Incentives to settle under joint and several liability
Subtitle: an empirical analysis of superfund litigation
By: Howard F. Chang, Hilary Sigman.
Contributors: Sigman, Hilary, 1964-; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 7096; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 7096.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Liability for hazardous substances pollution damages -- United States.; Hazardous waste sites -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Hazardous waste site remediation -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Actions and defenses -- United States.; Compromise (Law) -- United States.; Costs (Law) -- United States.
Other titles: Empirical analysis of superfund litigation
Notes: "April 1999."

JEL no. K41, Q28.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-40).

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