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Provedor de dados: 	31	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	Banking on "Green Money": Are Environmental Financial Responsibility Rules Fulfilling Their Promise?	
Autores: 	Boyd,   James.	
Data: 	2005-11-08	
Ano: 	1996	
Palavras-chave: 	Financial responsibility; Environmental liability; Waste disposal; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q28; L51; K32.	
Resumo: 	Financial responsibility rules are an increasingly common form of environmental regulation. Currently, the operators of landfills, underground petroleum storage tanks, offshore rigs, and oil tankers must demonstrate the existence of adequate levels of capital as a precondition to the legal operation of their businesses. Environmental financial responsibility ensures that firms possess the resources to compensate society for pollution costs created in the course of business operations. In addition to providing a source of funds for victim compensation and pollution remediation, financial responsibility is thought to motivate better decision-making, particularly regarding the management of long-term risks. This article describes both the promise of financial responsibility as a complement to conventional environmental regulation and a set of weaknesses associated with its current implementation under U.S. environmental statutes.	
Tipo: 	Working or Discussion Paper	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	18875

http://purl.umn.edu/10592	
Editor: 	AgEcon Search	
Relação: 	Resources for the Future&gt;Discussion Papers

Discussion Paper 96-26	
Formato: 	29

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