Environmental policy in transition economies: will pollution charges work?

Environmental policy in transition economies : will pollution charges work?

Söderholm, Patrik (författare): Luleå tekniska universitet,Samhällsvetenskap

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2016-12-21
2001
Engelska.
Ingår i: Journal of Environment and Development. - : SAGE Publications. - 1070-4965 .- 1552-5465. ; 10:4, s. 365-390

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Many economists & analysts claim that extended use of pollution charges in environmental policy will have substantial efficiency advantages in transition economies. This article challenges this view & argues instead that the proposed policy presumes the existence of an already-functioning institutional framework. By focusing on the Russian case, the article discusses a number of reasons why it is difficult to implement pollution charges in an economic system in which Communist behavioral patterns & jurisdictions are still prevalent. The article identifies a number of institutional obstacles related both to enterprise behavior & to environmental regulation & enforcement. These obstacles suggest that it is appropriate to view environmental problems in transition economies primarily as the results of institutional inertia in the economic & political systems. The article ends by discussing alternative ways of controlling pollution in Russia & stresses the importance of improving the legitimacy & basic trust for environmental legislation.

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