Separating environmental efficiency into production and abatement efficiency: A nonparametric model with application to U.S. power plants

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics ; No. 204

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General ; Electric Utilities ; Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
• Subject: nonparametric efficiency analysis ; pollution abatement ; network DEA ; materials balance condition ; fosil-fueled power plants ; Ökoeffizienz ; Produktion ; Luftreinhaltung ; Technische Effizienz ; Stoffstrommanagement ; Data-Envelopment-Analyse ; Nichtparametrisches Verfahren ; Theorie ; Schätzung ; Kraftwerk ; USA

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hampf, Benjamin
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Technische Universität Darmstadt, Department of Law and Economics
• (where): Darmstadt
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/84877
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