Switch to Save? Comparing Municipal Solid Waste Expenditures Based on Waste Management Provider Ownership
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14560%2F18%3A00101858" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14560/18:00101858 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.31025/2611-4135/2018.13688" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.31025/2611-4135/2018.13688</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.31025/2611-4135/2018.13688" target="_blank" >10.31025/2611-4135/2018.13688</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Switch to Save? Comparing Municipal Solid Waste Expenditures Based on Waste Management Provider Ownership
Original language description
The debate about public vs. private provision of municipal solid waste management has been going on for several decades with no conclusive evidence in favor of either. The presence of relevant competition in the market seems to be more important than the type of the provider. In this study, we expand on this topic and use empirical evidence to show that what matters most is the willingness of the municipality to switch waste management providers. We compare the municipal solid waste expenditures of more than 60 municipalities in the Czech Republic that changed their waste management provider in 2008-2014, both before and after the change. The results show that such a change can, on average, reduce the expenditure by several percent, and change should therefore be preferred by the municipalities instead of perpetually extending contracts with the current provider. In addition, we show that it does not matter much whether the new waste management provider is a public or private company, as costs are reduced when switching either way.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50200 - Economics and Business
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/TL01000305" target="_blank" >TL01000305: Analysis of the South Moravian Region's Potential in Relation to the Circular Economy</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Detritus
ISSN
2611-4127
e-ISSN
2611-4135
Volume of the periodical
2018
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
IT - ITALY
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
152-158
UT code for WoS article
000474686200019
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85059979148