Abstract
It has become increasingly difficult to site major capital investments such as airports, power plants, nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities, waste incinerators, and freeways. Although most of these projects are beneficial for society as a whole, they negatively impact their immediate neighbors. Hence, the completion of such facilities is often blocked by local opposition.
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Oberholzer-Gee, F. (1999). Natural Environment: Fair Siting Procedures. In: Economics as a Science of Human Behaviour. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5187-4_2
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