Environmental policy based on strict liability: Implications of uncertainty and bankruptcy

Land Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-42

  Larson, Bruce A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0008231706     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3147155     Document Type: Article

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