Low probability risks create challenges for individual decisions and potential pressures for government regulation. This article reports original survey evidence regarding the public’s perception and valuation of water-related risks from plastic bottles with BPA, residues in drinking water of...

This paper measures the effects of recycling and deposit laws based on the impact of changes in recycling environments for households that moved between states. Estimates from panel data on 3,902 households who moved provide a quasi-experimental test of effects of deposit laws and recycling laws...

This article assesses the relative effects on household recycling across characteristics of individuals and their households, their counties, and the states in which they live. A representative United States sample assesses household recycling between 2005 and 2014, making possible a pooled...