Assessing the effectiveness of voluntary solid waste reduction policies: Methodology and a Flemish case study

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1449-1460

  De Jaeger, Simon ^a   Eyckmans, Johan ^a,b  

^a Campus Parnas   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLID WASTES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES (DID); POLICY INSTRUMENTS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DATA STRUCTURES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLID WASTES; STATISTICAL METHODS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; POLICY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; BELGIUM; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC POLICY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 44149107949     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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