I have dedicated nearly two decades of research to the economics of solid waste and recycling. My contributions to the literature on this topic have been published in, among others, the American Economic Review, the Journal of Economic Perspectives, the Journal of Urban Economics, the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, the National Tax Journal, and in Berkeley Electronic Press’ Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy. I have also edited or co-edited two volumes of non-original literature on the economics of solid waste on invitation from Edward Elgar and Ashgate publishers.
Articles
Why do Municipalities Recycle?, Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy (2010)
The disposal of municipal solid waste is believed to emit foul odor, threaten groundwater, and...
Garbage and Recycling with Endogenous Local Policy (with Don Fullerton), Journal of Urban Economics (2000)
This paper estimates the impact of a user fee and a curbside recycling program on...
Household Responses to Pricing Garbage by the Bag (with Don Fullerton), The American Economic Review (1996)
This paper employs individual household data to estimate the effect of per-unit pricing on the...
Garbage, Recycling, and Illicit Burning or Dumping (with Don Fullerton), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (1995)
With garbage and recycling as the only two disposal options, we confirm prior results that...
Books
The Economics of Household Garbage and Recycling Behavior (with Don Fullerton), Don Fullerton (2002)
This book collects ten previously published papers by Don Fullerton, or Thomas Kinnaman, or both...