Environmental Policy and the International Competitiveness of the Russian Economy
ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS IN RUSSIA, LEGAL AND PRACTICAL TRENDS, Wybe Th. Douma, Fiona M. Mucklow, eds., Cambridge: T.M.C. Asser Institute/Cambridge University Press, 2010
9 Pages Posted: 21 Apr 2010 Last revised: 1 Feb 2015
Date Written: April 20, 2009
Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of how Russian environmental policy could act as an instrument to enhance Russia’s international economic competitiveness. In particular, the chapter identifies and analyses some core environmentally-related problem areas which currently constrain Russia’s international competitiveness. This chapter also provides and discusses a series of “green” solutions to ameliorate the international competitiveness of the Russian economy.
Keywords: environmental policy, internatonal competitiveness, Russia, green investment
JEL Classification: Q2, H10, O10, P20
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