The effect of environmental policies on environmental behaviors and intrinsic motivation: evidence from the European Union

Petyo Bonev (), Liudmila Gorkun-Voevoda and Michael Knaus

No 2207, Economics Working Paper Series from University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science

Abstract: This is the first paper to study simultaneously the effect of environmental policies on individual pro-environmental behaviors and on pro-environmental preferences. Using a novel dataset that matches data on waste policies with data on behaviors and preferences, we find that environmental policies (1) decrease the amount of waste produced and (2) impact positively the pro-environmental attitudes of individuals.

Keywords: Environmental policy; waste policy; crowding intrinsic motivation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D02 D04 H41 Q53 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2022-08, Revised 2022-09
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