Measuring ecological total-factor energy efficiency incorporating regional heterogeneities in China

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 165-172

  Zhang, Ning ^a   Kong, Fanbin ^a   Yu, Yanni ^a  

^a JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological energy efficiency; Metafrontier approach; slack based efficiency measure (SBM)

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

DISCRIMINATING POWER; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS; METAFRONTIER; POLICY SUGGESTIONS; TECHNOLOGY GAP; TOTAL FACTOR ENERGY EFFICIENCIES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; HETEROGENEITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLICY MAKING; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHINA;

EID: 85028136141     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.07.041     Document Type: Article

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