Efficiency, productivity and environmental policy: A case study of power generation in the EU

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1557-1568

  Jarait́e, Jurate ^a   Di Maria, Corrado ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Emissions trading; Environmental efficiency; EU ETS; Productivity growth

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION OF EMISSION PERMITS; CARBON PRICING; EMISSIONS TRADING; EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; IN-CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GAS EMISSIONS; INTERNATIONAL LAW; PRODUCTIVITY;

EFFICIENCY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; POWER GENERATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84864817788     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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