Footing the Bill for Superfund Cleanups: Who Pays and How?
Author:   Katherine N. Probst ,  Don Fullerton ,  Robert E. Litan ,  Paul R. Portney
Publisher:   Brookings Institution
ISBN:  

9780815729952


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   01 January 1995
Format:   Paperback
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The authors look at who pays the costs for cleaning up toxic waste sites under the current Superfund liability scheme on a site-by-site basis. They analyze the incidence of different taxing mechanisms and compare the financial effects on specific industries of the current Superfund program and of several alternative liability and tax mechanisms.

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Author:   Katherine N. Probst ,  Don Fullerton ,  Robert E. Litan ,  Paul R. Portney
Publisher:   Brookings Institution
Imprint:   Brookings Institution
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.204kg
ISBN:  

9780815729952


ISBN 10:   0815729952
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   01 January 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

1. Introduction and Summary 2. The Current Superfund Program 3. Liability Alternatives: Who Pays? 4. Taxes for Superfund 5. Superfund and the Insurance Industry 6. Conclusions Appendix A: The RFF NPL Database Appendix B: Estimating the Costs of Liability Alternatives Appendix C: The Input-Output Model and Analysis

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Katherine N. Probst is a senior fellow in the Risk, Resource, and Environmental Management Division at Resources for the Future. Don Fullerton is professor of economics at the University of Texas at Austin. Robert E. Litan, formerly a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, is associate director for general government and finance at the Office of Management and Budget. Paul R. Portney is president and a senior fellow at Resources for the Future.

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