Environmental production functions and environmental directional distance functions

Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1055-1066

  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

Environmental directional distance functions; Environmental production functions; Pollution abatement costs

Indexed keywords

COAL FIRED BOILERS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POWER PLANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS; POLLUTION ABATEMENT COSTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

COAL FIRED BOILERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FUNCTION EVALUATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POWER PLANTS;

ABATEMENT COST; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION;

EID: 33947501093     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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