Productivity differences across OECD countries in the presence of environmental constraints

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1352-1362

  Arcelus, F J ^a,b   Arocena, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions contro; Data envelopment analysis; Economic growth; Productive and environmental efficiency

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY;

OECD COUNTRIES; POLLUTION LEVELS; PRODUCTION PROCESS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 27844583462     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601942     Document Type: Conference Paper

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