Economics and Liability for Environmental Problems (The International Library of Environmental Economics and Policy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754621944 ISBN 13: 9780754621942

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754621944
• ISBN 13: 9780754621942
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 524
• Editor: Segerson Kathleen