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 … makers choose the efficient mix of policy levers to regulate solid waste and recycling activities. Economists have also …

entropy cost functions that better match this feature of the data and that retain key simplifying features of the Shannon …

preferences, habits, and jumps. The metrics describe the pricing kernel's dispersion (the entropy of the title) and dynamics (time … dependence, a measure of how entropy varies over different time horizons). We show how each model generates entropy and time … approximations -- clarifies the mechanisms underlying these models. It also reveals, in some cases, tension between entropy, which …

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 …

waste, which had large mortality impacts, particularly in cities. This essay reviews long run trends in energy use and water …