A directional distance function approach to regional environmental-economic assessments

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1918-1925

  Macpherson, Alexander J ^a   Principe, Peter P ^a   Smith, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Environmental assessment; Mid Atlantic; Nonparametric modeling; Production analysis

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

MID-ATLANTIC STATES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954622176     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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