研究者情報 | 神奈川大学

ヤマモト　マサシ Yamamoto Masashi 山本　雅資所属神奈川大学経済学部経済学科/現代ビジネス学科神奈川大学大学院経済学研究科経済学専攻（公共政策コース）職種教授
言語種別	英語
発行・発表の年月	2022/01
形態種別	学術雑誌
査読	査読あり
標題	Is incineration repressing recycling?
執筆形態	共著
掲載誌名	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
掲載区分	国外
出版社・発行元	Elsevier BV
巻・号・頁	pp.102593-102593
担当区分	筆頭著者,責任著者
国際共著	国際共著
著者・共著者	Masashi Yamamoto,Thomas Kinnaman
概要	Recycling rates increased rapidly in the United States and across the developed world in the 1980s and 1990s but have remained relatively flat in many countries since about 2005. Could increases in incineration and a possible `feed the beast' mentality associated with efficient incineration make the recycling of some materials obsolete? In this paper, a conceptual model is delivered to better explain the possible trade-off. The model is then tested using novel data in Japan that includes both unused excess incineration capacity and recycling rates across municipalities and across time. Results suggest that, when controlling for other variables, excess incineration capacity indeed reduces recycling. These results suggest that future planned increases in recycling may be frustrated by increases in incineration.