September 26, 2008

More Definitive Evidence That Property Rights Improve Fishing Yields and Sustainability

Lynne Kiesling I’ve been enjoying this new research from environmental economist Chris Costello and his two co-authors, Steven Gaines and John Lynham: “Can Catch Shares Prevent Fisheries Collapse?”: Recent reports suggest that most of the world’s commercial fisheries could collapse within decades. Although poor fisheries governance is often implicated, evaluation of solutions remains rare. Bioeconomic …

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Antitrust Policy Conference at Nu

Lynne Kiesling Today and tomorrow I’m at a antitrust law and policy conference at Northwestern, co-sponsored by the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth and the Center for the Study of Industrial Organization. As you can see from the agenda, it’s full of interesting papers from top antitrust scholars and practitioners.