Eco-Efficiency and Convergence in OECD Countries

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-106

  Camarero, Mariam ^a   Castillo, Juana ^b   Picazo Tadeo, Andrés J ^b   Tamarit, Cecilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Convergence clubs; Data Envelopment Analysis; Eco efficiency; OECD

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CONVERGENCE CLUBS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE; ECO-EFFICIENCY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; OECD;

EFFICIENCY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONVERGENCE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OECD; SULFUR COMPOUND;

CANADA; EUROPE; TURKEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876187121     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-012-9616-9     Document Type: Article

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