China's energy inefficiency: A cross-country comparison

Social Science Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 478-488

  Wei, Chu ^a   Ni, Jinlan ^b   Sheng, Manhong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

DEA; Energy efficiency; Scale efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053123517     PISSN: 03623319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soscij.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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