Social responsibility: U.S. power plants 1985-1998

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-267

  Färe, Rolf ^a   Grosskopf, Shawna ^a   Pasurka Jr , Carl A ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric power plants; Environmental performance index; Malmquist quantity index

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751118476     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-006-0015-5     Document Type: Article

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