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Enforcing Pollution Control Laws

By Clifford S. Russell, Winston Harrington, William J. Vaughn

To Be Published September 30th 2013 by RFF Press – 231 pages

Series: RFF Policy and Governance Set

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    Economic models are used to show the extent of the difficulties involved in monitoring and enforcing pollution control laws on a continual basis. The authors make several recommendations for policy change. They also show that high rates of compliance can be achieved within tight budget constraints. Originally published in 1986

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    'The authors attempt to bring to earth much of the environmental literature that implicitly assumes pollutant dischargers will comply with environmental laws regardless of their self-interest and that violators are discovered and punished-reality holds otherwise.' Energy Review

    Name: Enforcing Pollution Control Laws (eBook) – RFF Press 
    Description: By Clifford S. Russell, Winston Harrington, William J. Vaughn. Economic models are used to show the extent of the difficulties involved in monitoring and enforcing pollution control laws on a continual basis. The authors make several recommendations for policy change. They also show that high rates of compliance can...
    Categories: Politics & International Relations, Governance - Politics & International Relations