Controlling Pollution in Transition Economies: Theories and Methods (New Horizons in Environmental Economics)

This work evaluates the recent experience of implementing pollution charges and the use of environmental permits in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. It focuses on controlling point-source air and water pollution, reporting on experiences of implementing pollution charges and fines. The book intends to encourage fresh theoretical nad empirical work on the problem of implementing economic instruments (pollution charges), in combination with "command and cotnrol" instruments (pollution permits).