Abrate, Graziano; Erbetta, Fabrizio; Fraquelli, Giovanni; … - Collegio Carlo Alberto, Università degli Studi di Torino - 2011
The paper investigates the costs of waste disposal and recycling services by using a well-behaved Composite cost function model. Our estimates on a unique sample of more than 500 Italian municipalities highlight that the refuse collection technology exhibits constant returns to scale as well as...