Financing a competitive recycling initiative in Switzerland

Ecological Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 727-739

  Ulli Beer, Silvia ^a,b   Andersen, David F ^c   Richardson, George P ^c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer supported policy formulation; Recycling initiatives; Solid waste management; System dynamics policy analysis

Indexed keywords

BUDGET DEFICIT; FINANCIAL PROVISION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MODELING; POLICY ANALYSIS; PRICING POLICY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34247603889     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.09.017     Document Type: Article

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