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

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Evgeny Arkadievitch Shvarts

WWF Russia

Ivetta Gerasimchuk

International Institute for Sustainable Development

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

Suggested Citation

Shvarts, Evgeny Arkadievitch and Gerasimchuk, Ivetta, Environmental Policy and the International Competitiveness of the Russian Economy (April 20, 2009). 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, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1593207 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1593207

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