Table 1

Variable Definition and Summary Statistics

		All Towns		Towns w/ PAYT		Towns w/o PAYT
Variable	Definition	Mean	Sth. Dev.	Mean	Sth. Dev.	Mean	Sth. Dev.
PCMSW	Tons of MSW per capita	0.482	0.532	0.307	0.273	0.517	0.562
Price15g	Price for MSW per 15 gallon container (dollars)	0.107	0.264	0.689	0.218	—	—
PAYT	PAYT program exists: 1 if yes, 0 otherwise	15.5%		100%		0%
CurbCycl	Curbside recycling by 2005: 1 if yes, 0 otherwise	33.0%		32.3%		33.1%
CurbPkUp	Curbside pickup for solid waste: 1 if yes, 0 otherwise	24.5%		25.8%		24.3%
MandRec	Mandatory recycling: 1 if yes, 0 otherwise	53.0%		51.6%		53.3%
CIP	Capital improvement plan exists: 1 if yes, 0 otherwise	65.0%		67.7%		64.5%
PCSWExp	Annual per capita solid waste expenditures (dollars)	67.244	63.487	53.278	52.079	69.806	65.172
AvgHSize	Average size of households (number of persons)	2.541	0.226	2.428	0.171	2.561	0.229
PCInc	Per capita income (thousand dollars)	15.511	4.469	14.115	3.058	15.767	4.643
College	Percentage of the population possessing a bachelors degree	28.112	13.101	28.339	14.777	28.071	12.819
PrTax	Property tax rate (dollars per thousand dollars of property value)	23.834	6.075	26.299	5.067	23.382	6.149
Pop	Population in thousands	5.809	11.208	5.670	6.611	5.834	11.874
Area	Town size in square miles	38.749	25.800	37.826	17.546	38.918	27.080
PopDense	Population density (number of persons)	215.096	383.421	213.106	300.161	215.462	397.554
	Number of municipalities	200		31		169