ECONOMIC LEVERAGES OF ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS IN THE REGION

• Main Authors: Yaroslav Pushak, Olha Marchenko
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Consilium LLC 2016-08-01
• Series: European Cooperation
• Subjects: управління природоохоронною діяльністю; екологічне інвестування; екологічні інвестиції; економічні важелі; охорона довкілля; екологічний податок
• Online Access: http://we.clmconsulting.pl/index.php/we/article/view/224

<p>The need to solve environmental problems of Ukraine and its balanced with natural resource potential for economic development motivates the study of economic incentives for environmental investments.</p><p>The article analyzes the functioning of the ecological tax in Lviv region and its effectiveness as an economic lever to stimulate environmental investments. The analysis presented and paid for environmental taxes the tax base and economic activity in the region of the volume and structure of environmental investment areas and funding sources. Based on the research the conclusion about lack of the incentive effect of environmental taxes for environmental investments.</p>Suggested to improve the system of environmental taxes as fundamental incentives for environmental investments and their collection and also to introduce new economic methods of formation of financial bases of environmental investment.