International environmental efficiency differences and their determinants

Energy

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 411-420

  Li, Mingquan ^a   Wang, Qi ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Environmental efficiency; Slacks based efficiency measure; Technology gap; Tobit model

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES; LOW INCOME COUNTRIES; MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES; TECHNOLOGY GAP;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84920806329     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.10.026     Document Type: Article

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