Economics and Liability for Environmental Problems (Routledge Revivals) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138730602 ISBN 13: 9781138730601

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

This title was first published in 2002. This convenient reference brings together notable contributions examining all aspects of the liability for environmental accidents. Articles included in the Part I of this volume examine the role of liability as a policy instrument, and provide detailed examinations of the incentive effects created by the imposition of liability, ie. Bankruptcy, litigation costs, delegation of responsibility and insurance. Those in Part II study specific environmental issues such as hazardous waste disposal and oil spills. The International Library of Environmental Economics and Policy explores the influence of economics on the development of environmental and natural resource policy. In a series of twenty five volumes, the most significant journal essays in key areas of the contemporary environmental and resource policy are collected. This convenient reference brings together the notable contributions examining all aspects of the liability for environmental accidents.

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Segerson, Kathleen

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138730602
• ISBN 13: 9781138730601
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 524
• Editor: Segerson Kathleen