From pay-per-bag to pay-per-kg : The case of Flanders revisited
© The Author(s) 2015.
| Publié dans: | Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA. - 1991. - 33(2015), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 1103-11 |
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| Format: | Article en ligne |
| Langue: | English |
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2015
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| Accès à la collection: | Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA |
| Sujets: | Journal Article Municipal solid waste difference-in-differences matching estimator panel data selection bias weight-based pricing Solid Waste |
| Résumé: | © The Author(s) 2015. Weight-based pricing systems for municipal solid waste collection and processing are increasingly popular in many European countries and regions. However, the impact on waste generation of such pricing schedules remains debated and depends strongly on the practical details of the system used. This article assesses the impact of a voluntary transition by Flemish municipalities from the default price-per-bag pricing systems to a more sophisticated weight-based pricing schedule. By (1) exploiting alternative statistical techniques, (2) using more recent data and (3) focusing on the introduction effect of the new pricing schedule, we are able to complement and refine prior research on this topic. Our results indicate that introducing weight-based pricing has initially a significant and substantial downward impact on the amount of residual municipal solid waste per capita. This result is robust under different methodologies that control for selection bias. There are however, indications that this initial effect does not persist in the years after introduction |
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| Description: | Date Completed 31.08.2016 Date Revised 02.12.2018 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1096-3669 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0734242X15610422 |