Institutional quality effects on separate waste collection: some evidence from Italian provinces |
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Authors: | Massimiliano Agovino Antonio Garofalo Angela Mariani |
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Institution: | Department of Economic and Legal Studies, University of Naples “Parthenope”, Naples, Italy |
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Abstract: | Separate waste collection in Italy comes under the responsibility of local authorities, provinces, while national laws set quantitative targets to be achieved over time. Overall, just a few provinces have reached the thresholds set by the latest law (Legislative Decree 152/2006) and some territorial differentiation has been detected. The aim of this paper is twofold: to verify the effectiveness of Legislative Decree 152/2006 in promoting higher levels of separate collection and to test whether institutional quality (considering the following indicators: voice and accountability, regulatory quality, rule of law and corruption) affects provinces’ efficiency in the separate collection process. For this purpose, we implement the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). Results suggest that the effectiveness of Legislative Decree 152/2006 has been affected by provinces’ institutional quality. In particular, the presence of institutional constraints did not allow the most virtuous provinces to achieve the targets set by law. |
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Keywords: | recycling government policy stochastic frontier approach environmental law Italy |
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