ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS AND THE SLAPP

Authors
HURLEY TM SHOGREN JF
Citation
Tm. Hurley et Jf. Shogren, ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS AND THE SLAPP, Journal of environmental economics and management, 33(3), 1997, pp. 253-273
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Business,Economics,"Environmental Studies
Journal title
Journal of environmental economics and management → ACNP
ISSN journal
00950696
Volume
33
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
253 - 273
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-0696(1997)33:3<253:ECATS>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A citizen has the right to challenge a firm's actions regarding develo pment plans or violations of environmental laws. Firms have responded with the SLAPP-Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. Fearing the loss of the Constitutional Right to Petition, several U.S. states have or are considering explicitly restricting the SLAPP. For a class of environmental conflict models with one-sided asymmetric informatio n, our results suggest that restricting the SLAPP does not increase th e efficiency of the dispute. (C) 1997 Academic Press.