Power industry restructuring and eco-efficiency changes: A new slacks-based model in Malmquist-Luenberger Index measurement

Energy Policy

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 132-145

  Arabi, Behrouz ^a   Munisamy, Susila ^a   Emrouznejad, Ali ^b   Shadman, Foroogh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Eco efficiency measurement; Malmquist luenberger index

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; POWER PLANTS;

ECO-EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INDEX MEASUREMENTS; MALMQUIST-LUENBERGER INDICES; POINT OF INTEREST; POWER INDUSTRY RESTRUCTURING; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EFFICIENCY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; POWER PLANT;

IRAN;

EID: 84895518210     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.01.016     Document Type: Article

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