Introduction to the Special Issue

摘要

The sudden collapse of the centrally planned economies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the former Soviet Union (FSU), has created Econoic and environmental disequilibria of historically unprecedented Dimensions throughout the region, as well a process of gradual tran- Sition from plant to market. This historical' experiment' provides a unique Opportunity to study economy-environment interactions and the adjust- Ment process towards a new equilibriu, as well as the implications for Conventional and novel policy instruments under transitional conditions.