Joint Production of Good and Bad Outputs with a Network Application

Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics

Volumn 2-3, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-118

  Fare R ^a   Grosskopf, S ^a   Pasurka, C ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abatement; Environmental technology; Joint production; Material balance; Network; Undesirable outputs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034824787     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375067-9.00134-0     Document Type: Chapter

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