Analyzing Superfund

by Revesz, Richard L.; Stewart, Richard B.

• ISBN13: 9780915707751
• ISBN10: 0915707756
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-05-01
• Publisher: Resources for the Future

Summary

Analyzing Superfund: Economics, Science, and Law probes key issues involved in the Superfund reauthorization debate and analyzes the future of this controversial environmental liability and remediation program. Revesz and Stewart bring together important theoretical and empirical work from the research community on four issues central to the evaluation of Superfund: cleanup standards, the liability regime, transaction costs, and natural resource damages. Superfund has been roundly criticized in many different quarters, making clear the need for dispassionate study of the law and its myriad ramifications. Issues addressed in this book will endure long after legislative action is completed. An important contribution to debate over Superfund and American environmental policy. Contributors: Maureen L. Cropper, Lloyd S. Dixon, John D. Graham, Shreekant Gupta, James T. Hamilton, Lewis A. Kornhauser, Katherine N. Probst, Richard L. Revesz, March Sadowitz, Richard B. Stewart, George L. Van Houtven, W. Kip Viscusi, Katherine D. Walker.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
The Superfund Debate	p. 3
Confronting Superfund Mythology: The Case of Risk Assessment and Management	p. 25
The Magnitude and Policy Implications of Health Risks from Hazardous Waste Sites	p. 55
Do Benefits and Costs Matter in Environmental Regulation? An Analysis of EPA Decisions under Superfund	p. 83
Evaluating the Effects of Alternative Superfund Liability Rules	p. 115
Evaluating the Impact of Alternative Superfund Financing Schemes	p. 145
The Transaction Costs Generated by Superfund's Liability Approach	p. 171
De Minimis Settlements under Superfund: An Empirical Study	p. 187
Liability for Natural Resource Injury: Beyond Tort	p. 219
Appendix: Conference Agenda and Participants	p. 251
Index	p. 257
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