Environmental efficiency analysis of China's regional industry: a data envelopment analysis (DEA) based approach

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 142, Issue , 2017, Pages 846-853

  Chen, Liang ^a   Jia, Guozhu ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Big data; China's regional industry; Data envelopment analysis; Environmental efficiency; SBM model

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY;

CHINESE GOVERNMENT; DATA THEORIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; SBM MODELS;

BIG DATA;

EID: 84956858868     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.01.045     Document Type: Article

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