Environmental performance assessment of China's manufacturing

Asian Economic Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-68

  Zhang, Tao ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b MACAO POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (Macao)

Author keywords

China; Data envelopment analysis; Distance functions; Environmental change index; Environmental efficiency; Environmental quantity index; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANUFACTURING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 77950798353     PISSN: 13513958     EISSN: 14678381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8381.2010.02026.x     Document Type: Article

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