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The least cost avoider is the actor who can act to prevent a loss at the lowest cost. Assume a factory is polluting the air in a residential neighborhood. If it is cheaper for the factory to install a scrubber, move, or stop operations than it is for the residents to move to a new location or otherwise avoid the pollution, then the factory is the least cost avoider. If it is cheaper for the residents to move away from the nuisance, they are the least cost avoiders. Check out Ronald Coase and Guido Calabresi for more.

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