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Contents
1. Introduction and Summary 1
Complicating Factors 5
Summary of Findings 9
2. The Current Superfund Program 12
A Brief Primer 12
A Status Report 17
3. Liability Alternatives: Who Pays? 25
A Range of Options 26
Estimating the Options' Financial Impacts 34
4. Taxes for Superfund 54
Existing Superfund Taxes 55
Administrative and Compliance Costs 58
Economic Efficiency 62
Concepts of Equity 65
Effects on Prices 67
Other Superfund Tax Proposals 80
Summary and Implications 89
5. Superfund and the Insurance Industry 91
The Role of the Insurance Industry 91
Consequences of Insurer Liability 99
The Role of Reinsurance 103
Mitigating Impacts through Regulatory Policy 105
Mitigating Impacts through Changes in
Superfund Liability 105

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Publication Information: Book Title: Footing the Bill for Superfund Cleanups: Who Pays and How?. Contributors: Katherine N. Probst - author, Don Fullerton - author, Robert E. Litan - author, Paul R. Portney - author. Publisher: The Brookings Institution. Place of Publication: Washington, DC. Publication Year: 1995. Page Number: xi.
    
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