Effects of environmental policy on consumption: Lessons from the Chinese plastic bag regulation

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 407-431

  He, Haoran ^a,b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865204225     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X1200006X     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. 407-431
2. Ackerman, F. (1997), Why Do We Recycle: Markets, Values, and Public Policy, Washington, DC: Island Press.
3. Ai, C. and E.C. Norton (2003), 'Interaction terms in logit and probit models', Economics Letters 80: 123-129. (Pubitemid 36598410)
4. Briassoulis, H. (2001), 'Policy-oriented integrated analysis of land-use change: an analysis of data needs', Environmental Management 27(1): 1-11. (Pubitemid 32202081)
5. Cameron, A.C. and P.K. Trivedi (1986), 'Econometric models based on count data: comparisons and applications of some estimators and tests', Journal of Applied Econometrics 1(1): 29-53.
6. Cameron, A.C. and P.K. Trivedi (1998), 'Regression analysis for count data', Econometric Society Monograph No. 30, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
7. Carr-Harris, H. (1996), 'Instruments available towaste managers toencourage waste minimization', in Washington Waste Minimization Workshop, Vol. II, Which Policies, Which Tools?, Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, pp. 145-197.
8. Chinese Ministry of Commerce, Chinese National Development, and Reform Commission, Chinese State Administration for Industry and Commerce (2008), 'The Administrative Byelaw for Non-free Use of Plastic Shopping Bags in Retailer Occasions, No. 8' [in Chinese].
9. Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (2008a), 'The 33rd Pronunciamento of National Development and Reform Commission in 2008, No. 33' [in Chinese].
10. Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (2008b), 'FAQ of National Development and Reform Commission', [Available at] http://www.gov.cn/ fwxx/sh/2008-01/11/content855746.htm [in Chinese].
11. Clean Up the World (2008), Plastic Bags - World Report, [Available at] http://www.cleanuptheworld.org/PDF/en/plastic-bags-e.pdf.
12. Convery, F., S. McDonnell, and S. Ferreira (2007), 'The most popular tax in Europe? Lessons from the Irish plastic bags levy', Environmental and Resource Economics 38(1): 1-11. (Pubitemid 47174836)
13. Danish Environmental Protection Agency (1999), Waste in Denmark, Copenhagen: Ministry of Environment and Energy.
14. Dikgang J., A. Leiman, and M. Visser (2012), 'Elasticity of demand, price and time: lessons from South Africa's plastic-bag levy', Applied Economics 44(26): 3339-3342.
15. Downing, P.B. and J. White (1986), 'Innovation in pollution control', Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 13(1): 18-29. (Pubitemid 16060331)
16. East, R. and A. Hogg (2000), 'Advertising for economic change', Journal of Economic Psychology 21(5): 577-590.
17. Friends of the Earth Scotland (2005), 'Evidence to the Environment Committee on Environmental Levy on Plastic Bags (Scotland) Bill', [Available at] http://www.foe-scotland.org.uk/publications/plasticbagbillevidence.pdf.
18. Geller, E.S., J.C. Farris, and D.S. Post (1973), 'Prompting a consumer behavior for pollution control', Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis 6(3): 367-376.
19. Greene, W.H. (2003), Econometric Analysis, 5th edn, New Jersey: Pearson Education.
20. Hasson, R., A. Leiman, and M. Visser (2007), 'The economics of plastic bag legislation in South Africa', South African Journal of Economics 75(1): 66-83. (Pubitemid 46629814)
21. Irish Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (2007), 'Announcement of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr. Dick Roche', [Available at] http://www.environ.ie/en/ Environment/Waste/PlasticBags/News/MainBody,3199,en.htm.
22. Karaca-Mandic, P., E.C. Norton, and B. Dowd (2011), 'Interaction terms in non-linear models', Health Services Research 47(1): 255-274.
23. Manuel, J.C., M.A. Sunseri, R. Olson, and M. Scolari (2007), 'A diagnostic approach to increase reusable dinnerware selection in a cafeteria', Journal Applied Behavior Analysis 40(2): 301-310.
24. OECD (2001), Environmentally Related Taxes in OECD Countries: Issues and Strategies, Paris: OECD.
25. Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (2009), The Inner-Party Statistic Communique of the Communist Party of China: 2008, Beijing: Publishing House of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China [in Chinese].
26. Pearce, D.W. and R.K. Turner (1993), 'Market-based approaches to solid waste management', Resources, Conservation and Recycling 8(2): 63-90.
27. Siegel, S. and N.J. Castellan (1988), Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edn, New York: McGraw-Hill.
28. Sterner, T. (2003), Policy Instruments for Environmental and Natural Resource Management, Washington, DC: Resources for the Future.
29. Taylor, D.C. (2000), 'Policy incentives to minimize generation of municipal solid waste', Waste Management & Research 18(5): 406-419.
30. Wang, Y. (2008), 'Exclusive interview of the Deputy Director Li Jing, the Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection, Chinese National Development and Reform Commission', Xinhua News Agency, [Available at] http://news.sdinfo.net/itxw/426489.shtml [in Chinese].
31. Wooldridge, J.M. (2002), Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data, Cambridge: MIT Press.
32. Zhang, J. (2008), 'China gets ready to reduce its plastic bag overuse', [Available at] http://www.chinatradenews.com.cn/Article.asp?NewsID=105162 [in Chinese].