Sources of production inefficiency and productivity growth in China: A global data envelopment analysis

Energy Economics

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 380-389

  Wang, Zhaohua ^a   Feng, Chao ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental productivity; Global methods; Production inefficiency; Slacks based measure (SBM)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; GLOBAL METHODS; INPUT EFFICIENCIES; MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTION INEFFICIENCIES; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; SLACKS-BASED MEASURE (SBM);

PRODUCTIVITY;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; PRODUCTIVITY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHINA;

EID: 84926490481     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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