Environmental efficiency in carbon dioxide emissions in the OECD: a non-parametric approach

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dc.citation.epage107en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber2en_US
dc.citation.spage95en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber58en_US
dc.contributor.authorZaim, O.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTaskin, F.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T10:36:43Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T10:36:43Z
dc.date.issued2000en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.description.abstractThe role of the environment is an important issue in the policy-making and hence, the accurate assessment of the environmental conditions is vital. In this paper, an environmental efficiency index is developed for the OECD countries using non-parametric techniques. The approach adopted is based on the assumption that there is just one production process behind the production of both goods and pollution emissions. The index derived in this work measures the extent of the required output sacrifice, due to the transformation of the production process, from one where all outputs are strongly disposable to the one which is characterized by weak disposability of pollutants. Using this index, we first conduct cross-section comparisons on the state of each country's production process in its treatment of pollution emissions. We then trace each country's modification of their production processes overtime. The results indicate that if the disposability for CO2 emissions were strictly restricted as the result of an environmental regulation, the total value of output loss to the OECD countries as a whole would correspond to 3.7, 4.8 and 3.5% of the total OECD GDP for 1980, 1985 and 1990, respectively. © 2000 Academic Press.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1006/jema.1999.0312en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1095-8630
dc.identifier.issn0301-4797
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/24953
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherAcademic Pressen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jema.1999.0312en_US
dc.source.titleJournal of Environmental Managementen_US
dc.subjectCarbon dioxide emissionsen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental efficiency indexen_US
dc.subjectNon-parametric efficiency measurementen_US
dc.subjectCarbon dioxideen_US
dc.subjectCarbon emissionen_US
dc.subjectEfficiency measurementen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental economicsen_US
dc.subjectOECDen_US
dc.subjectControlled studyen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental impact assessmenten_US
dc.subjectMathematical modelen_US
dc.subjectMeasurementen_US
dc.subjectMethodologyen_US
dc.subjectPolicyen_US
dc.subjectPollutionen_US
dc.titleEnvironmental efficiency in carbon dioxide emissions in the OECD: a non-parametric approachen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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