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Una exploracion completa de los costes de servicio de residuos solidos

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  • Germa Manel Bel Queralt

    (Universitat de Barcelona)

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The economics literature on urban solid waste collection is scarce, although this type of services has undergone organizational as well as regulatory reforms. This research studies the cost structure of solid waste collection in order to explain why the costs caused by this service vary among municipalities. To do so, first we derive a cost function. We then specify and estimate an explanatory model on a sample of municipalities. Empirical results allow us to study scale economies and the impact on costs of some factors directly related to the service, such as recycling, frequency and location of a landfill in the municipality. In addition to this, we analyse the effects on costs of density, wage levels, peak periods and contracting out.

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  • Germa Manel Bel Queralt, 2003. "Una exploracion completa de los costes de servicio de residuos solidos," Working Papers in Economics 107, Universitat de Barcelona. Espai de Recerca en Economia.
    • Handle: RePEc:bar:bedcje:2003107
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    • Q24 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Land
    • H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
    • L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprise and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out

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