Discovering REACH: Lessons From the EU's Regulatory Framework For Chemicals

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The purpose of this paper is to derive an economist's research agenda from the European Union's new regulatory framwork for chemicals - REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals). With the idea of a precautionary principle, an economic analysis of REACH becomes twofold: Firstly, assessing the risks of a substance should happen at optimal cost. However, companies of different sizes produce not only at different marginal costs, but also do research at different marginal costs...
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of Environmental Science and Technology (2005); Vol. 2:
EditorsW. G. Lyon, J. J. Hong, R. K. Reddy
Number of pages6
Place of PublicationNew Orleans
PublisherAmerican Science Press
Publication date2005
Pages635-640
ISBN (print)0-9768853-5-2
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Event1st International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology - IC EST 2005 - Fairmont Hotel at New Orleans, New Orleans, United States
Duration: 23.01.200526.01.2005
Conference number: 1
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