The impact and economic cost of environmental regulation on energy utilization in China

Applied Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 27, 2014, Pages 3362-3376

  Wang, Zhaohua ^a   Feng, Chao ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; data envelopment analysis (DEA); regulation cost; total factor energy efficiency

Indexed keywords

COST ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MACROECONOMICS; REGULATORY APPROACH;

CHINA;

EID: 84903153926     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2014.929629     Document Type: Article

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