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Suppose courts changed rules regarding burden of proof, requiring polluters to show that their emissions are harmless, rather than pollutees to show that they have been harmed. What impact might this...
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Suppose a community weighed each resident’s solid-waste disposal when it was picked up and published the individual totals each year in the local newspaper. Do you think this would lead to a reduction...
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For what types of pollution problems is voluntary action likely to be the most effective policy approach?
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Accidents with trucks carrying hazardous wastes are fairly common. Suppose regulators enact a rule requiring that the perpetrators of such an accident be liable for a sum equal to the average damages...
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