Energy Projects, Social Licence, Public Acceptance and Regulatory Systems in Canada: A White Paper

Colton, John; Corscadden, Kenneth; Fast, Stewart; Gattinger, Monica; Gehman, Joel; Hall Findlay, Martha; Morgan, Dylan; Sayers, Judith; Winter, Jennifer; Yatchew, Adonis

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Energy Projects, Social Licence, Public Acceptance and Regulatory Systems in Canada: A White Paper

SPP Research Paper No. Volume 9 • Issue 20 • May 2016

University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2788022

106 Pages Posted: 2 Jun 2016

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Joel Gehman

George Washington University - Department of Strategic Management & Public Policy

Jennifer Winter

University of Calgary - The School of Public Policy; University of Calgary - Deptartment of Economics; Environment and Climate Change Canada

This white paper reports on the results of a year-long interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at identifying and summarizing extant research regarding social licence and related concepts, with a particular emphasis on understanding its implications for public acceptance of energy projects in Canada, and their related regulatory processes.

Keywords: Social License, Public Acceptance, Energy, Regulation, Legitimacy

JEL Classification: Q48, M14, Q20, Q30

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Colton, John and Corscadden, Kenneth and Fast, Stewart and Gattinger, Monica and Gehman, Joel and Hall Findlay, Martha and Morgan, Dylan and Sayers, Judith and Winter, Jennifer and Yatchew, Adonis, Energy Projects, Social Licence, Public Acceptance and Regulatory Systems in Canada: A White Paper (June 1, 2016). SPP Research Paper No. Volume 9 • Issue 20 • May 2016, University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2788022, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2788022 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2788022