Cost Trade-Offs and the Role of Compensation in Landfill Siting

Neal C. Davis and William M. Park

No 278719, 1984 Annual Meeting, August 5-8, Ithaca, New York from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: An hypothesized trade-off between transportation and external costs in locating a landfill relative to a population center is investigated. The role of compensation in increasing economic efficiency in landfill siting is developed conceptually and the magnitude of compensation needed for a particular landfill site is estimated.

Keywords: Demand and Price Analysis; Land Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15
Date: 1984-08
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278719/files/aaea-1984-004.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:aaea84:278719

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278719

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in 1984 Annual Meeting, August 5-8, Ithaca, New York from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().