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Estimating Treatment Effects of Unit-Based Pricing of Household Solid Waste Disposal

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  • Wright, Christopher
  • Halstead, John M.
  • Huang, Ju-Chin

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Propensity score matching is used to estimate treatment effects when data are observational. Results presented in this study demonstrate the use of propensity score matching to evaluate the average treatment effect of unit-based pricing of household trash for reducing municipal solid waste disposal. Average treatment effect of the treated for 34 New Hampshire communities range from an annual reduction of 631 pounds per household to 823 pounds per household. This represents an annual reduction of 42 percent to 54 percent from an average of 1530 pounds per household if a town did not adopt municipal solid waste user fees.

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  • Wright, Christopher & Halstead, John M. & Huang, Ju-Chin, 2019. "Estimating Treatment Effects of Unit-Based Pricing of Household Solid Waste Disposal," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 48(1), pages 21-43, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:agrerw:v:48:y:2019:i:01:p:21-43_00
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    1. Tommaso Colussi & Matteo Romagnoli & Elena Villar, 2022. "The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Taxing Waste," DISCE - Working Papers del Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza def118, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche (DISCE).
    2. Leonzio Rizzo & Riccardo Secomandi, 2020. "Pay as you throw: evidence on the incentive to recycle," Working papers 88, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica.
    3. Tommaso Colussi & Matteo Romagnoli & Elena Villar, 2022. "The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Taxing Waste," CESifo Working Paper Series 9946, CESifo.

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