| Title |
Waste management and competitiveness of firms in Europe: A stochastic frontier approach |
| ID_Doc |
7019 |
| Authors |
Agovino, M; Matricano, D; Garofalo, A |
| Title |
Waste management and competitiveness of firms in Europe: A stochastic frontier approach |
| Year |
2020 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.wasman.2019.11.021 |
| Abstract |
The present paper aims to investigate the relationship between achieved recycling rates and the competitiveness of firms working in circular economy sectors. The econometric analysis is based on the Stochastic Frontier Analysis (a parametric model) and is carried out in reference to seventeen European countries over the years 2010-2016. It reveals intriguing results about the positive effect that achieved recycling rates of packaging, electronic and bio-waste can exert on the competitiveness of firms, although differences emerge across the countries considered. Furthermore, through the inefficiency function, a positive effect of R&D spending on competitiveness of European firms is disclosed. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| Author Keywords |
Waste management; Valuation of environmental effects; Recycling; Ecological economics; Panel data models; Stochastic frontier approach |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000512310800055 |
| WoS Category |
Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences |
| Research Area |
Engineering; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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