The author introduces an environmental restriction into the traditional two-sector growth model with two classes and analyzes how distributional variables, per capita consumption, and the growth rate are affected in the long-run if an economy is competitive. As an environmental restriction, the...

The wage-profit frontier is commonly used when the choice of technique is discussed. Though quite a few economists have explained why a point on the frontier is being chosen, the author has not found their explanations persuasive. He shows that the choice of technique, in terms of the...

This study investigates the effects of food waste (FW) reduction goal setting on waste generation. Using a unique dataset on the status of policy response with goals for household food waste reduction across Japanese municipalities, we estimate the causal effect of setting FW reduction goals in...

This paper analyses recycling of waste and downgrading of secondary resources using a classical type of production model represented by a Sraffian model. Residuals emitted as waste by households and secondary resources obtained by recycling of waste are negatively or positively priced, depending...