Economic incentives and residential waste management in Taiwan: An empirical investigation

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 489-519

  Yang, Hai Lan ^a   Innes, Robert ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Recycling; Solid waste management; Unit pricing

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTES; WASTE UTILIZATION;

RECYCLING RATES; RESIDENTIAL WASTE GENERATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; UNIT PRICING;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DOMESTIC WASTE; ESTIMATION METHOD; INCENTIVE; NATIONAL STRATEGY; PLASTIC; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 34249825508     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-006-9040-0     Document Type: Article

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