Efficiency or Technology Adoption: A Case Study in Waste- Treatment Technology

Managi, Shunsuke and Hibiki, Akira and Shimane, Tetsuya (2012): Efficiency or Technology Adoption: A Case Study in Waste- Treatment Technology.

Abstract

Improvements in the effectiveness and efficiency of supply-side waste management are necessary in many countries. In Japan, municipalities with limited budgets have delayed the introduction of new waste-management technologies. Thus, the central government has used subsidies to encourage municipalities to adopt certain new technologies to improve waste-management efficiency. In this study, we measure the efficiency of waste management and explore how technology is related to technical efficiency. We find that municipalities are likely to adopt less-efficient technologies and that the central government's policies are likely to promote inefficient technology adoption by local governments.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Waste-Treatment Technology, Waste Management, Efficiency, Productivity, Technology Adoption
• Subjects: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q53 - Air Pollution ; Water Pollution ; Noise ; Hazardous Waste ; Solid Waste ; Recycling

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