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"Household Responses for Pr...
This paper estimates household reaction to the implementation of unit-pricing for the collection of residential garbage. We gather original data on weight and volume of weekly garbage and recycling of 75 households in Charlottesville, Virginia, both before and after the start of a program that requires an eighty-cent sticker on each bag of garbage. This data set is the first of its kind. We estimate household demands for the collection of garbage and recyclable material, the effect on density of household garbage, and the amount of illegal dumping by households. We also estimate the probability that a household chooses each method available to reduce its garbage. In response to the implementation of this unit-pricing program, we find that households (1) reduced the weight of their garbage by 14%, (2) reduced the volume of garbage by 37% and (3) increased the weight of their recyclable materials by 16%. We estimate that additional illegal -- or at least suspicious -- disposal accounts for 0.42 pounds per person per week, or 28% of the reduction in garbage observed at the curb
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monografia Rebiun36629790 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun36629790 m o d cr ||||||||||| 120107s1994 mau o 000 0 eng d 72459067 1027339043 1119410299 1243074957 UAO ocn756569699 DKDLA eng pn DKDLA OCLCQ COO OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ KIJ WYU YOU OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ NBERS OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCL OCLCQ D62 jelc H23 jelc "Household Responses for Pricing Garbage by the Bag, " Don Fullerton, Thomas C. Kinnaman Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1994 Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1 online resource 1 online resource Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier NBER working paper series no. w4670 This paper estimates household reaction to the implementation of unit-pricing for the collection of residential garbage. We gather original data on weight and volume of weekly garbage and recycling of 75 households in Charlottesville, Virginia, both before and after the start of a program that requires an eighty-cent sticker on each bag of garbage. This data set is the first of its kind. We estimate household demands for the collection of garbage and recyclable material, the effect on density of household garbage, and the amount of illegal dumping by households. We also estimate the probability that a household chooses each method available to reduce its garbage. In response to the implementation of this unit-pricing program, we find that households (1) reduced the weight of their garbage by 14%, (2) reduced the volume of garbage by 37% and (3) increased the weight of their recyclable materials by 16%. We estimate that additional illegal -- or at least suspicious -- disposal accounts for 0.42 pounds per person per week, or 28% of the reduction in garbage observed at the curb Externalities. Externalities Redistributive Effects Environmental Taxes and Subsidies. Microeconomics Externalities Public Economics Externalities Kinnaman, Thomas C. Fullerton, Don National Bureau of Economic Research Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w4670