The effect of joint and several liability under superfund on brownfields

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-384

  Chang, Howard F ^a   Sigman, Hilary ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental policy, law, and economics; Real estate; Torts

Indexed keywords

EID: 36349035065     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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