An intertemporal approach to measuring environmental performance with directional distance functions: Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union

Ecological Economics

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 173-182

  Picazo Tadeo, Andrés J ^a   Castillo Giménez, Juana ^a   Beltrán Esteve, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Directional distance functions; European Union; Greenhouse gases emissions; Intertemporal environmental performance

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GAS FLOW; GREENHOUSE GAS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84896762085     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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