An Outlook on Municipal and Packaging Waste with Income and International Trade

Wei Tse Tony Hung

Diplomová práce

Wasteful: An Outlook on Municipal and Packaging Waste with Income and International Trade

Anotace:

The overall theme for this thesis is waste in Europe, and the theme of waste is explored through municipal waste, packaging waste, and the trade of paper and cardboard waste. In the first two chapters, the aim is to examine the relationship between waste indicators with income using the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis. There was only one instance in the first chapter that the EKC hypothesis is proven. The second chapter did not find any relation that proves the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis. In the third chapter, emphasis is placed on a basic exploration on the structure of waste paper and cardboard trade. All data used in this thesis are sourced from Eurostat. The first two chapters examined the EKC hypothesis using panel regression and the last chapter used network analysis to investigate the structure of the paper and cardboard trade network.

Abstract:

The overall theme for this thesis is waste in Europe, and the theme of waste is explored through municipal waste, packaging waste, and the trade of paper and cardboard waste. In the first two chapters, the aim is to examine the relationship between waste indicators with income using the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis. There was only one instance in the first chapter that the EKC hypothesis is proven. The second chapter did not find any relation that proves the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis. In the third chapter, emphasis is placed on a basic exploration on the structure of waste paper and cardboard trade. All data used in this thesis are sourced from Eurostat. The first two chapters examined the EKC hypothesis using panel regression and the last chapter used network analysis to investigate the structure of the paper and cardboard trade network.

Klíčová slova

Environmental Kuznets Curve, Municipal Waste, Packaing Waste, Network Analysis, Trade of Waste

Keywords

Packaging Waste, Network Analysis, Trade of Waste, Municipal Waste, Environmental Kuznets Curve

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 16. 3. 2021

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 3. 6. 2021
• Vedoucí: Jaroslav Sixta
• Oponent: Ondřej Vozár

Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze

Magisterský studijní program / obor:
Kvantitativní metody v ekonomice / Official Statistics