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Private Recycling Values, Social Norms, and Legal Rules

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  • W. Kip Viscusi
  • Joel Huber
  • Jason Bell

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This article uses a large, original data set on U.S. recycling behavior and perception of social norms. The data include unique information with respect to personal norms as well as information on both descriptive and injunctive social norms with respect to recycling behavior. The analysis finds that the legal and regulatory environment is strongly related to average county recycling rates and private perceptions of neighbors? attitudes toward recycling. Average community recycling rates, legal regimes, and perceived external norms are correlated with higher individual recycling rates so that both descriptive and injunctive norms are influential. Households that recycle are also more likely to have a private recycling norm. Deposit policies that provide financial incentives and recycling policies that make recycling more convenient are associated with greater recycling rates.

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  • W. Kip Viscusi & Joel Huber & Jason Bell, 2014. "Private Recycling Values, Social Norms, and Legal Rules," Revue d'économie politique, Dalloz, vol. 124(2), pages 159-178.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:repdal:redp_242_0159
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    1. Christophe Charlier & Ankinée Kirakozian, 2020. "Public policies for household recycling when reputation matters," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 30(2), pages 523-557, April.
    2. Farrow, Katherine & Grolleau, Gilles & Ibanez, Lisette, 2017. "Social Norms and Pro-environmental Behavior: A Review of the Evidence," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 140(C), pages 1-13.
    3. Phu Nguyen-Van & Anne Stenger & Tuyen Tiet, 2021. "Social incentive factors in interventions promoting sustainable behaviors: A meta-analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(12), pages 1-27, December.
    4. Neda Tiraieyari & Roya Karami & Robert M. Ricard & Mohammad Badsar, 2019. "Influences on the Implementation of Community Urban Agriculture: Insights from Agricultural Professionals," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-18, March.

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