Meetings with Costly Participation: An Empirical Analysis
Using data from the Mid-Atlantic surf clam and ocean quahog fishery, we find that firms with a preference for extreme, rather than moderate, policies are much more likely to participate in public meetings where regulation is determined. We also find that participation rates are higher for larger, cl...
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ftiowastateuniv:oai:lib.dr.iastate.edu:econ_las_pubs-1401 2023-05-15T17:52:18+02:00 Meetings with Costly Participation: An Empirical Analysis Turner, Matthew Weninger, Quinn 2005-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/econ_las_pubs/400 https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1401&context=econ_las_pubs en eng Iowa State University Digital Repository https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/econ_las_pubs/400 https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1401&context=econ_las_pubs Economics Publications Agricultural and Resource Economics Industrial Organization Natural Resource Economics text 2005 ftiowastateuniv 2021-08-28T22:46:36Z Using data from the Mid-Atlantic surf clam and ocean quahog fishery, we find that firms with a preference for extreme, rather than moderate, policies are much more likely to participate in public meetings where regulation is determined. We also find that participation rates are higher for larger, closer, and more influential firms. These results: (1) improve our understanding of a very common institution for resource allocation, “meetings with costly participation”, (2) they refine our intuition about regulatory capture, (3) they provide broad confirmation of the recent theoretical literature predicting that polarization and bipartisanship should emerge under a variety of democratic institutions, and finally, (4) they may help to explain management problems in U.S. fisheries. Text Ocean quahog Digital Repository @ Iowa State University |
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Using data from the Mid-Atlantic surf clam and ocean quahog fishery, we find that firms with a preference for extreme, rather than moderate, policies are much more likely to participate in public meetings where regulation is determined. We also find that participation rates are higher for larger, closer, and more influential firms. These results: (1) improve our understanding of a very common institution for resource allocation, “meetings with costly participation”, (2) they refine our intuition about regulatory capture, (3) they provide broad confirmation of the recent theoretical literature predicting that polarization and bipartisanship should emerge under a variety of democratic institutions, and finally, (4) they may help to explain management problems in U.S. fisheries. |
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