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Using Economic Incentives To Control Pollution In Russia

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  • Golub, Alexander
  • Kolstad, Charles D.

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This paper investigates Russia's system of environmental management, especially economic tools used to control pollution. It also describes the Russian experience with a system of pollution fees. In particular, we consider how the system of pollution fees works, how fee levels are set, the incentive properties of the fees, and the ultimate use to the Russian government of the revenue from the emission fees. Although the emission fees are quite substantial for some pollutants, the incentive properties of the fees are almost nonexistent. The primary purpose of pollution fees is to generate funds for state-owned enterprises to invest in pollution abatement equipment. This is substantially different from the operation of a pollution fee in the West.

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  • Golub, Alexander & Kolstad, Charles D., 1995. "Using Economic Incentives To Control Pollution In Russia," Working Papers 11879, Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Training Project.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:epatwp:11879
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.11879
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