Waste and organized crime in regional environments. How waste tariffs and the mafia affect waste management and disposal.

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 185-201

  D'Amato, Alessio ^a,d   Mazzanti, Massimiliano ^b,d   Nicolli, Francesco ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Interuniversity Research Centre   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decentralized policy; Enforcement costs; Municipal waste; Organized crime; Panel data; Waste management and disposal

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

DECENTRALIZED POLICIES; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ENFORCEMENT COSTS; LOCAL INSTITUTIONS; MUNICIPAL WASTE; PANEL DATA; POLICY ENFORCEMENT; REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTS;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

CRIME; ECONOMETRICS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PANEL DATA; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ITALY;

EID: 84930937610     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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