
A Proposal for the Pollution Management Reform in Lithuania: “Pollution Currency” Approach (part 2)
Author(s) -
Linas Čekanavičius
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
ekonomika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2424-6166
pISSN - 1392-1258
DOI - 10.15388/ekon.1998.16470
Subject(s) - pollution , currency , payment , pollutant , natural resource economics , business , environmental science , air pollution , environmental economics , environmental planning , economics , finance , monetary economics , chemistry , ecology , organic chemistry , biology
The previously introduced idea of a universal “pollution currency” that should be used for “payments” for the right to emit specified types of pollutants into air or water (see previous volume of “Ekonomika”) is developed here. It is demonstrated that the universal and transferable emission coupons (UTEC) concept actually integrates the main advantages of emission taxes and marketable pollution permits systems, while avoiding some of their less desired qualities.