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Title
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Voodoo versus fishing committees : the role of traditional and contemporary institutions in fisheries management
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Author
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Abstract
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| We study the co-existence of two community-based institutions for fisheries management in Benin: a traditional institution embedded in the Voodoo religion and a recent secular institution in the form of fishing committees. Using household survey data on fishing activities, we find that rules of both institutions have a statistically significant but small impact on the use of unsustainable fishing gear. We further find that Voodoo fishers who break the traditional Voodoo-based rule follow the fishing committee rule to the same extent as other fishers. This finding is consistent with a possible transition from the traditional Voodoo-based institution to the secular fishing committee institution. More research is needed to fully assess the effectiveness of, and interactions between, the two institutions |
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Language
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English
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Source (series)
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CESifo Working Paper ; 5243
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Publication
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Münich
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Center for Economic Studies & Ifo Institute
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2015
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Volume/pages
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41 p.
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Full text (open access)
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