A comprehensive analysis of China's regional energy saving and emission reduction efficiency: From production and treatment perspectives

Energy Policy

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 166-176

  Wu, Jie ^a   Lv, Lin ^a   Sun, Jiasen ^b   Ji, Xiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emission reduction; Energy conservation; Network DEA

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; EMISSION REDUCTION; ENERGY SAVING AND EMISSION REDUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; NETWORK DEA;

EMISSION CONTROL;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84937723904     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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