Environmental efficiency measurement with translog distance functions: A parametric approach

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 2232-2242

  Cuesta, Rafael A ^a   Lovell, C A Knox ^b   Zofío, José L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental efficiency; Parametric distance functions; Stochastic frontier analysis; Undesirable outputs

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; STOCHASTICITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649103730     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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