Efficient management of marine resources in conflict: an empirical study of marine sand mining, Korea.
This article develops a dynamic model of efficient use of exhaustible marine sand resources in the context of marine mining externalities. The classical Hotelling extraction model is applied to sand mining in Ongjin, Korea and extended to include the estimated marginal external costs that mining imposes on marine fisheries. The socially efficient sand extraction plan is compared with the extraction paths suggested by scientific research. If marginal environmental costs are correctly estimated, the developed efficient extraction plan considering the resource rent may increase the social welfare and reduce the conflicts among the marine sand resource users. The empirical results are interpreted with an emphasis on guidelines for coastal resource management policy.
Kim
Tae-Goun
TG
Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State, MS 39762, United States. kim@agecon.msstate.edu
D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D005398:Fisheries; D008386:Marine Biology; D008906:Mining; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D056910:Republic of Korea