An activity analysis model of the environmental performance of firms - Application to fossil-fuel-fired electric utilities

Ecological Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-175

  Färe, Rolf ^a   Grosskopf, Shawna ^a   Tyteca, Daniel ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activity analysis; Electric utilities; Environmental performance; Firms; Indicator; Productive efficiency

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY UTILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INDICATOR DEVELOPMENT; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; MODELLING APPROACH;

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EID: 0030201299     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8009(96)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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