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Provedor de dados: | Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
País: | United States
Título: | The Organization of Local Solid Waste and Recycling Markets: Public and Private Provision of Services
Autores: | Walls,   Margaret; MacAuley,   Molly K.; Anderson,   Soren T.
Data: | 2005-10-25
Ano: | 2003
Palavras-chave: | Market organization; Solid waste management; State and local government; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q20; H70.
Resumo: | We study determinants of market organization of local public services by an empirical examination of one of the most visible municipal services, residential waste management. Using a multinomial logit model and data for 1,000 U.S. communities, we explore the effect of political influence, voter ideology, environmental constraints, production costs (i.e., "economies of density"), and contracting transaction costs on a community's choice of market arrangement for waste collection and recycling. We find that cost factors are a significant determinant of service delivery method. In contrast, few of the political variables are statistically significant. These results hold for our models of both waste and recycling, lending further evidence to the conclusion that local governments emphasize costs when choosing between private and public provision.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

18476

http://purl.umn.edu/10892

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

Resources for the Future&gt;Discussion Papers

Discussion Paper 02-35-REV

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