After examining policies and proposals designed to achieve cost-effective pollution abatement, the authors argue that design of economically elegant solutions to pollution control problems needs implementation analysis if the policies are to be successfully carried out. They review some...

<b>Elizabeth H. Haskell</b>. The Politics of Clean Air Copyright 1984 by The Policy Studies Organization.

The implementation of the 1980 Low-level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (LLRWPA) depends on the creation of interstate compacts. Compact formation is a public goods problem. For mation may be impeded by opposition from elements in the federal government, the inability of state governments to...