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Wildfire rebuilding: Taxes are better than bans for keeping homeowners from rebuilding in fire-plagued areas

  • Written by Alexander Smith, Associate Professor of Economics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Almost 200,000 Californians have been ordered to evacuate as ferocious winds drove several wildfires near Los Angeles, San Francisco and elsewhere. Many fear they may yet again return to a home ravaged by fire.

For Californians in fire-prone areas, this has been a perennial cycle. As a result, a growing number of residents in the state want to ban...

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