Waste Market (eBook)

1. Introduction.- 1.1 Empirical update of the waste collection market.- 1.2 Description and purpose of the book.- Reference list.- 2. Cost saving of contracting out refuse collection in the Netherlands.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Effects of tendering: Estimations for the Netherlands.- 2.2.1 Method.- 2.2.2 Data.- 2.2.3 Fiscal aspects.- 2.2.4 Results.- 2.3 Robustness of results.- 2.4 Conclusions.- Reference list.- 3. Contracting out refuse collection in the Netherlands.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Theoretical issues.- 3.3 Data.- 3.3.1 Institutional forms.- 3.3.2 Output variables.- 3.3.3 Wealth variables.- 3.3.4 Interest group variables.- 3.3.5 Political variables.- 3.4 Estimation results: logit.- 3.5 Robustness of results.- 3.6 Conclusions.- Reference list.- 4. Contracting out in Sweden: Ownership and production costs.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Data and the decision-making process.- 4.3 Models and estimation strategy.- 4.3.1 How it has usually been done.- 4.3.2 Why it may be wrong.- 4.3.3 How it could be done.- 4.4 Theoretical framework.- 4.5 Evidence: costs and producer choice.- 4.5.1 Representative sample.- 4.5.2 Producer choice.- 4.5.3 Cost functions.- 4.5.4 Producer choice taking costs into account.- 4.5.5 Model selection.- 4.6 Concluding remarks.- Reference list.- Appendix A: The data.- Appendix B: Maximum likelihood estimations.- 5. Does public ownership impair efficiency in Norwegian refuse collection?- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Corporate governance versus political economy.- 5.2.1 Corporate governance theory.- 5.2.2 Political economy theory.- 5.2.3 Empirical studies on public ownership.- 5.3 Refuse collectio in Norwegian local government.- 5.4 The impact of dispersed ownership on costs and user charges.- 5.5. Conclusions.- Reference list.- 6. Refuse collection in Spain: Privatization, intermunicipal cooperation, and concentration.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 The structureof the solid waste service production in Spain.- 6.3 Intermunicipal cooperation.- 6.4 Concentration and competition in the private market for concessions.- 6.5 Conclusions.- Reference list.- Appendix A.- 7. How to get increasing competition in the Dutch refuse collection market?- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Development of the Dutch Refuse Collection Market over time.- 7.3 Methodology and data.- 7.4 Results.- 7.5 Conclusions.- Reference list.- 8. Dutch cost savings in unit-based pricing of household waste.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Effects of unit-based pricing.- 8.2.1 Method and data.- 8.2.2 Results.- 8.2.3 The price elasticities of the pricing systems.- 8.3 The importance of environmental activism.- 8.4 The effect on surrounding municipalities.- 8.5 Administrative costs and illegal dumping.- 8.6 Conclusions.- Reference list.- Appendix A: Definition of variables.- 9. Assessing instruments for mixed household solid waste collection services in Flanders.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Waste management instruments.- 9.2.1 Pecuniary incentives.- 9.2.2 Service level.- 9.2.3 Municipality specific characteristics.- 9.2.4 Waste reduction and prevention.- 9.2.5 Objective.- 9.3 Conceptual framework.- 9.4 Methodology and data collection.- 9.5 Results and discussion.- 9.6 Conclusions and future research topics.- Reference list.- 10. Final comments and future research.- 10.1 Final comments.- 10.2 Future reseach.- References list.- Index.