Growth and renewable energy in Europe: Benchmarking with data envelopment analysis

Renewable Energy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 363-369

  Menegaki, Angeliki N ^a,b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b Organismos Georgikon Asfaliseon   (Greece)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Europe; Malmquist index; Pure technical efficiency; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; MALMQUIST INDICES; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PURE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCIES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

BENCHMARKING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BENCHMARKING; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; ENERGY RESOURCE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84879298866     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.05.042     Document Type: Article

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