Under the shadow of Asian Brown Clouds: Unbalanced regional productivities in China and environmental concerns

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 429-442

  Hu, Jin Li ^a   Sheu, Her Jiun ^a   Lo, Shih Fang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HUA INSTITUTION FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (dea); Environment; Malmquist productivity index; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33644534531     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500509469652     Document Type: Article

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