Joint environmental and cost efficiency analysis of electricity generation

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 2336-2343

  Welch, Eric ^a   Barnum, Darold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Information and Decision Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Cost and environmental efficiency; Data envelopment analysis; DEA; Electricity generation; Greenhouse gas; Material balance principle

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65749105258     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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