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Should the trade of hazardous waste be uniformly regulated? An empirical analysis of export demand for ‘waste and scrap’

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  • Ichinose, Daisuke
  • Higashida, Keisaku
  • Shinkuma, Takayoshi
  • Kojima, Michikazu

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We examine the substitutability of waste and scrap exported from different countries by estimating the export demand functions of China. In particular, we focus on the export of other ferrous waste and scrap (HS code 720449) and other waste, parings and scrap of plastics (HS code 391590). It is shown that the substitutability of these wastes and scraps is weak among the exporting countries. Our empirical results imply that a uniform ban on trading hazardous waste, represented by the Basel Ban, could be an inefficient environmental policy.

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  • Ichinose, Daisuke & Higashida, Keisaku & Shinkuma, Takayoshi & Kojima, Michikazu, 2013. "Should the trade of hazardous waste be uniformly regulated? An empirical analysis of export demand for ‘waste and scrap’," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 18(6), pages 773-793, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:endeec:v:18:y:2013:i:06:p:773-793_00
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