Publications

Environmental Liability

Publications are listed in chronological order. Learn more about ICJ's research by visiting the Research Agenda page on Environmental Liability. Additional related publications may be found in the lists of Research Briefs and Executive Summaries.

Fighting Air Pollution in Southern California by Scrapping Old Vehicles Lloyd S. Dixon, Steve Garber, MR-1256-PPIC/ICJ, 2001 (Full Document) Examines the effectiveness of a program to reduce air pollution by scrapping old autos and trucks.

The Financial Implications of Releasing Small Firms and Small-Volume Contributors from Superfund Liability Lloyd S. Dixon, MR-1171-ICJ, 2000 (Full Document) Estimates the number of potentially responsible parties (PRPs) that would be released and the cleanup costs that would be transferred to the Superfund Trust by recent congressional proposals.

California's Ozone-Reduction Strategy for Light-Duty Vehicles: Direct Costs, Direct Emission Effects, and Market Responses Lloyd S. Dixon and Steven Garber, MR-695, 1996 (Ordering Information) Economic costs and environmental effects are analyzed for California's multi-pronged strategy for reducing emissions from passenger cars and light-duty trucks, vehicles that are believed to account for a substantial fraction of ozone-producing emissions across the state.

Economic Perspectives on Revising California's Zero-Emission Vehicle Mandate Lloyd S. Dixon and Steven Garber, CT-137 (written statement delivered on March 28, 1996, to the California Air Resources Board), 1996 (Ordering Information) Testimony based on a study of California's ozone-reduction strategy for light-duty vehicles; comments on the proposed revision to the Zero-Emission Vehicle mandate that was under consideration by the California Air Resources Board.

Making ZEV Policy Dispute Uncertainty: An Annotated Briefing for the California Air Resources Board Lloyd S. Dixon, Steven Garber, and Mary E. Vaiana, DRU-1266-2, 1995 (Ordering Information) Analysis of the existing estimates of the cost and effectiveness of the zero emission vehicle mandate, part of California's plan to meet 1990's Clean Air Act standards.

Superfund Liability Reform: Implications for Transaction Costs and Site Cleanup Lloyd S. Dixon, CT-125 (written statement submitted on March 10, 1995, to the Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control and Risk Assessment of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee), 1995 (Ordering Information) Summarizes previous RAND estimates of private sector and government transaction costs at Superfund sites to date and when cleanup is complete, then considers what various liability reforms imply for transaction costs and site cleanup

Fixing Superfund: The Effect of the Proposed Superfund Reform Act of 1994 on Transaction Costs Lloyd S. Dixon, MR-455, 1994 (Ordering Information) Focuses on the possible effect of the proposed Superfund Reform Act of 1994 on transaction costs--costs resulting not from cleanup but from assigning liability for cleanup among the various parties.

Private-Sector Cleanup Expenditures and Transaction Costs at 18 Superfund Sites Lloyd S. Dixon, Deborah S. Drezner, James K. Hammitt, MR-204, 1993 (Ordering Information) Presents information on the expenditures of 108 firms between 1981 and 1991 at 18 sites on the National Priorities List to investigate whether Congress' Superfund program is generating more litigation than hazardous waste cleanup.

Research on Superfund Transaction Costs: A Summary of Findings to Date Lloyd S. Dixon, CT-111 (written statement submitted on November 4, 1993 to the Subcommittee on Superfund, Recycling, and Solid Waste of the United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee), 1993 (Ordering Information) Addresses questions concerning Superfund transaction cost shares to date and when cleanup is complete, how the shares vary by firm size, and what reforms might reduce the costs.

Superfund and Transaction Costs: The Experiences of Insurers and Very Large Industrial Firms Jan Paul Acton, Lloyd S. Dixon, Deborah S. Drezner, Laural Hill, and Steven McKenney, R-4132, 1992 (Ordering Information) Empirically studies the effects of Superfund's liability-based approach on the cost of waste-site cleanup.

Understanding Superfund: A Progress Report Jan Paul Acton, R-3838, 1989 (Ordering Information) Provides an overview of the Superfund program; presents a concise description of incentives and the major administrative steps taken in their application; and provides additional data for each of the major groups participating in the Superfund process.

The Economic Consequences of Expanded Corporate Liability: An Exploratory Study Peter Reuter, N-2807, 1988 (Ordering Information) Presents a framework for analyzing how expanded corporate liability might affect such outcomes as productivity and international competitiveness and offers some preliminary evidence on the impact of expanded liabilities on the behavior of corporations.

Search for more RAND publications

Go to the Research Agenda page on Environmental Liability