Controlling Pollution in Transition Economies: Theories and Methods (New Horizons in Environmental Economics series) - Tapa dura

`The book is certainly a valuable read, and from both theoretical and practical sides it provides much background material and information useful for policymakers as well as scientific debate.' -- Paul I. Safonov, Environmental Values `Many institutes attempted empirical research on environmental policy instruments in former centrally planned economies. This book, however, is quite unique in that it was edited by two environmental economists from the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) who spent several years in the region as senior advisors working in ministries of environment. . . . We have a book that offers one of the first comparative surveys of abatement policies in transition economies. . . . this is a solid piece of research recommended for reading by anyone who wants to study environmental pollution in Europe seriously.' -- Tomasz Zylicz, Ecological Economics `. . . the book is both well-written and useful as part of a larger literature on the subject. Both technically oriented environmental policy analysts and generalists interested in transitional economies will benefit from the material presented, which provides a deeper appreciation of the complexities of the task of moving the transition economies toward more environmentally sustainable economic redevelopment.' -- Michael Toman, Slavic Review

Controlling Pollution in Transition Economies examines and evaluates the recent experience of implementing pollution charges and the use of environmental permits in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. The book focuses on controlling point-source air and water pollution. It describes and analyses the experience of implementing pollution charges and fines, and the interactions of these fiscal instruments with systems of pollution permits. The ten country case studies have been written by specialists who have been or are actively involved with the development or revision of pollution charges. Based on the experience of these countries, general conclusions are drawn for implementing pollution charge systems in other contexts. This book will encourage new theoretical and empirical work on the problem of implementing economic instruments (pollution charges), in combination with `command-and-control' instruments (pollution permits). Practitioners and policy analysts as well as graduate students, academics, researchers and environmental consultants will find this book an important contribution to the existing literature.