Data and Code for: The Dynamic Effects of Recycling on Oligopoly Competition: Evidence from the US Paper Industry

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Eddie Watkins, Federal Trade Commission

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Project Citation:

Watkins, Eddie. Data and Code for: The Dynamic Effects of Recycling on Oligopoly Competition: Evidence from the US Paper Industry. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-07-22. https://doi.org/10.3886/E183702V1

Project Description

Summary: The contains that data and codes to analyze the effects of recycling on oligopoly competition as described in the below abstract of the paper

"Consumer recycling generates new intermediate inputs. If some of the inputs are used to manufacture a substitute for the original product, the primary seller faces an incentive to reduce current output and raise rivals' future costs. I find that firms in the US paper industry facing exposure to future competition from the recycled sector, based on differences between product specific recycling technologies, reduced output more than firms not exposed to the recycled sector as consumer recycling increased. I then use the model to illustrate how the strategic response to recycling affects environmental policy."

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Imperfect Competition; Dynamic Competition; Recycling; Input Markets; Environmental Policy

JEL Classification:
      L13 Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
      L14 Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation; Networks
      L41 Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
      L73 Forest Products
      Q21 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Demand and Supply; Prices
      Q23 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Forestry

Geographic Coverage: United States

Time Period(s): 1973 – 1993

Collection Date(s): 2017 – 2019

Universe: All paper mills in the United States between 1973 and 1993

Data Type(s): observational data

Collection Notes: Lockwood Post data was hand collected and digitized by the author. All other data was downloaded from Government sources or provided to the author in response to requests made by the author.

Methodology

Response Rate: This is observational data that includes data on the universe of US paper mills during the time frame.

Sampling: This is observational data that includes data on the universe of US paper mills during the time frame.

Data Source: Lockwood Post Directory 1973-1993
Forest Product Laboratory
Energy Information Administration (2015)
Bureau of Economic Analysis (2015)
Hervani (2005)
Howard and Jones (2016)

Collection Mode(s): mixed mode

Scales: N/A

Weights: N/A

Unit(s) of Observation: Establishment

Geographic Unit: Establishment

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V1 [2024-07-22]

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