Environmental regulation, productive efficiency and cost of pollution abatement: A case study of the sugar industry in India

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Murty, M N ^a   Kumar, Surender ^b   Paul, Mahua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

^b TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Environmental efficiency; Malmquist productivity index; Shadow prices of pollutants; Win win opportunities

Indexed keywords

COST ESTIMATING; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY; SUGAR INDUSTRY;

CASE-STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCIES; SHADOW PRICE; SHADOW PRICE OF POLLUTANT; WEAK DISPOSABILITIES; WIN-WIN; WIN-WIN OPPORTUNITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; SHADOW PRICING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SUGAR INDUSTRY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TAX; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33344474372     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.04.030     Document Type: Article

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