The Waste Market Institutional Developments in Europe
Since 1960, the importance of the waste sector has increased substantially in many EU countries from an economic and environmental viewpoint, yet not much literature is readily available on the topic. Key questions answered in this book are whether the us
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The Waste Market Institutional Developments in Europe
Edited by
E. Dijkgraaf SEOR-ECRi, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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R.H.J.M. Gradus Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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E. Dijkgraaf SEOR-ECRi Erasmus University Rotterdam P.O. Box 1738 3000 DR Rotterdam The Netherlands
ISBN: 978-1-4020-8710-3
R.H.J.M. Gradus Faculty of Economics and Business Administration VU University Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-8711-0
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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E. Dijkgraaf and R.H.J.M. Gradus
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2 Cost Savings of Contracting Out Refuse Collection in The Netherlands E. Dijkgraaf and R.H.J.M. Gradus
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3 Contracting Out Refuse Collection in The Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 E. Dijkgraaf, R.H.J.M. Gradus and B. Melenberg 4 Contracting Out in Sweden: Ownership and Production Costs . . . . . . 43 H. Ohlsson 5 Does Public Ownership Impair Efficiency in Norwegian Refuse Collection? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 R.J. Sørensen 6 Refuse Collection in Spain: Privatization, Intermunicipal Cooperation, and Concentration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Germ`a Bel 7 How to Get Increasing Competition in the Dutch Refuse Collection Market? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 E. Dijkgraaf and R.H.J.M. Gradus 8 Dutch Cost Savings in Unit-Based Pricing of Household Waste . . . . . . 111 E. Dijkgraaf and R.H.J.M. Gradus 9 Assessing Instruments for Mixed Household Solid Waste Collection Services in Flanders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 X. Gellynck and P. Verhelst 10 Final Comments and Future Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 E. Dijkgraaf and R.H.J.M. Gradus Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 v
Contributors
Germ`a Bel Universitat de Barcelona and ppre-IREA, Dep. de Pol´ıtica Econ`omica, Av. Diagonal, 690 08034 Barcelona, Spain, e-mail: [email protected] E. Dijkgraaf SEOR-ECRi, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands, e-mail: dijkgraaf@f
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