On modeling pollution-generating technologies

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-135

  Murty, Sushama ^a   Robert Russell, R ^b   Levkoff, Steven B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Environmental and technical efficiency measurement; Free disposability; Pollution generating technologies; Weak disposability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

COMMERCE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS; TECHNOLOGY;

POLLUTION;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION POLICY; POLLUTION TAX; POWER PLANT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84861802331     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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