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Discounting and Intergenerational Equity
The full effects of decisions made today about many environmental policies -including climate change and nuclear waste- will not be felt for many years. For issues with long-term ramifications, analysts often employ discount rates to compare present and future costs and benefits. This is reasonable...
Published May 2nd 1999 by Routledge
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Assigning Liability for Superfund Cleanups
An Analysis of Policy Options
While more than 2,700 emergency removals of hazardous materials have taken place under Superfund, implementing the long-term cleanup program has been the object of considerable controversy. One of the most contentious issues is whether the liability standards in the law should be revised. The...
Published May 31st 1992 by RFF Press