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Title: Transboundary Movement of Waste: Second-hand Markets and Illegal Shipments
Authors: Bernard, Sophie
Issue Date: 2011-12
Publisher: Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en analyse des organisations (CIRANO)
Series/Report no.: Série scientifique (CIRANO);2011s-77
Scientific series (CIRANO);2011s-77
Abstract: 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 level of reusability of waste products is a crucial choice variable in the North. This is because, in the presence of imperfect international monitoring, non-reusable waste can be illegally mixed with reusable waste. I explore the driving forces for illegal waste movement, with a particular focus on local waste regulations such as the EU's Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. Under mild conditions, it is shown that increasingly stringent regulations in the North induce Northern firms to reduce product reusability. Consequently, the flow of non-reusable waste to the South increases, magnifying the pollution haven effect.
URI: http://www.cirano.qc.ca/pdf/publication/2011s-77.pdf
https://depot.erudit.org/id/003641dd
ISSN: 1198-8177
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