%0 Journal Article
%T Estimating the Cost of Mining Pollution on Water Resources: Parametric and Nonparametric Resources Aproximando el costo de la contaminaci車n minera sobre los recursos h赤dricos: metodolog赤as param谷tricas y no param谷tricas
%A Pedro Herrera Catal芍n
%A Oscar Millones Dest谷fano
%J Revista Econom赤a
%D 2012
%I Pontificia Universidad Cat車lica del Per迆
%X This study estimates the economic costs of mining pollution on water resources for the years 2008 and 2009 based on the conceptual framework of Environmental Efficiency. This framework identifies such costs as the mining companies＊ trade-off between increasing production that is saleable at market prices (desirable output) and reducing the environmental pollution that emerges from the production process (undesirable output). These economic costs were calculated from parametric and non parametric production possibility frontiers for 28 and 37 mining units in 2008 and 2009, respectively, which were under the purview of the National Campaign for Environmental Monitoring of Effluent and Water Resources, conducted by the Energy and Mining Investment Supervisory Agency (Osinergmin) in those years. The results show that the economic cost of mining pollution on water resources rose to U.S. $ 814.7 million and U.S. $ 448.8 million for 2008 and 2009, respectively. These economic costs were highly concentrated in a few mining units, within a few pollution parameters, and were also higher in mining units with average/low mineral production. Taking into consideration that at present the fine and penalty system in the mining sector is based on administrative criteria, this study proposes a System of Environmentally Efficient Sanctions based on economic criteria so as to establish a preventive mechanism for pollution. It is hoped that this mechanism will generate the necessary incentives for mining companies to address the negative externalities that emerge from their production process. En este estudio se aproximan los costos econ車micos de la contaminaci車n ambiental minera sobre los recursos h赤dricos para 2008 y 2009 en el marco conceptual de la Eficiencia Medioambiental, que interpreta dichos costos como el trade-off de los empresarios mineros entre incrementar su producci車n que es vendible a precios de mercado (output deseable) yreducir la contaminaci車n ambiental que se desprende de su proceso productivo (output no deseable). Dichos costos econ車micos fueron calculados a partir de fronteras de posibilidades de producci車n param谷tricas y no param谷tricas para 28 y 37 unidades mineras en los a os 2008 y 2009 respectivamente, las que estuvieron bajo el 芍mbito de la Campa a Nacional deMonitoreo Ambiental de Efluentes y Recursos H赤dricos que realiz車 el Organismo Supervisor de Inversi車n Energ赤a y Miner赤a (Osinergmin) en dichos a os. Los resultados indican que los costos econ車micos de la contaminaci車n ambiental minera sobre los recursos h赤dricos ascendieron, en promedio, par
%K Eficiencia Medioambiental
%K precios sombra
%K fronteras de posibilidades de producci車n
%K funciones distancia
%K externalidades ambientales
%K empresas extractivas mineras
%U http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/economia/article/view/3839