Behavioral Economics and Environmental Sustainability: the Case of the Waste Management System

Ing. Andrea Gallareto

Master's thesis

Anotácia:

This thesis project aims to examine how behavioural economics could inform sustainable and environmental policies, in particular the policies targeting the waste management system. Methods and results: 1) Review of the literature about ecological economics and behavioural economics and the comparison with the standard economic theories. 2) Conduction of a survey to investigate the relationship between behavioural aspects, public policies and actual pro-environmental behaviour. 3) This study contributes to the improvement of the theoretical system that models the interaction between behavioural elements and environmental policies.

Abstract:

This thesis project aims to examine how behavioural economics could inform sustainable and environmental policies, in particular the policies targeting the waste management system. Methods and results: 1) Review of the literature about ecological economics and behavioural economics and the comparison with the standard economic theories. 2) Conduction of a survey to investigate the relationship between behavioural aspects, public policies and actual pro-environmental behaviour. 3) This study contributes to the improvement of the theoretical system that models the interaction between behavioural elements and environmental policies.

Keywords

Behavioural \ economics, environmental \ sustainability, the \ waste \ management \ system, bounded \ rationality, ecological \ economics

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 15. 11. 2022

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 14. 12. 2022
• Vedúci: PhD Tommaso Reggiani
• Oponent: doc. Ing. Mgr. Jana Soukopová, Ph.D.

Masaryk University

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Master programme / odbor:
Public Finance and Economics / Public Finance and Economics