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Rebecca Taylor

The University of Sydney - School of Economics

Rm 370 Merewether (H04)

Sydney, NSW 2006

Australia

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

12

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Scholarly Papers (12)

1.

Bag 'Leakage': The Effect of Disposable Carryout Bag Regulations on Unregulated Bags

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 05 May 2017 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2019
Rebecca Taylor
The University of Sydney - School of Economics
Downloads 1,338 (37,354)
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leakage, plastic, carryout bags, waste, partial regulation, environmental policy, consumer behavior, subtractionality

2.

The Plastic Economy

Environmental Defense Fund Economics Discussion Paper Series, EDF EDP 21-05
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 04 Jun 2021
Lihini De Silva, Jacqueline Doremus and Rebecca Taylor
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Cal Poly and The University of Sydney - School of Economics
Downloads 814 (75,119)
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Plastic production, microplastics, macroplastics, plastic pollution, plastic alternatives, plastic policy.

3.

It’s in the Bag? The Effect of Plastic Carryout Bag Bans on Where and What People Purchase to Eat

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 17 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2021
Rebecca Taylor
The University of Sydney - School of Economics
Downloads 297 (255,791)
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plastic bag bans, consumer behavior, policy avoidance, food-at-home, food-away-from-home, unintended consequences, cross-border shopping, event study

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A Mixed Bag: The Hidden Time Costs of Regulating Consumer Behavior

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 14 May 2021
Rebecca Taylor
The University of Sydney - School of Economics
Downloads 245 (312,643)
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prescriptive regulation; non-monetary costs; consumer behavior; event study; time use; queueing; persistent effects; plastic

5.

Unemployment Insurance as a Worker Indiscipline Device? Evidence from Scanner Data

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 27 May 2020 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2021
Lester Lusher, Geoffrey Schnorr and Rebecca Taylor
University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of California, Davis and The University of Sydney - School of Economics
Downloads 201 (378,726)
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Unemployment Insurance, Shirking, Scanner Data

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Soda Wars: The Effect of a Soda Tax Election on University Beverage Sales

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 07 Nov 2018
The University of Sydney - School of Economics, United States Naval Academy - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Agricultural & Resource Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
Downloads 167 (451,954)
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax, Berkeley, Election, Difference-In-Differences, Event Study

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Slow Traffic, Fast Food: The Effects of Time Lost on Food Store Choice

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16036
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 30 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2023
Panka Bencsik, Lester Lusher and Rebecca Taylor
Vanderbilt University, University of California, Davis - Departments of Economics and Agricultural Resource Economics and The University of Sydney - School of Economics
Downloads 141 (521,245)

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store choice, time constraints, traffic congestion, nutrition, fast food

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Willingness to Pay for Low Water Footprint Food Choices During Drought

NBER Working Paper No. w23495
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 13 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2023
University of California, Berkeley, The University of Sydney - School of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Agricultural & Resource Economics
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Does Automation Reduce Stigma? The Effect of Self-Checkout Register Adoption on Purchasing Decisions

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Dec 2024
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of California, Davis - Departments of Economics and Agricultural Resource Economics, The University of Sydney - School of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Agricultural & Resource Economics
Downloads 88 (753,595)

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automation, stigma, self-checkout, scanner data

10.

If You Build it, They Will Compost: The Effects of Municipal Composting Services on Household Waste Disposal and Landfill Emissions

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 02 Aug 2022
Lihini De Silva and Rebecca Taylor
The University of Sydney and The University of Sydney - School of Economics
Downloads 72 (860,052)

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food and garden waste, curbside waste collection, composting, recycling, landfills, methane emissions, event study

11.

Unemployment Insurance as a Worker Indiscipline Device? Evidence from Scanner Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14105
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 07 May 2021
Lester Lusher, Geoffrey Schnorr and Rebecca Taylor
University of California, Davis - Departments of Economics and Agricultural Resource Economics, University of California, Davis and The University of Sydney - School of Economics
Downloads 19 (1,459,862)

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unemployment insurance, shirking, scanner data

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Temptation and Limited Attention: The Effect of Self-checkout on Impulse Purchases

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 May 2026
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of California, Davis - Departments of Economics and Agricultural Resource Economics, The University of Sydney - School of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Agricultural & Resource Economics
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Temptation, Self-checkout, Scanner data