Privatization of solid waste collection

Hiroshi Kinokuni, Shuichi Ohori and Yasunobu Tomoda
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Hiroshi Kinokuni: Faculty of Economics, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
Shuichi Ohori: Faculty of Informatics, Kansai University, 2-1-1 Ryozenjicho, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1052, Japan
Yasunobu Tomoda: Faculty of Economics, Hiroshima University, 1-2-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8525, Japan

No 1803, Economic Growth Centre Working Paper Series from Nanyang Technological University, School of Social Sciences, Economic Growth Centre

Abstract: In this paper, we explore the optimal degree of the privatization of solid waste collection service. We show that the privatization of the col- lector decreases the investment to the selection capacity for the separated collection, the household's effort to separate the waste and the amount of the separated collection, while it increases the unseparated waste. Also, partial privatization is the optimum. The optimal level of privatization is inversely dependent on the disposal fee and the marginal environmental damage cost.

Keywords: Solid waste management; Privatization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L33 Q53 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2018-03
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