Survival of the unfittest: why the worst infrastructure gets built--and what we can do about it

B. Flyvbjerg

doi:10.1093/oxrep/grp024

journal article Sep 01, 2009

Survival of the unfittest: why the worst infrastructure gets built--and what we can do about it

B. Flyvbjerg

Oxford Review of Economic Policy Vol. 25 No. 3 pp. 344-367 · Oxford University Press (OUP)

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Published: Sep 01, 2009
Vol/Issue: 25(3)
Pages: 344-367

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B. Flyvbjerg (2009). Survival of the unfittest: why the worst infrastructure gets built--and what we can do about it. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 25(3), 344-367. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grp024

Survival of the unfittest: why the worst infrastructure gets built--and what we can do about it

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