Tanneries in Kanpur, India, water pollution in the Ganges, and unitization

Amitrajeet A. Batabyal ()
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Amitrajeet A. Batabyal: Rochester Institute of Technology

Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 2025, vol. 9, issue 3, No 4, 733-742

Abstract: Abstract We analyzed water pollution in the Ganges River caused by tanneries in Kanpur, India. Specifically, we examined the merits of a claim made recently in the literature that unitizing or merging polluting tanneries can improve water quality in the Ganges. We modeled the $$n\ge 2$$ n ≥ 2 polluting tanneries in Kanpur as a Cournot oligopoly and derived the equilibrium output of leather, profits, and social welfare. Second, we permitted $$m

Keywords: Ganges River; Social welfare; Tannery; Unitization; Water pollution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G34 Q25 Q28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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