DEA environmental assessment of coal fired power plants: Methodological comparison between radial and non-radial models

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1854-1863

  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

DEA; Disposability; Environmental Assessment

Indexed keywords

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DATA ENVIRONMENT; DATA SETS; DEA; DESIRABLE OUTPUTS; DIRECTION VECTOR; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; INPUT VECTOR; METHODOLOGICAL COMPARISON; NON-RADIAL DEA MODELS; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; UNIQUE FEATURES;

DISPOSABILITY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; POWER PLANTS; PUBLIC POLICY; VECTORS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MODELING;

EID: 84865335215     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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