Examining the drivers of total factor productivity change with an illustrative example of 14 EU countries

Ecological Economics

Volumn 72, Issue , 2011, Pages 60-69

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

^a Institute for Industrial Research   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS IN BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

^c XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Eco productivity; Malmquist index; Radial and input oriented efficiency measure

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; POWER PLANT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 82755177806     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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