Agovino, Massimiliano; Marchesano, Katia; Musella, Gaetano - In: Papers in regional science : the journal of the … 103 (2024) 2, pp. 1-17
Italian environmental laws set targets for separate waste collection (SWC) in a top-down public decision-making approach. This study uses quarterly data (2002Q1-2019Q1) on the 103 Italian provinces to investigate whether the targets activate a yardstick competition (YC) mechanism in SWC....
