a Nimby facility, the smaller is the distance, the lower is the individual benefit. The opposite is true in the case of … an anti-Nimby facility. We first characterize the optimal location which would be chosen by a social planner. Then we … introduce a common-agency lobbying game, where agents attempt to influence the location and provision decisions by the …

characterize the optimal location which would be chosen by a social planner. Then we introduce a common-agency lobbying game, where … non-lobbying neighborhoods may be better off and some lobbying ones worse off than in the case of complete lobbying. This … raises the possibility of free-riding at the lobbying stage. Finally, in the case of incomplete lobbying, there is over …