How Much Will it Cost to Join the Club? The Extra Costs of Approximating Lithuanian Environmental Laws with Those of the European Union

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 279-303

  Bluffstone, Randall ^a   Semeniene, Daiva ^b   Jantzen, Jochem ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

^b Center for Environmental Policy   (Lithuania)

^c TME   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abatement; Central and Eastern Europe Compliance; Costs; European Union

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP);

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

COMPLIANCE; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; LEGISLATION;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0344497348     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026327126495     Document Type: Article

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