Explaining Cooperation in Municipal Solid Waste Management

Kelly Tiller and Paul Jakus

No 2004-07, Working Papers from Utah State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: As traditional methods of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) become increasingly expensive due to increased regulation, many local governments are considering cooperation as a waste management strategy. A theoretical model is used to specify a partial observability probability model in which the decision Tennessee counties made to form either a single-county solid waste region or a multi-county region. We find that, while economies of scale may be a factor in the consolidation decision, current and future levels of solid waste services are statistically more important.

Keywords: regional cooperation; municipal solid waste; waste management; regionalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2004-03
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