A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Concorde Project

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Concorde Project

This article examines the future social costs and benefits to the population of the United Kingdom of the Concorde project. Estimates of demand, costs and revenue, and externalities lead the author to generally pessimistic conclusions.

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