Justifying the incorporation of the materials balance principle into frontier-based eco-efficiency models

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1605-1614

  Lauwers, Ludwig ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eco efficiency; Mass flow; Production efficiency; Trade offs analysis

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; MODE WATER; PRODUCTIVITY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 62649144625     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.08.022     Document Type: Article

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