We contribute to the debate on the effectiveness of using incentives to promote domestic waste sorting, proposing a different way to collect and analyze the data. We believe that the most suited way to face this challenge is represented by the experimental methodology (“controlled analysis”). In order to assess the effectiveness of policy instruments in promoting the targeted behavior, we compare the group to whom the policy intervention was directed with a similar group, where the policy intervention has not taken place. We find that incentives effectively increase waste sorting in aggregate, and give rise to large interactions with adjacent municipalities (through emulation of peers’ behavior, or waste tourism). Findings would be different in the absence of a controlled analysis.
Measuring the Impact of Economic Incentives in Waste Sorting
BUCCIOL, Alessandro;Piovesan M.;
2013-01-01
Abstract
We contribute to the debate on the effectiveness of using incentives to promote domestic waste sorting, proposing a different way to collect and analyze the data. We believe that the most suited way to face this challenge is represented by the experimental methodology (“controlled analysis”). In order to assess the effectiveness of policy instruments in promoting the targeted behavior, we compare the group to whom the policy intervention was directed with a similar group, where the policy intervention has not taken place. We find that incentives effectively increase waste sorting in aggregate, and give rise to large interactions with adjacent municipalities (through emulation of peers’ behavior, or waste tourism). Findings would be different in the absence of a controlled analysis.
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