The Costs and Benefits of Oil Spill Prevention and Enforcement

Date

June 15, 1986

Authors

Mark A. Cohen

Publication

Journal Article

Reading time

1 minute

Authors

Mark A. Cohen

University Fellow

Mark A. Cohen is a university fellow at RFF who served as Vice President for research from 2008 to 2011. He is also an expert on government enforcement of policy mandates.

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