Economic analysis of gradual “social exhaustion” of waste management capacity |
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作者姓名: | Hideo Koide Hirofumi Nakayama |
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作者单位: | Department of Economics, Seinan Gakuin University, 6-2-92 Nishijin, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka 814-8511, Japan;Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan |
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基金项目: | This work is financially supported by Grants-in-Aid Nos.(C) 22560546 (for Scientific Research) and (B) 23730263 (for Young Scientists) awarded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. |
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摘 要: | This article proposes to analyze the quantitative effects of a gradual physical and "social" exhaustion of a landfill site on an equilibrium waste management service. A gradual social exhaustion of a landfill is defined here as an upward shift of a "subjective factor" associated with the amount of waste, based on the plausible hypothesis that an individual will not accept excessive presence of landfilled waste. Physical exhaustion occurs when the absolute capacity of a landfill site decreases. The paper shows some numerical examples using specific functions and parameters, and proposes appropriate directions for three policy objectives: to decrease the equilibrium waste disposal, to increase the economic surplus of the individual and/or the waste management firm, and to lower the equilibrium collection fee.
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关 键 词: | social exhaustion physical exhaustion policy objectives |
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