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The Economics Of Hazardous Waste And Contaminated Land

Edited by Hilary Sigman, Associate Professor of Economics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, US
2008 520 pp Hardback 978 1 84720 235 2 $285.00 on-line discount $256.50

‘Hilary Sigman’s collection, including her splendid introductory essay, provides a comprehensive and nicely organised treatment of the economics of managing hazardous wastes. The economic perspective offers deep insights into the issues of setting priorities and the design of effective and equitable policies. It’s all here.’
– Wallace E. Oates, University of Maryland, US

Professor Sigman has selected the most authoritative previously published papers for this pathbreaking collection. This timely book examines private decision-making and government policy for the management of hazardous waste, the clean-up of contaminated land and the redevelopment of brownfield sites. Issues explored include the success of economic incentive policies such as ‘green taxes’ and tort liability, environmental decentralization and attitudes toward risk by both regulators and households. The additional focus on empirical analysis will help economists understand this challenging public policy area and will make economic insights accessible to policymakers.

23 articles, dating from 1986 to 2006 Contributors include: A. Alberini, B.S. Frey, J.T. Hamilton, H. Kunreuther, A. Levinson, G.C. Rausser, K. Segerson, W.K. Viscusi



This book is volume 216 in the The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series. To view the rest of the series, please use the link.
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