Eco-efficiency analysis of French firms: a data envelopment analysis approach

This paper addresses the issue of assessing eco-efficiency when good and undesirable outputs are jointly produced. We propose that eco-efficiency can be decomposed into two parts: resource efficiency and ecological efficiency. We provide a conceptual framework based on data envelopment analysis (DEA...

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Published in:Environmental economics and policy studies 2016-07, Vol.18 (3), p.395-416
Main Author: Lahouel, Béchir Ben
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Innovations
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Data envelopment analysis
Decision making
Economics
Economics and Finance
Energy
Environmental Economics
Environmental management
Environmental policy
Externality
Innovations
Natural resources
Product life cycle
Raw materials
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Resource efficiency
Social Policy
Studies
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Value added
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