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Environmental taxes and subsidies: some insights from the Italian experience 环境税和补贴：意大利经验的启示

Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2020-05-13 DOI: 10.21511/ee.11(1).2020.04

Andrea Zatti

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引用次数: 4

Decision-making in conditions of expansion of eco-innovations based on the socioeconomic effects in the system “company-region-state” 基于“公司-地区-国家”系统社会经济效应的生态创新扩张决策

Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2020-04-21 DOI: 10.21511/ee.11(1).2020.03

O. Shkarupa, John O. Aiyedogbon, P. Kucherenko

{"title":"Decision-making in conditions of expansion of eco-innovations based on the socioeconomic effects in the system “company-region-state”","authors":"O. Shkarupa, John O. Aiyedogbon, P. Kucherenko","doi":"10.21511/ee.11(1).2020.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21511/ee.11(1).2020.03","url":null,"abstract":"The article examines the current issues of managing the effectiveness of eco-innovations and their impact on the “company-region-state” system using the example of waste management in Ukraine. The goal of the article is to justify the choice of an effective eco-innovation financing strategy, in which the most significant socio-economic effect is achieved for the investor. Systematization of literary sources and approaches to solving the problems of innovation management enables to determine an appropriate strategy to support resource-efficient activities in the region considering the economic efficiency of eco-innovations. The choice of mathematically sound management decisions in the system “company-region-state” should be made in respect with the consequences for the sustainable development of the region. The article presents the developed approach to calculating the sequence of investment in the management of eco-innovations using the example of solid waste management. The research methods are based on systematic approach, decision theory, and the Bellman dynamic equation. The system of innovations concerning solid waste management in the city of Sumy was profoundly studied. The research empirically confirms that the most effective strategy is to build a waste sorting station using a separate waste collection. The results of the study also substantiate that the implementation of solid waste separate collection in the city of Sumy currently requires a change in investment approach.\u0000AcknowledgmentThis research was prepared as a part of the scientific project “Modeling the Transfer of Eco-Innovations in the Enterprise-Region-State System: Impact on Ukraine’s Economic Growth and Security” (No. 0119U100364) and “Development of fundamental principles of reproduction mechanism of the social and economic development during the Third industrial revolution” (No. 0118U003578), which were financed by the state budget of Ukraine.","PeriodicalId":52974,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43957242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

A methodology to analyze sustainable development index: evidence from emerging markets and developed economies 可持续发展指数的分析方法:来自新兴市场和发达经济体的证据

Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2020-03-27 DOI: 10.21511/ee.11(1).2020.02

Viktoriia Koilo

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引用次数: 6

Higher education institutions as a driver of sustainable social development: Polish experience for Ukraine 高等教育机构是可持续社会发展的驱动力：波兰对乌克兰的经验

Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2020-03-04 DOI: 10.21511/ee.11(1).2020.01

I. Khovrak

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引用次数: 4

Developing the system of instruments for business sector in order to transfer the environmental innovations effectively: case of Ukraine 发展商业部门的工具系统，以便有效地转让环境创新:乌克兰的案例

Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2020-01-20 DOI: 10.21511/ee.10(1).2019.09

O. Shkarupa, Yelyzaveta Kalchenko, I. Shkarupa

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引用次数: 4

Forest resource security in Ukraine: assessment and provision 乌克兰森林资源安全:评估和提供

Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2020-01-13 DOI: 10.21511/ee.10(1).2019.08

L. Cherchyk, A. Cherchyk

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引用次数: 0

Aligning the social, environmental, and economic interests of “green growth” of the Ukrainian nature reserve fund objects 协调乌克兰自然保护区基金“绿色增长”的社会、环境和经济利益

Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2020-01-10 DOI: 10.21511/ee.10(1).2019.07

N. Andryeyeva, N. Khumarova, T. Nikolaychuk

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引用次数: 0

Opportunities and barriers of the Ukrainian industry transition to the circular economy 乌克兰工业向循环经济转型的机遇与障碍

Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2019-12-05 DOI: 10.21511/ee.10(1).2019.06

L. Deineko, O. Tsyplitska, O. Deineko

{"title":"Opportunities and barriers of the Ukrainian industry transition to the circular economy","authors":"L. Deineko, O. Tsyplitska, O. Deineko","doi":"10.21511/ee.10(1).2019.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21511/ee.10(1).2019.06","url":null,"abstract":"The paper aims to highlight the status of the circular economy implementation in the EU and Ukraine, as well as to determine the advantages, challenges, opportunities and barriers to transition to circular supply chains. The main problems of waste management in Ukraine are explored, including faulty legislation, underinvestment, state policies and enlightenment regarding the circular economy, formal approach to the implementation of programs and strategies that should improve economic conditions, dominance of most waste-generative – extractive – industries in the economic structure of Ukraine. It is found out that the legislative framework for circular- and bio-economics in Ukraine does not meet the global challenges and requirements of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU and needs urgent improvement measures. Studying the EU experience allowed describing the advantages and challenges of a circular economy that emerge in Ukraine. The article presents a mathematical model aimed at describing the peculiarities of a circular economy in the countries with low and high levels of industrial ecologization as well as understanding conditions for resource conservation during production processes. An econometrical model of the correlation between the solid waste generation, GDP and capital investment into environmental protection in Ukraine is used to demonstrate the absence of the latter’s influence on the waste generation at the current technological level of the national industries. The research results allow developing recommendations for state policy for the industrial sector and environmental protection that may be implemented at the current stage to achieve Sustainable Development Goals 2030.","PeriodicalId":52974,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49581774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 6

Agro-ecology in action: The environmental oasis projects 农业生态学在行动：环境绿洲项目

Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2019-12-05 DOI: 10.21511/ee.10(1).2019.05

E. Reynaud, François Fulconis, G. Paché

引用次数: 6

Sustainability issues in maritime transport and main challenges of the shipping industry 海运的可持续性问题和航运业的主要挑战

Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2019-09-03 DOI: 10.21511/ee.10(1).2019.04

Viktoriia Koilo

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引用次数: 15