Undesirable specialization in the construction of composite policy indicators: The environmental performance index

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 143-154

  Rogge, Nicky ^a,b  

^a HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benefit of the Doubt; Composite indicators; Data envelopment analysis; Environmental Performance Index; Expert opinion; Undesirable specialization

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT-OF-THE-DOUBT; COMPOSITE INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; EXPERT OPINION; UNDESIRABLE SPECIALIZATION;

BENCHMARKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

AGGREGATION; BENCHMARKING; COMPOSITE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EXPERT SYSTEM;

EID: 84859934944     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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