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Energy use, air pollution, and environmental policy in Krakow: Can economic incentives really help?.

By: Adamson, Seabron; Bates, Robin.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Washington : World Bank, 1996Subject(s): Energy Utilization | Air pollution -- Envirnmental policy -- Energuy consumption//resource management/. -- Air pollution -- Envirnmental policy -- Energuy consumption//resource management/. -- Air pollution -- Envirnmental policy -- Energuy consumption//resource managementSummary: This paper shows how appropriate economic incentives in the economy and the use of specific economic instruments targeted at local air qiality and emissions can make an important practical contribution to mitigating the adverse environmental effects of energy supply and use. The paper argues that although free-market forces alone may not achive desirable objectives, they can help to make substantial progress in tha direction through better resource management.
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This paper shows how appropriate economic incentives in the economy and the use of specific economic instruments targeted at local air qiality and emissions can make an important practical contribution to mitigating the adverse environmental effects of energy supply and use. The paper argues that although free-market forces alone may not achive desirable objectives, they can help to make substantial progress in tha direction through better resource management.

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