Modal choice between air and rail: A social efficiency benchmarking analysis that considers CO2 emissions

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-102

  Fukuyama, Hirofumi ^a   Yoshida, Yuichiro ^b   Managi, Shunsuke ^c,d  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air and rail; Bad (undesirable) output; Directional technology distance function; Slacks based inefficiency; Social efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959254237     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10018-010-0006-7     Document Type: Article

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