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Consumer responses to incentives to reduce plastic bag use : evidence from a field experiment in urban India

Title
Consumer responses to incentives to reduce plastic bag use : evidence from a field experiment in urban India / Kanupriya Gupta.
Author
Gupta, Kanupriya.
Publication
Kathmandu : South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics, 2011.

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South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics.
Description
28 pages : illustrations; 30 cm.
Series Statement
SANDEE working paper ; no. 65-11
Uniform Title
SANDEE working paper ; no. 65-11.
Subject
  • Plastic bags > Recycling > India
  • Plastic bags > India > Use
  • Consumer education > India
  • Consumers > Research > India
Note
  • "ISSN 1893-1891"--P. 2 of cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 15-16).
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The Retail Sector and Plastic Bag Regulations in India -- 2.1. The Retail Sector -- 2.2. Plastic Bag Regulation in India -- 3. The National and International Experience: Regulations and their Impact -- 4. The Experimental Design -- 4.1. The Study Area and Sampling Strategy -- 4.2. The Survey Design and the Interventions -- 5. Results and Discussion -- 5.1. Summary Statistics -- 5.2. Econometric Analysis -- 5.3. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Reduction in Plastic Bag Consumption -- 6. Concluding Remarks and Policy Implications.
ISBN
  • 9789937852142
  • 9937852145
LCCN
2012335811
OCLC
  • ocn795909580
  • 795909580
  • SCSB-5743625
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries