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The document discusses the implications of taxing the market value of quotas in an individual transferable quota (ITQ) fisheries system, noting that while such a tax may appear to capture economic rents, it could actually distort fisher behavior and incentives, potentially leading the industry to lobby for changes to the total allowable catch that would lower aggregate rents and tax revenue. The paper argues that rather than taxing quota values, alternative approaches like user fees based on a percentage of
- Author
- Rio Aborka
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- EN