Estimation of the shadow prices of pollutants with production/environment inefficiency taken into account: A nonparametric directional distance function approach

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 365-375

  Lee, Jeong Dong ^a   Park, Jong Bok ^b   Kim, Tai Yoo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Directional distance function; Efficiency rule; Inefficiency; Shadow price

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NITROGEN OXIDES;

DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; EFFICIENCY RULE; ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRIES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FUNCTION APPROACHES; INEFFICIENCY; NONPARAMETRICS; PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SHADOW PRICE;

EFFICIENCY;

NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR OXIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; METHODOLOGY; PRICE DYNAMICS; SHADOW PRICING;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EMPIRICISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; KOREA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; AIR POLLUTANT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER PLANTS; SULFUR OXIDES;

EID: 0036527844     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.2001.0480     Document Type: Article

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