Evaluation of environmental efficiency in China using data envelopment analysis

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 577-583

  Chen, Jiandong ^a   Song, Malin ^b   Xu, Long ^b  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

DEA; Environmental efficiency; Hypothesis tests; Undesirable output

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE; DEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; HYPOTHESIS TESTS; STATISTICAL RELIABILITY; UNDESIRABLE OUTPUT;

ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; POLICY MAKING;

CHINA;

EID: 85027955400     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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