Private parks and walkways under free enterprise: A geographical economic analysis

Abstract

This paper attempts to answer the question of whether or not government is needed to build walkways near bodies of water such as rivers and lakes, or whether private enterprise can supply such needs. In it we argue that the market is indeed capable of instituting such amenities, despite the fact that there are either none such or at most very precious few in existence at the present time. This occurrence is explained on the grounds that government has preempted the market that would otherwise have taken place in this regard. We also claim that the likelihood of private walkways being built is proportional to the population density of the surrounding habitat, on the grounds that privacy in densely populated regions is already compromised, and thus the costs of such walkways is lowered.

Nuclear Power

“…The positive externalities associated with waterfront public sidewalks is just the converse of the negative externalities of public nuclear plants. The detailed argument can be found in Block and Block (2005). 18 In Rifkin (2002) the possibility of a worldwide energy web is discussed.…”