Efficiency in Brazil's industrial sectors in terms of energy and sustainable development

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 50-60

  Camioto, Flávia de Castro ^a   Mariano, Enzo Barberio ^b   Rebelatto, Daisy Aparecida do Nascimento ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Energy; Industrial sectors; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894275240     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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