Search Results - subject:"Refuse collection"

Property rights and transaction costs: The role of ownership and organization in German public service provision

Friese, Maria; Heimeshoff, Ulrich; Klein, Gordon - 2018

function estimation ensuring precise determination of total factor productivity for a panel of German refuse collection firms …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011789852

Property rights and transaction costs : the role of ownership and organization in German public service provision

Friese, Maria; Heimeshoff, Ulrich; Klein, Gordon - 2018

function estimation ensuring precise determination of total factor productivity for a panel of German refuse collection firms …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011789868

Property rights and transaction costs : The role of ownership and organization in German public service provision

Friese, Maria; Heimeshoff, Ulrich; Klein, Gordon J. - 2016

determination of total factor productivity for a panel of German refuse collection firms in the time period between 2000-2012. We …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581675

Property rights and transaction costs : the role of ownership and organization in German public service provision

Friese, Maria; Heimeshoff, Ulrich; Klein, Gordon - 2016

determination of total factor productivity for a panel of German refuse collection firms in the time period between 2000-2012. We …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574108

Property rights and transaction costs : the role of ownership and organization in German public service provision

Friese, Maria; Heimeshoff, Ulrich; Klein, Gordon - In: International journal of industrial organization 72 (2020), pp. 1-22

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012586787

Contract and strategic network design for reverse production systems

Pas, Joshua W. - 2008

A Reverse Production System (RPS) is a network of transportation logistics and processing functions that collects, refurbishes, and demanufactures for reuse/recycle used or end-of-life products. In this thesis, I focus on the RPS strategic decisions of a processor and collectors when the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475936

A comparative life cycle assessment of diesel and compressed natural gas powered refuse collection vehicles in a Canadian city

Rose, Lars; Hussain, Mohammed; Ahmed, Syed; Malek, Kourosh - In: Energy Policy 52 (2013) C, pp. 453-461

comparative LCA of diesel and compressed natural gas (CNG) powered heavy duty refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) is conducted. The …

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The social impact of liberalisation of plastic bottles in Malta

Briguglio, Michael; Aquilina, Diana - In: International Journal of Green Economics 4 (2010) 3, pp. 275-291

This paper analyses the social impact of liberalisation of plastic bottles in Malta, wherein the system of returnable glass bottles has effectively been replaced by a system of disposable plastic bottles. The paper applies concepts such as Ulrich Beck's (1992) 'risk society', and Michael...

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Cost savings of contracting out refuse collection

Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Gradus, Raymond - EconWPA - 2004

The article discusses the possible cost savings of contracting out refuse collection in the Netherlands. According to … foreign econometric studies, contracting out refuse collection leads to cost savings of approximately 20%. Our findings … external refuse collection. The Chow test, which examines whether the estimated coefficients on the explanatory variables are …

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Contracting out refuse collection

Dijkgraaf, E.; Gradus, R. H. J. M.; Melenberg, B. - In: Empirical Economics 28 (2003) 3, pp. 553-570

, in-house, and out-house refuse collection. The models are estimated using a database comprising nearly all Dutch …

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