Modest and incomplete incentives may work: pricing plastic bags in Uruguay

We study the impact of voluntary prices on the demand for plastic bags, using two years of administrative data from a national supermarket chain in Uruguay. We find that prices of US$ 0.07 and US$ 0.10 per unit decreased the number of bags used by its customers in the range of 70% to 85%. We also fi...

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Main Author:	Cabrera, José María (author)
Other Authors:	Caffera, Marcelo (author), Cid, Alejandro (author)
Format:	article
Language:	English
Published:	2021
Subjects:	Plastic bags Price Consumer behavior Difference in difference Synthetic controls Anticipation effects
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12806/2442 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2021.102525
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