Evaluating sustainability of household consumption - Using DEA to assess environmental performance

Economic Systems Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 425-447

  Wier, Mette ^a   Christoffersen, Line Block ^b   Jensen, Trine S ^c   Pedersen, Ole G ^d   Keiding, Hans ^e   Munksgaard, Jesper ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d Statistics Denmark   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DEA analysis; Environmental performance; Integrated modelling; Product ranking; Sustainable household consumption

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 31344460081     PISSN: 09535314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09535310500284276     Document Type: Article

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