A study of the factors affecting Hong Kong residents’ willingness to pay for waste disposal by Logit Models

Iris M H Yeung; William Chung

A study of the factors affecting Hong Kong residents’ willingness to pay for waste disposal by Logit Models

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Abstract

A survey was conducted to study the knowledge and attitude of residents towards three government proposed policies (waste charge, landfill extension and building a new incinerator) for waste management in Hong Kong. About one third of the respondents are willing to pay (WTP) less than HK$30 (36.1%), exactly HK$30 (32.4%) and more than HK$30 (31.4%) for waste disposal respectively. The average WTP amount is HK$38.4 per month. Logit models indicate that the degree of support for waste charge and new incinerator policies, daily waste disposal amount, age and income significantly affect WTP for the contrast between “above HK$30” and “below HK$30”. Multinomial logit model suggests that only degree of support for waste charge policy, knowledge on landfill fullness and construction time for new incinerator significantly affect WTP for the contrast between “exactly HK$30” and “below HK$30”. Implications of these findings will be discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceeding of the 62nd ISI World Statistics Congress 2019
Subtitle of host publication	Contributed Paper Session
Place of Publication	Malaysia
Publisher	Department of Statistics Malaysia
Pages	343-349
Volume	4
Publication status	Published - Aug 2019
Event	62nd International Statistical Institute World Statistics Congress (ISI WSC 2019) - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Duration: 18 Aug 2019 → 23 Aug 2019 http://2019.isiproceedings.org/ http://www.isi2019.org/

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Conference	62nd International Statistical Institute World Statistics Congress (ISI WSC 2019)
Place	Malaysia
City	Kuala Lumpur
Period	18/08/19 → 23/08/19
Internet address	http://2019.isiproceedings.org/ http://www.isi2019.org/

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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Environment
Multinomial and Ordinal Logit Models
Solid Waste
Willingness to pay
Hong Kong

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Yeung, IMH & Chung, W 2019, A study of the factors affecting Hong Kong residents’ willingness to pay for waste disposal by Logit Models. in Proceeding of the 62nd ISI World Statistics Congress 2019: Contributed Paper Session. vol. 4, CPS2277, Department of Statistics Malaysia, Malaysia, pp. 343-349, 62nd International Statistical Institute World Statistics Congress (ISI WSC 2019), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18/08/19.

A study of the factors affecting Hong Kong residents’ willingness to pay for waste disposal by Logit Models. / Yeung, Iris M H ; Chung, William.
Proceeding of the 62nd ISI World Statistics Congress 2019: Contributed Paper Session. Vol. 4 Malaysia: Department of Statistics Malaysia, 2019. p. 343-349 CPS2277.

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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A study of the factors affecting Hong Kong residents’ willingness to pay for waste disposal by Logit Models

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