Policies for green design

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-148

  Fullerton, Don ^a   Wu, Wenbo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposit refund; Disposal content; Green design; Green dot; Household waste; Packaging tax; Recycling subsidy; Source reduction

Indexed keywords

CLEANER PRODUCTION; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; PACKAGING WASTE; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031715364     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeem.1998.1044     Document Type: Article

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