency gains. We use a policy experiment from the Alaska halibut and sablefish tradable permit program, which includes both restricted and unrestricted permits, to develop one of the few empirical measurements of the costs of meeting nonefficiency goals. We estimate that restrictions are reducing resource rent in the halibut and sablefish fisheries by 25% and 9%, respectively.

Date: 2015
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