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Title: If Not in My Backyard, Where? The Distributional Effects of Restricting Transboundary Waste Flows

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Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: In many recent U.S. Congress sessions, several state and local governments have attempted to legalize waste flow controls after their ordinances were overturned by Supreme Court. Using data on intercounty waste flows in California and a random utility model of haulers' decisions about where to deposit waste from each county, this paper studies the effects of not-in-my-backyard policies and fuel taxes on the spatial and demographic distribution of solid waste. I find that waste is currently more likely to be hauled to disposal facilities in communities with higher percentages of blacks and Hispanics, even after controlling for income, disposal fees, and transport distances. Counterfactual policy experiments show that policies that seek to limit waste flows would reduce intercounty waste transport. However, these policies tend to lead to substitution of waste away from facilities near white residents and toward facilities near Hispanic residents, potentially exacerbating distributional concerns.

Url: https://phuongmho.github.io/PhuongHo_NIMBYWaste.pdf

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Authors: Ho, Phuong

Publisher: University of Arizona

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