Decomposition of aggregate CO2 emissions: A production-theoretical approach

Energy Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1054-1067

  Zhou, P ^a,b   Ang, B W ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Data envelopment analysis; Decomposition analysis; Distance function; Malmquist productivity index

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION;

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; DISTANCE FUNCTION; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX;

GAS EMISSIONS;

AGGREGATE; CARBON EMISSION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; PANEL DATA; PRODUCTIVITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 39749125593     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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