Winners, losers, and the nuclear-waste dilemma

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 317-338

  Riddel, Mary ^a   Schwer, R Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coase theorem; Nuclear waste storage; Nuclear waste transport; Public bads; WTA and WTP

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COASE THEOREM; NUCLEAR-WASTE STORAGE; PUBLIC BADS; WTA AND WTP;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION;

MITIGATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 33744956482     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-006-0007-y     Document Type: Article

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