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Evaluating the potential of marketable permits in a framed field experiment: Forest conservation in Nepal

Raja Rajendra Timilsina, School of Economics and Management, Kochi University of Technology, Japan, Koji Kotani, Research Center for Future Design, Kochi University of Technology, Japan AND Urban Institute, Kyusyu University, Japan AND College of Business, Rikkyo University, Japan, kojikotani757@gmail.com
 
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Raja Rajendra Timilsina and Koji Kotani (2017), "Evaluating the potential of marketable permits in a framed field experiment: Forest conservation in Nepal", Journal of Forest Economics: Vol. 29: No. 1, pp 25-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfe.2016.11.003

Publication Date: 0/12/2017
© 0 2017 Raja Rajendra Timilsina, Koji Kotani
 
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JEL Codes:C93Q23
Forest conservationFramed field experimentMarketable permits systemUniform price auction
 

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In this article:
Introduction 
Overview of community forestry in Nepal 
Design of the framed field experiments 
Experimental results 
Conclusion 

Abstract

A marketable permits system (MPS) has been deemed effective in laboratory experiments, however, little is known about how the MPS works in the field. We evaluate the MPS efficiency for forest conservation by framed field experiments in Nepal. Forestland demands are elicited from farmers, with which the experiments are carried out. The novelty lies in instituting a uniform price auction (UPA) under trader settings and in identifying the MPS efficiency for forest conservation in the field of developing nations. The results suggest that farmers with limited education understand UPA rules, reveal their forestland valuations and that the MPS is effective with 80% of efficiency.

DOI:10.1016/j.jfe.2016.11.003