Efficiency measurement with carbon dioxide emissions: The case of China

Applied Energy

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 161-166

  Wang, Qunwei ^a,b   Zhou, Peng ^b   Zhou, Dequn ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Efficiency; Environmental production technology; Undesirable outputs

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; DESIRABLE OUTPUTS; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY EVALUATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EFFICIENCY MODELS; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; OPTIMAL LEVEL; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; TWO STAGE; UNDESIRABLE OUTPUTS;

EFFICIENCY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT;

CHINA;

EID: 80055042183     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.02.022     Document Type: Article

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