Using nudges to reduce waste? The case of Toronto's plastic bag levy

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• 作者：Nicholas Rivers^a ; Sarah Shenstone-Harris^b ; Nathan Young^c ; ^{nyoung@uottawa.ca}
• 关键词：Nudging ; Consumer waste ; Plastics ; Socio-economic status ; Policy impacts
• 刊名：Journal of Environmental Management
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：188
• 期：Complete
• 页码：153-162
• 全文大小：716 K
• 卷排序：188

文摘

Nudging policy has become popular as a non-coercive way to promote change. We investigate the effects of an economic nudge on reusable shopping bag use. The difference-in-difference analysis yields a smaller effect than other studies. The effects of nudging are highly unequal, particularly across social classes. This suggests limitations for nudging policy more generally.