Monetary Incentives and Recycling: Behavioural and Psychological Reactions to a Performance-Dependent Garbage Fee

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Exploring pro-environmental behaviors of consumers: An analysis of contextual factors, attitude, and behaviors (2016, background): “Thøgersen (2003) Quasi-experimental field study Weight-based waste disposal fee Recycling behavior and motivations Performance-dependent incentive theory The felt obligation to recycle and the self-reported recycling behavior was, marginally but significantly, higher in municipalities offering an…”
Normative, Gain and Hedonic Goal Frames Guiding Environmental Behavior (2007, background): “In a similar vein, Thøgersen (2003) found that both monetary incentives and personal norms affect recycling behavior.”
Citizen and consumer: the dual role of individuals in environmental policy (2006, background): “Recent research in the field of economic psychology suggests, however, that this is not necessarily the case (see e.g. Frey, 1997; Brekke et al., 2003; Thøgersen, 2003).”