Efficiency and abatement costs of energy-related CO2 emissions in China: A slacks-based efficiency measure

Applied Energy

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 198-208

  Choi, Yongrok ^a   Zhang, Ning ^a   Zhou, P ^b  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Abatement costs; China; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Slacks based measure (SBM)

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; EMISSION CONTROL; ESTIMATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

ABATEMENT COSTS; CHINA; DEA MODELS; DUAL MODEL; EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; EMISSION REDUCTION; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; MARGINAL ABATEMENT COSTS; NON-PARAMETRIC; PANEL DATA; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; POTENTIAL REDUCTION; SLACKS-BASED MEASURE (SBM);

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ABATEMENT COST; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING;

CHINA;

EID: 84862207533     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.03.024     Document Type: Article

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