Abstract

One of the challenging tasks for governments is to curtail the production and consumption of single-use plastic bags. Despite multiple advantages of plastic and its ubiquity, the environmental damage of single-use plastic bags is irreversible. However, policy intervention by the governments is also a need of the time to reduce its production and consumption. This study provides a strategic analysis of government policy options regarding the ban on single-use plastic production in Pakistan. A game-theoretic model is developed to examine the behavior of plastic bag producers vis-à-vis the government’s climate change policy. The study concludes that game theory is very effective in analyzing the efficient promulgation and productive implementation of environmental management policy regarding banning single-use plastic in Pakistan.

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中文翻译：

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一次性塑料禁令政策对环境可持续性的战略分析：以巴基斯坦为例

摘要

政府面临的挑战之一是减少一次性塑料袋的生产和消费。尽管塑料具有多种优势且无处不在，但一次性塑料袋对环境的破坏是不可逆转的。然而，政府的政策干预也是减少其生产和消费的需要时间。本研究对巴基斯坦禁止一次性塑料生产的政府政策选择进行了战略分析。开发了一个博弈论模型来检查塑料袋生产商相对于政府气候变化政策的行为。该研究得出结论，博弈论在分析巴基斯坦禁止一次性塑料的环境管理政策的有效颁布和富有成效的实施方面非常有效。

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