Comparative study on efficiency performance of listed coal mining companies in China and the US

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5140-5148

  Fang, Hong ^a   Wu, Junjie ^b   Zeng, Catherine ^c  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal mining industry; DEA; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

CHINESE COAL; COAL CONSUMPTION; COAL MINING; COAL MINING INDUSTRY; COAL UTILIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ENERGY PRICES; ENERGY SECTOR; GLOBAL MARKET; POLICY MAKERS; RECOVERY RATE; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LINEARIZATION; METAL RECOVERY; MINING; MINING MACHINERY;

COAL INDUSTRY;

COAL INDUSTRY; COAL MINING; COAL PRODUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LINEAR PROGRAMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71549136447     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.07.027     Document Type: Article

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