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| Author: | Fredriksson, P. G. |
| Title: | The siting of hazardous waste facilities in federal systems: The political economy of NIMBY |
| Journal: | Environmental and Resource Economics
2000 : JAN, VOL. 15:1, p. 75-87 |
| Index terms: | Environment Pollution Taxation Political economy |
| Freeterms: | Federalism Free-riding Lobbying |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper offers a new political economy explanation for the pervasive problem of siting hazardous waste treatment facilities in federal system. Among others, it is shown that a decentralized system yields the first-best waste treatment capacity level. There is a model used. (NIMBY = Not In My Back Yard) |
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