Dynamic Pricing and Organic Waste Bans: A Study of Grocery Retailers’ Incentives to Reduce Food Waste
Robert Evan Sanders
Abstract
I use a structural model with perishability data to analyze the welfare effects of two potential solutions to grocery-retail food waste: dynamic pricing and organic waste landfill bans.
Topics & Concepts
PerishabilityFood wasteIncentiveBusinessDynamic pricingWelfareGrocery storeEnvironmental economicsMarketingWaste managementMicroeconomicsEconomicsEngineeringMarket economyFood Waste Reduction and SustainabilityEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessSustainable Supply Chain Management