Liability for past environmental contamination and privatization

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-122

  Earnhart, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental contamination; liability; risk; rivatization

Indexed keywords

CLEANUP COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION;

CONTAMINATION; COSTS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; PRIVATIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CONTAMINATED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; INVESTMENT; LIABILITY; PRIVATIZATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 3843103584     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EARE.0000035452.76736.51     Document Type: Article

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