Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Costa, Ionara
Author-Email: costa@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT
Author-Name: Doranova, Asel
Author-Email: doranova@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT
Author-Name: Eenhoorn, Geert-Jan
Author-Email: g.eenhoorn@wwrgroup.com
Author-Workplace-Name: World Wide Recycling
Title: Beyond the emission market: Kyoto and the international expansion of waste 
	 management firms
Abstract: This paper analyses the participation of firms without GHG emission 
	 liabilities as technology providers in CDM and JI projects, the 
	 flexibility mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol. It argues that the 
	 motivations for those firms to engaging in CDM and JI projects is based 
	 on market stimuli beyond those related to the emission market itself. 
	 Instead, their motivations are largely associated with search for new 
	 markets where their technological resources and expertise can be 
	 exploited. The analysis is based on three firms from the Dutch waste 
	 management industry. These cases suggest that the Kyoto's mechanisms 
	 compensate to some extent the weakness of the underdeveloped waste 
	 management sector in developing and transition economies.
Classification-JEL: L19, L22, L59, L98, Q28
Keywords: Waste Management Industry, Kyoto Protocol, International 
	 Expansion, Firm-specific advantages
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2008
Number: 020
File-URL: http://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/wppdf/2008/wp2008-020.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2008020