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Acid rain causes greater environmental damage than would occur if countries act cooperatively. Based on new estimates of sulphur abatement cost functions and taking into consideration the political changes in Europe due to the dissaggregation of the USSR and the unification of Germany, this paper reviews and compares a number of alternative available economic instruments which, if adopted, may encourage implementation of sulphur abatement strategies.
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Halkos, G.E. Implementing optimal sulphur abatement strategies in Europe. Water Air Soil Pollut 87, 329–344 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00696845
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