VAIL, Benjamin. Economic Perspectives on International Waste Transport. In Environmental Economics, Policy and International Relations: Papers presented at 9th seminar of PhD students, young scientists and researchers of Visegrad group countries. Prague: Nakladatelství a vydavatelství litomyšlského semináře, 2007, p. 16-26. ISBN 978-80-86709-11-6. |
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@inproceedings{752177, author = {Vail, Benjamin}, address = {Prague}, booktitle = {Environmental Economics, Policy and International Relations: Papers presented at 9th seminar of PhD students, young scientists and researchers of Visegrad group countries}, keywords = {Czech Republic; waste management; economic theory; waste shipment; environmental protection}, language = {eng}, location = {Prague}, isbn = {978-80-86709-11-6}, pages = {16-26}, publisher = {Nakladatelství a vydavatelství litomyšlského semináře}, title = {Economic Perspectives on International Waste Transport}, year = {2007} }
TY - JOUR ID - 752177 AU - Vail, Benjamin PY - 2007 TI - Economic Perspectives on International Waste Transport PB - Nakladatelství a vydavatelství litomyšlského semináře CY - Prague SN - 9788086709116 KW - Czech Republic KW - waste management KW - economic theory KW - waste shipment KW - environmental protection N2 - This paper explores the causes of the illegal waste transport problem between Germany and the Czech Republic, and identifies the positive and negative impacts of waste trade by reviewing economic theory and empirical studies. The recent history of illegal German waste imports to Bohemia in the northern Czech Republic is described and put in European context. The paper then reviews economic perspectives on the causes and effects of waste transport. The theory that both exporters and importers should benefit from waste trade, and that any negative impacts can be mitigated through the use of host fees, is critiqued. Even the legal waste trade can suffer from market failures and impose externalities that harm human health and the environment, suggesting that there is a legitimate role for regulating waste transport. The Czech case reveals that waste export is generally motivated by desire to evade costly waste management rules and undermines source reduction and recycling efforts. ER -
VAIL, Benjamin. Economic Perspectives on International Waste Transport. In \textit{Environmental Economics, Policy and International Relations: Papers presented at 9th seminar of PhD students, young scientists and researchers of Visegrad group countries}. Prague: Nakladatelství a vydavatelství litomyšlského semináře, 2007, p.~16-26. ISBN~978-80-86709-11-6.
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