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ASSESSING INCENTIVE‐BASED ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES FOR REDUCING HOUSEHOLD WASTE DISPOSAL
Author(s) -
NESTOR DEBORAH VAUGHN,
PODOLSKY MICHAEL J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
contemporary economic policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1465-7287
pISSN - 1074-3529
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1998.tb00528.x
Subject(s) - incentive , unit price , unit (ring theory) , solid waste management , municipal solid waste , intuition , economics , empirical evidence , empirical research , environmental economics , public economics , business , microeconomics , engineering , waste management , mathematics , epistemology , philosophy , mathematics education
In residential solid waste management, the United States has a great deal of experience in applying incentive‐based environmental policy in the form of unit pricing. This study examines the two most common forms of unit pricing practiced in the United States. It offers intuition and empirical evidence suggesting divergence of theoretical expectations and actual outcomes regarding the effects of switching to unit pricing. Data collected from households in Marietta, Ga. during a solid waste pricing experiment serve as the basis for the analysis.