Environmental disasters as risk regulation catalysts? The role of Bhopal, Chernobyl, Exxon Valdez, Love Canal, and Three Mile Island in shaping U.S. environmental law

DOI10.1007/S11166-007-9016-7zbMath1151.91572OpenAlexW2094682704MaRDI QIDQ2461593

Matthew E. Kahn

Publication date: 28 November 2007

Published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-007-9016-7

zbMATH Keywords

RiskRegulationVotingDisasters

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Environmental economics (natural resource models, harvesting, pollution, etc.) (91B76)

Uses Software

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