We consider households decision of whether to recycle within a theoretical framework that allows for the inclusion of social and moral motivations and analyze how unit pricing and mandatory recycling a⁄ect the equilibrium in terms of whether and, in the presence of heterogenous households, the...

In this paper, we consider households' decision of whether to recycle within a theoretical framework that allows for the inclusion of social and moral motivations. The former comes from valuing social approval while the latter comes from valuing self-image. In the context of our theoretical...