> I think a big unmentioned factor is probably liability and the prospect of litigation. There was an article shared to HN some time ago arguing that the kinds

> I think a big unmentioned factor is probably liability and the prospect of litigation. There was an article shared to HN some time ago arguing that the kinds of cost overruns that we see so often on infrastructure projects in the US are almost endemic to common-law countries, and radically less prevalent in civil-law countries. I haven't been able to find that article again, but its conclusion has come up in many similar discussions since.