The Efficiency of Political Mechanisms for Siting Nuisance Facilities: Are Opponents More Likely to Participate than Supporters?

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 141-161

  Mansfield, Carol ^a   Van Houtven, George ^a   Huber, Joel ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Facility siting; NIMBY

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041783538     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007883228345     Document Type: Article

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