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dc.contributor.authorEggert, Wolfgangen
dc.contributor.authorWeichenrieder, Alfons J.en
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:53:33Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:53:33Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18882-
dc.description.abstractDeposit systems for one-way beverage containers are widely supported by greenactivists and have been implemented in several countries. This paper analyzeswhether such deposit systems can optimally internalize the externalities that resultwhen consumers dump these containers. It is shown that two major problems arisein a competitive market. First, the proceeds from bottle deposits tend to reduce theprice of beverages in a competitive environment and therefore lead to a departurefrom a first best allocation. Second, the system usually requires producers andvendors to run a system for taking back and recycling used containers, whose costvendors can only partly shift to consumers who return their bottles. While adeposit system alone is never optimal, the paper proposes tax-deposit systems thatcan implement a first-best allocation.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x1243en
dc.subject.jelH21en
dc.subject.jelQ20en
dc.subject.jelH23en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.stwGetränkeverpackungen
dc.subject.stwVerpackungs-Recyclingen
dc.subject.stwInternalisierung externer Effekteen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleOn the economics of bottle deposits-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn856730726en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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