The economics of secondary aluminium supply: An econometric analysis based on European data

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 455-463

  Blomberg, Jerry ^a   Söderholm, Patrik ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Scrap markets; Secondary aluminium; Supply elasticity; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM PRODUCTION; ALUMINIUM RECYCLING; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; GERMANY; INCOME ELASTICITIES; MARKET BEHAVIOR; MICRO-ECONOMIC THEORY; OUTPUT PRICE; PRICE ELASTICITY; PRICE VOLATILITY; SCRAP MARKETS; SECONDARY ALUMINIUM; SIZE OF THE STOCK; SUPPLY ELASTICITY; SUPPLY FUNCTION; TIME PERIODS; TIME-SERIES DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ELASTICITY; RECYCLING; SCRAP METAL; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING; SECONDARY RECOVERY;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; MICROECONOMICS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RECYCLING; TIME SERIES;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; RECYCLING; WESTERN EUROPE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349219451     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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