Regional energy efficiency, carbon emission performance and technology gaps in China: A meta-frontier non-radial directional distance function analysis

Energy Policy

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 142-154

  Yao, Xin ^a   Zhou, Hongchen ^a   Zhang, Aizhen ^a   Li, Aijun ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon emission performance; Carbon emission reductions; Energy efficiency improvements; Meta frontier non radial directional distance functions; Technology gaps; Undesirable outputs

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EMISSION CONTROL;

CARBON EMISSION REDUCTIONS; CARBON EMISSIONS; DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; TECHNOLOGY GAP; UNDESIRABLE OUTPUTS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY MAKING; STATE ROLE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84937702710     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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