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What Would Coase Do? (About Parking Regulation), Michael Lewyn
What Would Coase Do? (About Parking Regulation), Michael Lewyn
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Like many government regulations, municipal minimum parking requirements exist to prevent externalities - most notably the congestion, pollution and greenhouse gas emissions that occur when motorists drive around a city searching for scarce parking. But because such regulations make parking (and thus driving) cheaper, such regulations may in fact increase congestion and pollution, thus creating, rather than reducing, externalities.