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Against the Wind: The Difficult Task of a Fisheries Researcher in the Early 20th Century
Against the Wind: The Difficult Task of a Fisheries Researcher in the Early 20th Century

Author(s): Manuel Pacheco Coelho
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Polska Akademia Nauk - Oddział w Gdańsku, Komisja Socjologii Morskiej
Keywords: Jens Warming; Common Property; Fisheries; Regulation

Summary/Abstract: In his seminal paper, Gordon (1954) argued that, in a situation of open access and competition, the market would not lead to the most efficient solution in resource use. Almost four decades earlier, in 1911, a Danish economist, Jens Warming, put this issue and made a very similar analysis for the fisheries sector. This research makes a reflection on the proposed explanation for the common property problem and asks what went wrong and why the important achievements of Warming had not the justified academic applause and practical impact.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: XXII
  • Page Range: 19-26
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English