Limits to the Privatization of Fishery Resources
探讨渔业资源私有化是否总是社会最优,指出私有化存在明确限度,并讨论了逐渔场识别这些限度的方法。
A debate is emerging over the extent to which privatization of fishery resources is socially desirable. The “pessimists” argue that there are strict limits to socially optimal privatization of such resources. The “optimists” maintain that there are no effective limits to privatization and that the decades old fear that privatization could, in some cases, lead to resource extinction are of theoretical interest only. We argue here that these fears are, regrettably, not baseless and that there are definite limits to socially desirable privatization. We discuss means by which such limits could be identified on a fisherybyfishery basis. <i></i>