This thesis consists of three essays that contribute to the understanding of
the economic implications of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for certain
durable (e.g. electronics) and consumable (e.g. pharmaceuticals) products from an
operational perspective. In the first essay, we investigate the effect of EPR-based
policy on a durable good producer’s secondary market strategy. Our analysis uncovers
possible strategic approach of durable good producers to EPR obligations, which may
result in unintended outcomes. We provide insights into how to set EPR obligations
to avoid these adverse outcomes. In the second essay, we examine the operational
details of market-based EPR implementation on the ground. We analyze whether the
advocated premises of the marked-based approach hold by focusing on the Minnesota
Electronics Recycling Act. Based on evaluation reports and stakeholder interviews,
we find that the Minnesota Act achieves the premises of the market-based approach,
but this occurs at the expense of several unintended outcomes, following unforeseen
market dynamics and associated stakeholder interactions. In the third essay, we
explore how the EPR-based policies can be effectively operationalized for managing
pharmaceutical overage by analyzing the interactions between major stakeholders and
moderating factors for these interactions. We demonstrate that the preferred policy
depends on the healthcare and externality characteristics of the medicine together
with collection-related requirements. Additionally, we investigate the perspectives of
pharmaceutical stakeholders on the policy choice and identify the influential factors
in this context.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:GATECH/oai:smartech.gatech.edu:1853/54382 |
| Date | 07 January 2016 |
| Creators | Alev, Isil |
| Contributors | Atasu, Atalay, Toktay, Beril L, Ergun, Ozlem |
| Publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Source Sets | Georgia Tech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
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