PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Koford, Brandon C. AU - Blomquist, Glenn C. AU - Hardesty, David M. AU - Troske, Kenneth R. AU - Hughes-Morgan, Margaret AU - Morgan, Fred TI - Estimating Consumer Willingness to Supply and Willingness to Pay for Curbside Recycling AID - 10.3368/le.88.4.745 DP - 2012 Nov 01 TA - Land Economics PG - 745--763 VI - 88 IP - 4 4099 - http://le.uwpress.org/content/88/4/745.short 4100 - http://le.uwpress.org/content/88/4/745.full SO - Land Econ2012 Nov 01; 88 AB - We estimate the willingness to pay for curbside recycling based on a contingent valuation survey of 600 residents of a large southeastern United States city. The best estimate of willingness to pay for curbside recycling is $2.29/month after adjustment for hypothetical bias. We also report the results of a field experiment designed to test the effectiveness of explicit monetary incentives and communication appeals to influence the decision to recycle and the quantity of materials to recycle. While households respond to the monetary cost of recycling, the effects of the token, ex ante incentives and appeals appear to be small. (JEL D61, Q21)