Arbeitspapier
The Power of a Bad Example - A Field Experiment in Household Garbage Disposal
Field-experimental studies have shown that people litter more in more littered environments.Inspired by these findings, many cities around the world have adopted policies to quickly remove litter. While such policies may avoid that people follow the bad example of litterers,they may also invite free-riding on public cleaning services. We are the first to show that both forces are at play. We conduct a natural field experiment where, in a randomly assigned part of a residential area, the frequency of cleaning was drastically reduced during a threemonthperiod. We find evidence that some people start to clean up after themselves when public cleaning services are diminished. However, the tendency to litter more dominates. We also find evidence for persistency in these responses after the treatment has ended.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. 12-061/1
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Field Experiments
Publicly Provided Goods: General
Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- Thema
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littering
public services
free-riding
field experiment
Abfallentsorgung
Trittbrettfahrerverhalten
Abfallvermeidung
Test
Theorie
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Dur, Robert
Vollaard, Ben
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Tinbergen Institute
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Amsterdam and Rotterdam
- (wann)
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2012
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Dur, Robert
- Vollaard, Ben
- Tinbergen Institute
Entstanden
- 2012
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