ENV-2016-CHC-000047 Blueskin Energy Limited v Dunedin City Council - Application - Appendix B2 [pdf, 540 KB]
...(a public good), but it is also rational for individuals to free-ride on the contributions of others. Thus the public good, in this case, wind power, is not provided, or is provided in a reduced and inefficient manner. Self-interestedness can be appealed to through financial compensation – either in the form of money or in shares in wind farms (Bell et al., 2005). The social gap is an important concept, because it has been proven to exist through the wide range of surveys on wind e...