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Household Responses To Pricing Garbage By The Bag, Don Fullerton, Thomas C. Kinnaman
Household Responses To Pricing Garbage By The Bag, Don Fullerton, Thomas C. Kinnaman
Don Fullerton
This paper employs individual household data to estimate the effect of per-unit pricing on the weight of garbage, the number of containers, the weight per can, and the amount of recycling. We also provide two indirect measures of illegal dumping. The data are based on a natural experiment that provides a unique opportunity to study human behavior in response to a change in price. On July 1, 1992, the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, implemented a program to charge $0.80 per 32-gallon bag or can of residential garbage collected at the curb. Before and after the implementation of this program, we …
Household Responses To Pricing Garbage By The Bag, Don Fullerton, Thomas C. Kinnaman
Household Responses To Pricing Garbage By The Bag, Don Fullerton, Thomas C. Kinnaman
Thomas C. Kinnaman
This paper employs individual household data to estimate the effect of per-unit pricing on the weight of garbage, the number of containers, the weight per can, and the amount of recycling. We also provide two indirect measures of illegal dumping. The data are based on a natural experiment that provides a unique opportunity to study human behavior in response to a change in price. On July 1, 1992, the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, implemented a program to charge $0.80 per 32-gallon bag or can of residential garbage collected at the curb. Before and after the implementation of this program, we …
Garbage, Recycling, And Illicit Burning Or Dumping, Thomas C. Kinnaman
Garbage, Recycling, And Illicit Burning Or Dumping, Thomas C. Kinnaman
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Garbage, Recycling, And Illicit Burning Or Dumping, Thomas C. Kinnaman
Garbage, Recycling, And Illicit Burning Or Dumping, Thomas C. Kinnaman
Thomas C. Kinnaman
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