FINANCING IN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DESIGN

Indivisibilities give rise to scale economies in the provision of many local public services. Exploitation of these scale economies often requires that the activities of several communities be coordinated. In this study the game analogue to a simple solid waste collection system is analyzed in order to determine the requirements for the design of a financing system that will sustain optimal participation in a regional service system. The researchers found that market based pricing in the face of scale economies created by indivisibilities will generally not support an optimal partition of communities into service districts. They also found that characterization of the game structure of local public service delivery systems is feasible and provides information for designing appropriate cost-sharing arrangements.

• Corporate Authors:

  Pittsburgh University, Pittsburgh

  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15213

  National Science Foundation

  Division of Advanced Environmental Research and Technology
  Washington, DC  United States  20550
• Authors:
  • Ochs, J
• Publication Date: 1974-11-30

Media Info

• Pagination: 53 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Cost allocation; Cost estimating; Economies of scale; Estimates; Financing; Local government; Management; Optimization; Planning; Policy; Regional planning; Solid waste disposal; State government; Transportation; Trucks; Waste disposal
• Old TRIS Terms: Collection; Collection systems; Government policies; Management planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00091656
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: NSF-GI-33646
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 1975 12:00AM