Sustainability performance for China's transportation industry under the environmental regulation

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 142, Issue , 2017, Pages 688-696

  Li, Zhi ^a   Meng, Nan ^a   Yao, Xin ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental regulation; Malmquist Luenberger (ML) index; Total factor efficiency; Transportation industry

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION;

DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; MALMQUIST; SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORT INDUSTRY; TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

EID: 84996486962     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.041     Document Type: Article

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