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Separating environmental efficiency into production and abatement efficiency: A nonparametric model with application to U.S. power plants
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Darmstadt: Technische Universität Darmstadt, Department of Law and Economics, 2011.
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Abstract
- In this paper we present a new approach to evaluate the environmental efficiency of decision making units. We propose a model that describes a two-stage process consisting of a production and an end-of-pipe abatement stage with the environmental efficiency being determined by the efficiency of both stages. Taking the dependencies between the two stages into account, we show how nonparametric methods can be used to measure environmental efficiency and to decompose it into production and abatement efficiency. For an empirical illustration we apply our model to an analysis of U.S. power plants.
- Subjects :
- Nichtparametrisches Verfahren
Q53
nonparametric efficiency analysis
Technische Effizienz
Ökoeffizienz
fosil-fueled power plants
Luftreinhaltung
Data-Envelopment-Analyse
Kraftwerk
Stoffstrommanagement
Produktion
ddc:330
network DEA
C14
L94
materials balance condition
Theorie
USA
pollution abatement
Schätzung
Subjects
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.od......1687..686a21061a6fd2a585abea2e8c7046d4