Transboundary Movements of Waste

Transboundary Movements of Waste

In a stylized model of international trade, a monopolist in the North exports second-hand products to a representative firm in the South to be reused as intermediate goods, with potential trade gains. The degree of reusability of waste products is a crucial choice variable in the North. This is because with a lack of international vigilance, non-reusable waste can be mixed illegally with the re...

Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste

Political Economy of Transboundary Movements of E-Waste: Maximizing Efficiency and Minimizing Risks

E-waste is traded between developed-developing and between technologically advanced developing-developing countries. The push and pull factors are influencing import and export demand of e-waste. The ‘Basel Ban’ signatory both developed and developing countries are lax in ‘Ban’ enforcement as the transboundary movement of ewaste is a complementary need for them. The harmful effects of hazardous...

Transboundary movements of waste: second-hand markets and illegal shipments (Preliminary. Comments are welcome)

In a stylized model of international trade, firms in the North indirectly export second-hand products to a representative firm in the South to be reused as intermediate goods, with potential trade gains. The degree of reusability of waste products is a crucial choice variable in the North. This is because with a lack of international vigilance, non-reusable waste can be mixed illegally with the...

Animal Waste Regulation and Transboundary Water Quality

Control of animal waste has been a major policy challenge. We identify the properties of efficient regulation and suggest that effective policies to control animal waste will enhance utilization of manure in local production and may change land allocation among crops. We also show that policies that aim to control local environmental problems, ignoring spillover among regions, may be significan...