Alternative measures of environmental technology structure in DEA: An application

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 750-762

  Sahoo, Biresh K ^a   Luptacik, Mikulas ^b   Mahlberg, Bernhard ^c  

^a XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^c Institute for Industrial Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Environmental efficiency; Environmental technology; Undesirable outputs; Weak disposability

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; DATA SETS; DISTANCE FUNCTIONS; ECO-EFFICIENCY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES; NON-PARAMETRIC; OECD COUNTRIES; REAL LIFE DATA; UNDESIRABLE OUTPUTS; WEAK DISPOSABILITY;

EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052266829     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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