Improving Environmental Performance: A Challenge for Romania

Robert Sova (), Christophe Rault, Guglielmo Maria Caporale and Anamaria Sova ()

Environmental & Resource Economics, 2014, vol. 57, issue 3, 452 pages

Abstract: The transition process in Central and Eastern Europe was associated with growing environmental awareness. This paper analyses the determinants of pollution abatement and control expenditure at plant level in the case of Romania using survey data and a multilevel regression model. Our findings suggest that, although Romania has improved its environmental performance, formal and informal regulations are still only partially developed owing to the difficulties of economic transition, and heterogeneity across regions remains considerable. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

Keywords: Pollution abatement and control expenditure; Transition economy; Multilevel regression model (MRM); Q52; C29; C40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9687-2

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