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Recycling: A Policy Dilemma for American States?
Author(s) -
Khator Renu
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1993.tb01817.x
Subject(s) - commit , dilemma , politics , set (abstract data type) , measure (data warehouse) , variables , economics , political science , public economics , political economy , law , statistics , computer science , mathematics , data mining , geometry , database , programming language
In 1990, 38 states passed more than 140 recycling laws. What prompts the states to commit to recycling? In this article, various political, economic, and environmental variables are tested for their independent and group effect on states’ recycling commitment. A composite measure of recycling commitment is developed by combining several political and economic attributes. The results indicate that in comparison to the commonly used economic, political, and demographic variables, a new set of variables measuring policy image are more promising.