Author/Authors
Cuesta، نويسنده , , Rafael A. and Lovell، نويسنده , , C.A. Knox and Zofيo، نويسنده , , José L.، نويسنده ,
DocumentNumber
3539835
Title Of Article
Environmental efficiency measurement with translog distance functions: A parametric approach
شماره ركورد
2952
Latin Abstract
We introduce new specifications and estimation procedures of traditional distance functions that allow researchers to undertake environmental efficiency and productivity studies within a parametric stochastic framework. Relying on a translog distance function specification that treats the outputsʹ vector asymmetrically by allowing equiproportional desirable outputs expansion and undesirable outputs contraction, we discuss the relevant properties that characterize the environmental hyperbolic distance function, and show that it can be easily implemented using conventional econometric techniques based on maximum likelihood estimation. We illustrate our model estimating technical efficiency scores for a panel of U.S. electricity generating units that produce electricity and SO2 emissions as byproduct.
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2232
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Parametric distance functions , Stochastic Frontier Analysis , Undesirable outputs , Environmental Efficiency
JournalTitle
Studia Iranica
To Page
2242
To Page
2242
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