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A note on the environmental costs of aggregates

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The opening of a new site for the production of aggregates has both direct and indirect impacts on the environment. The indirect impacts include changes in the environmental costs of hauling aggregates and possible changes in the level of construction activity. In this note, we show that the most likely effect of a new aggregate site is to reduce the truck miles used for aggregate hauling, which is an environmental benefit. We also show that the change in construction activity induced by a new site is likely to be extremely small.

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  • Berck, Peter, 2005. "A note on the environmental costs of aggregates," CUDARE Working Papers 43918, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ucbecw:43918
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.43918
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    1. Khachatryan, Hayk & Jessup, Eric L., 2007. "Spatial Investigation of Mineral Transportation Characteristics in the State of Washington," 48th Annual Transportation Research Forum, Boston, Massachusetts, March 15-17, 2007 207929, Transportation Research Forum.
    2. Khachatryan, Hayk & Jessup, Eric L., 2008. "Spatial Investigation of Mineral Transportation Characteristics in the State of Washington," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Forum, vol. 47(1).

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