Analyzing Superfund - Economics, Science and Law

List of contents

Foreword; Preface; Part 1: Introduction; 1. The Superfund debate; Part 2: The Cleanup Standards; 2. Confronting Superfund Mythology: The Case of Risk Assessment and Management 3. The Magnitude and Policy Implications of Health Risks from Hazardous Waste Sites 4. Do Benefits and Costs Matter in Environmental Regulation? An Analysis of EPA Decisions under Superfund; Part 3: The Liability Regime; 5. Evaluating the Effects of Alternative Superfund Liability Rules 6. Evaluating the Impact of Alternative Superfund Financing Schemes; Part 4: Transaction Costs; 7. The Transaction Costs Generated by Superfund’s Liability Approach 8. De Minimis Settlements under Superfund: An Empirical Study; Part 5: Natural Resource Damages; 9. Liability for Natural Resource Injury: Beyond Tort; Appendix; Index

About the author

Revesz, Richard L.; Stewart, Richard B.

Product details

• Authors: Richard L. Stewart Revesz
• Assisted by: Richard L. Revesz (Editor), Revesz Richard L. (Editor), Richard B. Stewart (Editor), Stewart Richard B. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.07.2015
• EAN: 9781138955417
• ISBN: 978-1-138-95541-7
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; NATURE / Ecology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, Environmental Economics, Environmental factors, Environmental Management, Social impact of environmental issues, Science / Environmental Science, Environmental policy & protocols, Environment law, Environmental policy and protocols