USING ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO CONTROL POLLUTION IN RUSSIA

Alexander Golub and Charles Kolstad

No 11879, Working Papers from Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Training Project

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22
Date: 1995
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.11879

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