The Economics of Household Garbage and Recycling Behavior

Don Fullerton; Thomas Kinnaman

The Economics of Household Garbage and Recycling Behavior

Don Fullerton, Thomas Kinnaman

Bucknell University

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Abstract

This book collects ten previously published papers by Don Fullerton, or Thomas Kinnaman, or both together. These papers include a theory of optimal pricing per bag of garbage when recycling and dumping are available options, empirical work using a cross section of cities that charge different prices, and empirical work using a cross section of households at the start of a price per bag of garbage at the curb.

Original language	American English
State	Published - 2002

Keywords

garbage
recycling
dumping
unit-pricing
behavior

Disciplines

Economics

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