Optimal path for controlling sectoral CO2 emissions among China's regions: A centralized dea approach

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sun, Zuoren ^a   Luo, Rundong ^a   Zhou, Dequn ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Allocation; CO2 emissions; Data envelopment analysis; Undesirable outputs

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHADOW PRICING; TRANSPORTATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84956633083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8010028     Document Type: Article

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