A Theoretical Analysis of Costs, Waste Treatment, Pollution in the Ganges, and Leather Production by Tanneries in Kanpur, India

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Yoo, Seung Jick

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“…The subject of water pollution regulation 9 in the Ganges caused by tanneries in Kanpur has lately been studied from several vantage points by Batabyal (2023), Batabyal and Yoo (2022), and Batabyal et al (2023b). Similarly, the topic of how pollution in the Ganges in Varanasi ought to be managed has been addressed by Batabyal and Beladi (2017, 2020 and Xing and Batabyal 5 Go to https://www.bqprime.com/business/why-kanpurs-tanneries-are-at-the-centre-of-a-fight-to-save-the-ganga for additional details on this point.…”

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Decentralized vs. Centralized Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges in a Model with Three Cities

Batabyal,

Beladi

2024

Netw Spat Econ

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We think of the cleanup of water pollution in the Ganges river in India as a local public good and ask whether this cleanup ought to be decentralized or centralized. We depart from the existing literature on this subject in two important ways. First, we allow the heterogeneous spillovers from cleaning up water pollution to be positive or negative. Second, we focus on water pollution cleanup in three cities---Kanpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi---through which the Ganges flows.Our model sheds light on two broad issues. First, we characterize efficient water pollution cleanup in the three cities, we describe how much water pollution is cleaned up under decentralization, we describe the set of cleanup amounts under decentralization, and we discuss why pollution cleanup under decentralization is unlikely to be efficient. Second, we focus on centralization. We derive the tax paid by the inhabitants of the three cities for pollution cleanup, the benefit to a city inhabitant from water pollution cleanup, how majority voting determines how much pollution is cleaned up when the spillovers from cleanup are uniform, and finally, we compare the amounts of pollution cleaned up with majority voting with the efficient pollution cleanup amounts.

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Decentralized vs. Centralized Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges in a Model with Three Cities

Batabyal,

Beladi

2024

Netw Spat Econ

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“…Several papers in the recent literature by researchers such as Singh and Gundimeda (2021), Batabyal (2022), Batabyal andYoo (2022), andBatabyal et al (2023b) have analyzed the regulation of water pollution in the Ganges caused primarily by tanneries in Kanpur. Likewise, the topic of how pollution in the Ganges in Varanasi ought to be overseen has been studied by Batabyal and Beladi (2017 and by Xing and Batabyal (2019).…”

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How spillovers from pollution cleanup in the Ganges affect welfare in Kanpur and Varanasi

Batabyal

2024

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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We study how spillovers from water pollution cleanup in the Ganges affect social welfare in an aggregate economy consisting of Kanpur and Varanasi, two cities through which this river flows. We view pollution cleanup in both cities as a local public good and point out that, if Kanpur cleans up pollution in the Ganges, then Varanasi obtains some spillover benefit and vice versa. In this setting, we first solve for the Nash equilibrium amounts of pollution cleanup in the two cities when decisions about how much pollution to clean up are made simultaneously; next, we determine the equilibrium welfare levels in each city. Second, on the assumption that decisions about how much pollution to clean up are centralized, we compute the amounts of pollution cleanup that maximize aggregate welfare. Finally, we describe an intercity transfer scheme that leads each city to choose noncooperatively in a Nash equilibrium the same pollution cleanup amounts as those that arise when aggregate welfare is maximized.

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Ecological implications of chromium-contaminated effluents from Indian tanneries and their phytoremediation: a sustainable approach

Mohanty,

Kumar,

Bisoi

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Environ Monit Assess

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A Theoretical Analysis of Costs, Waste Treatment, Pollution in the Ganges, and Leather Production by Tanneries in Kanpur, India

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

Decentralized vs. Centralized Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges in a Model with Three Cities

Decentralized vs. Centralized Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges in a Model with Three Cities

How spillovers from pollution cleanup in the Ganges affect welfare in Kanpur and Varanasi

Ecological implications of chromium-contaminated effluents from Indian tanneries and their phytoremediation: a sustainable approach

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