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A question and a link list

November 30, 2010 By Stephen Smith

Hey guys, before I start this link list, I wanted to ask: Has anybody had trouble posting comments here with Disqus lately? Either you can't post them, or once you do they disappear? I've gotten two complaints in the last few days, so if you've been experiencing any problems please don't hesitate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Chicago, dc, externalities, meta, nyc, parking, taxis, transit, zoning

NJ, the far West Side, and LIC should pay for the No. 7 subway expansion

November 18, 2010 By Stephen Smith

The transit blogosphere has been falling over itself with excitement since yesterday about Bloomberg's proposal to extend the No. 7 train into New Jersey, and I have to agree that it sounds like a very good plan. It would be much cheaper than the recently-axed ARC project and wouldn't involve a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Environment, externalities, New Jersey, nyc, real estate, transit

Landmark Incentives

November 29, 2008 By Sandy Ikeda

by Sandy IkedaThe other day I was lecturing to my students about externalities and the Coase Theorem.  One of the examples I used came directly from the our textbook – Heyne, Boettke, & Prychitko’s The Economic Way of Thinking.  It asks what would happen if you tried to declare a large tree … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author: Sandy Ikeda, Economics, Environment, preservation Tagged With: coase theorem, demolition, externalities, historic preservation, Landmarks, nyc

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