Returns to Scale and Damages to Scale with Strong Complementary Slackness Conditions in DEA Assessment: Japanese Corporate Effort on Environment Protection

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1422-1434

  Sueyoshi, Toshiyuki ^a   Goto, Mika ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Damages to Scale; Data Envelopment Analysis; Environmental assessment; Returns to Scale; Strong Complementary Slackness Conditions

Indexed keywords

DAMAGES TO SCALE; DESIRABLE OUTPUTS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ENERGY INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; JAPANESE MANUFACTURING; MULTIPLE PROJECTIONS; MULTIPLE REFERENCES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PRIOR INFORMATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; REFERENCE SET; RETURNS TO SCALE; STRONG COMPLEMENTARY SLACKNESS CONDITIONS; TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INNOVATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; RETURNS TO SCALE;

EID: 84863670029     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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