The rise and fall of the polluter-pays principle in developing countries

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-144

  Luppi, Barbara ^a   Parisi, Francesco ^b,c   Rajagopalan, Shruti ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental protection; Polluter pays principle; State liability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859269255     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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