A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF COSTS, WASTE TREATMENT, POLLUTION IN THE GANGES, AND LEATHER PRODUCTION BY TANNERIES IN KANPUR, INDIA

Amitrajeet Batabyal and Seung Jick Yoo ()
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Seung Jick Yoo: Corresponding Author, Professor, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Regional Science Inquiry, 2022, vol. XIV, issue 2, 47-53

Abstract: We theoretically analyze the interaction between two representative and real tanneries, denoted by and that are located on the same bank of the Ganges River in Kanpur, India. Tannery is situated upstream from tannery Both tanneries produce leather and leather production by tannery also gives rise to chemical waste that adversely affects the cost incurred by tannery in producing leather. In this setting, we perform four tasks. First, we determine the amount of chemical waste and the leather produced by tanneries and in a competitive equilibrium. Second, we explain why this competitive equilibrium is inefficient from a societal standpoint. Third, we ascertain the socially optimal amount of leather produced by the two tanneries. Finally, we illustrate the working of our theoretical model with a specific example in which we use explicit functional forms and numbers.

Keywords: Ganges River; Leather Production; Tannery; Waste Treatment; Water Pollution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q52 Q53 R11 R22 R32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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