Effectiveness of unit-based pricing of waste in the Netherlands: Applying a general equilibrium model

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2892-2901

  van Beukering, Pieter J H ^a   Bartelings, Heleen ^b   Linderhof, Vincent G M ^b   Oosterhuis, Frans H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; NETHERLANDS; PILOT EXPERIMENT; PRICE INCENTIVES; SIDE EFFECT; UNIT-BASED PRICING; VARIABLE RATE; WASTE COLLECTION; WASTE REDUCTION; WASTE SEPARATION;

RECYCLING; VIDEODISKS;

VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC WASTE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HOUSEHOLD; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIC WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; URBANIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC POLICY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70249134531     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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