Footing the Bill for Superfund Cleanups: Who Pays and How? - Tapa blanda

The authors look at who pays the costs for cleaning up toxic waste sites under the current Superfund liability scheme on a site-by-site basis. They analyze the incidence of different taxing mechanisms and compare the financial effects on specific industries of the current Superfund program and of several alternative liability and tax mechanisms.

Katherine N. Probst is a senior fellow in the Risk, Resource, and Environmental Management Division at Resources for the Future. Don Fullerton is professor of economics at the University of Texas at Austin. Robert E. Litan, formerly a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, is associate director for general government and finance at the Office of Management and Budget. Paul R. Portney is president and a senior fellow at Resources for the Future.