%0 Journal Article
%T ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: THE CASE OF ALBANIA
%A Elona POJANI
%A Dorina POJANI
%J Scientific Annals of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi : Economic Sciences Series
%D 2011
%I 
%X The purpose of this article is to discuss the effects of environmental taxation in the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe, with a particular focus on Albania. The first part of the article reviews the theory on the co-called first, second, and third best environmental taxes in transition countries, illustrating the discussion with a broad range of examples. The balance of the article deals with the specifics of the Albanian environmental policy climate during the post-communist transition and the application of environmental taxation in this context.
%K Environmental Taxation
%K National Environmental Funds
%K Albania
%K Central and Eastern Europe
%U http://anale.feaa.uaic.ro/anale/resurse/ec6pojani.pdf