The Impact of population size and bin structure on the cost of municipal solid waste: evidence from Sweden and Norway
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Keywords
Waste management; cost; population; bins; Sweden; Norway;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L98 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Government Policy
- Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
- Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENV-2023-12-18 (Environmental Economics)
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