This paper examines the impact of oil and gas facilities on rural residential property values using data from central Alberta, Canada. The influences are evaluated using two groups of variables characterizing hazard effects and amenity effects. A spatial error model was employed to capture the...

This paper is an expanded version of a chapter that will appear in an edited volume of essays that provides an overview of all Canada’s provincial municipal systems. This paper surveys the municipal government system in Alberta with attention to its components, configuration, character and...

Hypothetical bias arises when values which people say they place on a good or service differ systematicallyfrom the values people reveal for the same good or service through actual, binding economictransactions. Studies of hypothetical bias with respect to public goods often use charitable...

Local governments in Alberta have faced considerable and variable challenges over the past 60 years. For example, the rapid population and economic growth during the 1950s, '60s and '70s created exceptional demands for schools, schooling and municipal infrastructure; demands exceeding those of...