Liability for oil spill damages: Issues, methods, and examples

Coastal Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-77

  Grigalunas, Thomas A ^a   Opaluch, James J ^a   Diamantides, Jerry ^a   Mazzotta, Marisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic damages; Liability; Oil spills

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERNATIONAL LAW;

ECONOMIC DAMAGES;

OIL SPILLS;

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION POLICY;

EID: 0032052443     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920759809362344     Document Type: Article

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