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terns of interregional competition and the size of 

 efficient firms within particular industries. 



There is also an obvious need to improve ana- 

 lytical techniques to assess external economies and 

 diseconomies, secondary economic effects, and the 

 nonmonetary benefits and costs of waste disposal 

 sj'stems and pollution control programs. Pro- 

 cedures are needed for benefit-cost analysis in sup- 



port of programs with multiple objectives and 

 multilevel decisionmaking framework. 



Analytical capabilities need to be improved for 

 tracing the economic implications of waste dis- 

 posal regulations in a systematic manner. One 

 possibility is the development and testing of 

 simulation models for use in analyzing a variety 

 of waste problems. 



