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9 - Reform in Real Time

Evaluating Reorganization as a Response to the Gulf Oil Spill

from Part II - Case Studies on Offshore Oil Spills

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2017

By
Christopher Carrigan
Edited by
Edward J. Balleisen ,
Lori S. Bennear ,
Kimberly D. Krawiec  and
Jonathan B. Wiener
Edward J. Balleisen
Affiliation:
Duke University, North Carolina
Lori S. Bennear
Affiliation:
Duke University, North Carolina
Kimberly D. Krawiec
Affiliation:
Duke University, North Carolina
Jonathan B. Wiener
Affiliation:
Duke University, North Carolina
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Policy Shock
Recalibrating Risk and Regulation after Oil Spills, Nuclear Accidents and Financial Crises
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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