TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kinnaman,Thomas C.
AU  - Fullterton,Don
TI  - The Economics of Residential Solid Waste Management
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 7326
PY  - 1999
Y2  - August 1999
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w7326
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w7326.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Don Fullerton
Department of Finance
University of Illinois
BIF Box#30 (MC520)
515 East Gregory Drive
Champaign, IL  61820
Tel: 217/244-3621
Fax: 217/244-3102
E-Mail: dfullert@illinois.edu
AB  - This paper provides a broad overview of recent trends in solid waste and recycling, related public policy issues, and the economics literature devoted to these topics.  Public attention to solid waste and recycling has increased dramatically over the past decade both in the United States and in Europe.  In response, economists have developed models to help policy makers choose the efficient mix of policy levers to regulate solid waste and recycling activities.  Economists have also employed different kinds of data to estimate the factors that contribute to the generation of residential solid waste and recycling and to estimate the effectiveness of many of the policy options employed.
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