the economics literature devoted to these topics. Public attention to solid waste and recycling has increased dramatically …This paper provides a broad overview of recent trends in solid waste and recycling, related public policy issues, and … makers choose the efficient mix of policy levers to regulate solid waste and recycling activities. Economists have also …

This paper examines the generation and management of solid waste (MSW) through the lens of economics. We estimate that … the global burden of MSW amounted to 1.3 billion metric tons in 1990, or 0.67 kilograms of waste per person per day … disposing of MSW vary widely across countries in accord with the nature of the waste stream and key features of the …

lack of attention likely reflects the focus on the positive aspects of industrialization and the difficulty of finding data … waste, which had large mortality impacts, particularly in cities. This essay reviews long run trends in energy use and water …

A growing number of surveys elicit respondents' expectations for future events on a 0-100 scale of percent chance …

power shifts. Using a rational-expectations model, we show cycles result from governments' inability to commit to future … investments, which in turn prompts it to increase taxes next period. This induces low investment thus low future taxes, and so on …