Does environmental regulation affect energy efficiency in China's thermal power generationα Empirical evidence from a slacks-based DEA model

Energy Policy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 537-546

  Bi, Gong Bing ^a   Song, Wen ^a   Zhou, P ^b   Liang, Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Energy efficiency; Environmental efficiency

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; SLACK-BASED MEASURES; THERMAL GENERATION; THERMAL POWER GENERATION;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; PUBLIC POLICY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POWER GENERATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; THERMAL POWER;

CHINA;

EID: 84892488493     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.10.056     Document Type: Article

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