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Physical Input-Output Tables (PIOTs) are a powerful accounting framework since they trace simultaneously all physical flows of the economy, including goods and emission. However, there is no IO model able to operate them and, thus, they cannot be used for analytical purposes - only descriptive....
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representative firm in the South to be reused as intermediate goods, with potential trade gains. The level of reusability of waste … international monitoring, non-reusable waste can be illegally mixed with reusable waste. I explore the driving forces for illegal … waste movement, with a particular focus on local waste regulations such as the EU׳s Directive on Waste Electrical and …
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This study looks at the costs and benefits of the main pig waste disposal options used by intensive pig farmers in … the other waste management solutions that are being used. However the report also finds that, if the necessary technical …
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This paper summarizes the economics perspective on recycling of municipal solid waste. The first section reviews recent … greatly from policies enacted for yard waste, because these two materials are very different from each other. A surgical …
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Using machine learning methods in a quasi-experimental setting, I study the heterogeneous effects of introducing waste … prices - unit prices on household unsorted waste disposal - on waste demands and social welfare. First, using a unique panel … of Italian municipalities with large variation in prices and observables, I show that waste demands are nonlinear. - find …
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The collection of solid waste and the recovery of recyclable material from waste belong to the many challenges Cuba has … been facing over the past years. In this paper, we give a short account of the actual waste situation and analyze the … causes of the obvious deficiencies of the waste sector. We conducted a small survey in Havana city in order to assess peoples …
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present and describe a new method for the treatment of gaseous waste that is economically feasible. It focuses on diverting …
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This paper presents the first empirical test of the green paradox hypothesis, according to which well-intended but imperfectly implemented policies may lead to detrimental environmental outcomes due to supply side responses. We use the introduction of the Acid Rain Program in the U.S. as a case...
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China, das Reich der Mitte, ist mit schwerwiegenden Umweltproblemen konfrontiert die hohe Kosten verursachen. Mit der zunehmenden Anwendung der Umwelttechnik kann der Herausforderung diese Problemfelder zu beheben sinnvoll begegnet werden. Die Indikatoren Wirtschaftswachstum, notwendiger Schutz...
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This paper evaluates the environmental impacts of economic growth and trade liberalization in India. The empirical strategy in this paper is to estimate the scale, technique and trade-induced composition effects of trade liberalization on pollution. We collect data across major industrial states...
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