Is eco-efficiency in greenhouse gas emissions converging among European Union countries?

Empirical Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 143-168

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

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clubs; Convergence; Data Envelopment Analysis; Directional distance functions; Eco efficiency; European Union; Greenhouse gases emissions

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84896746783     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-013-0734-1     Document Type: Article

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