Environmental risk and extended liability: The case of green technologies

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 1025-1060

  Dionne, Georges ^a   Spaeter, Sandrine ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental risk; Extended liability; Investment in prevention; Limited liability; Moral hazard

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037730189     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00160-8     Document Type: Article

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