AbstractThis paper concerns the difficulty of taking long-term effects on health into account in an economic valuation. Indeed, public decision makers should incorporate the cessation lag between implementation of an abatement policy and achievement of all of the expected mortality-related...

Drawing upon data collected from over 4,000 manufacturing facilities across the OECD this paper examines the factors which determine the likelihood of having undertaken significant measures with respect to air pollution, wastewater effluent, and solid waste. The roles played by the public policy...