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It should be explained that the neighborhood effect in this paper refers to the fact that the behavior of farmers is highly susceptible to the behavior of their neighbors in the process of production and living. The results of the study show that neighborhood effects and policy interventions have a significant negative impact on the deviation of farmers\u2019 willingness and behavior of DWS, respectively. Comparison of marginal effects shows that neighborhood effects\u2009&amp;gt;\u2009environmental advocacy\u2009&amp;gt;\u2009reward and punishment policies. From the interaction effects as a whole, neighborhood effects and policy interventions have complementary effects on the deviation of farmers\u2019 willingness and behavior of DWS, with the complementary effects of neighborhood effects and environmental advocacy being more significant. Heterogeneity analysis reveals that neighborhood effects completely replace the inhibitory effect of policy interventions on the deviation of high-income farmers\u2019 willingness and behavior of DWS, but have no effect on political elite farmers. The interaction between neighborhood effects and policy interventions has complementary effects on low-income farmers and ordinary farmers, with the complementary effects of neighborhood effects and environmental advocacy being more significant.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2024.1358903","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,5]],"date-time":"2024-03-05T04:52:04Z","timestamp":1709614324000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["The deviation of farmers\u2019 willingness and behavior of domestic waste separation: a study on neighborhood effects and policy interventions"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Xi","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lirong","family":"Xing","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bowei","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chongcai","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yue","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1063","DOI":"10.1086\/260265","article-title":"A theory of social interactions","volume":"82","author":"Becker","year":"1974","journal-title":"J. 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