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NIMBY or YIMBY? Municipalities' reaction to disaster waste from the Great East Japan Earthquake

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  • Ishimura, Yuichi

    (Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University)

  • Takeuchi, Kenji

    (Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University)

  • Carlsson, Fredrik

    (Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University)

Abstract

This study investigates the determinants of transfer of waste between the affected areas and other municipalities that resulted from the Great East Japan Earthquake. In particular, we investigate to what extent economic factors, but also social factors such as reciprocity and pro-social concerns, affect municipalities’ decision to accept disaster waste. We find some evidence that economic factors affect the decision, but the main factors that explain the decision are related to concerns about radiation and social concerns about the affected area. Our results suggest that it is primarily social concerns, both about the own municipality but also about the affected municipalities that explain behavior.

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  • Ishimura, Yuichi & Takeuchi, Kenji & Carlsson, Fredrik, 2014. "NIMBY or YIMBY? Municipalities' reaction to disaster waste from the Great East Japan Earthquake," Working Papers in Economics 597, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    disaster waste; social preferences; wide area treatment;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • R50 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - General

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