Eco-efficiency in greenhouse emissions among manufacturing industries: A range adjusted measure

Economic Modelling

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 219-227

  Ramli, Noor Asiah ^a   Munisamy, Susila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Eco efficiency; Export; Manufacturing; Range Adjusted Measure (RAM); Undesirable output

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924709808     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2015.02.034     Document Type: Article

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