Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Gradus, Raymond H J M - In: Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 26 (2008) 1, pp. 110-126
We analyse the Dutch waste-collection market for 1998 – 2005. We show that municipalities with unit-based pricing (UBP) or waste collection by private companies have lower costs. However, this cost advantage decreases over time as competition decreases, because of the introduction of the...