This study applied the Kuhn-Tucker model to Japanese recreational behavior in neighboring national parks. The results of the application show that local inhabitants attach importance to the satisfactory provision of facilities in each national park. Predictions are made regarding the changes in...

Municipalities introduced unit-based pricing (UBP) with the aim of achieving a decrease in household waste generation and for the replacement of unsorted waste with recycling. Although many studies have shown that UBP has a short-run effect on recycling, few works have tackled the long-run...

In Japan the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law requires the collection of recyclable packaging and containers. In particular, municipalities are required to collect and store the containers and packaging that households have separated from solid waste. However, the law has non-binding...