The socially optimal recycling rate: Evidence from Japan
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Solid waste; Recycling; Environmental policy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics
- H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
- H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
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