Have Chinese cities achieved the win-win between environmental protection and economic development? from the perspective of environmental efficiency

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 151-158

  Wang, Qunwei ^a   Zhao, Zengyao ^a   Shen, Neng ^a   Liu, Tiantian ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DEA; Economic development; Environmental efficiency; Heterogeneity decomposition; Meta frontier

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; DEA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; META-FRONTIER; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

CHINA;

EID: 85027919346     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.07.022     Document Type: Article

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