Provincial carbon emission performance analysis in China based on a Malmquist data envelopment analysis approach with fixed-sum undesirable outputs

• Published in: Annals of operations research Vol. 304; no. 1-2; pp. 233 - 261
• Main Authors: Li, Yongjun, Hou, Wenhui, Zhu, Weiwei, Li, Feng, Liang, Liang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.09.2021; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Air quality management; Business and Management; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Combinatorics; Data analysis; Data envelopment analysis; Emission analysis; Emissions credit trading; Empirical analysis; Environmental protection; Operations research; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Original Research; Theory of Computation; China; Malmquist productivity index; Carbon emission performance; Fixed-sum undesirable outputs; Data envelopment analysis

The environmental issue has attracted ever-increasing attention from governments and academics in recent years. Environmental performance analysis is widely considered a crucial and useful tool for effectively protecting the environment and developing a sustainable society. Many analytical technique...