This paper examines how non-binding co-operative agreements on marine fisheries management can be sustained when management plans in participating countries are implemented with error. The effects of implementation uncertainty on voluntary co-operation are compared to those of recruitment...

We address the general problem of selection bias, endemic to analyzing the effects of any policy where adoption is voluntary, with empirical application to environmental policies for agriculture. Many voluntary practices for mitigating the environmental impacts of agriculture provide external...

The Dasgupta Review takes a global perspective. Biodiversity varies geographically, and the success of biodiversity actions is sensitive to national institutional and socio-ecological conditions. Therefore, the implementation of the options for change (OCs) suggested by the Review calls for a...