Inadequacies of the traditional, single-equation representations of models of emission-
generating technologies prominently associated with the classic book by Baumol and Oates …

This paper employs the slack-based measure method and an extended Luenberger
productivity indicator to estimate and decompose the atmospheric environmental …

Productivity analysis has been an important avenue for economic research. Therefore,
medleys of quantitative techniques have been proposed to operationalize productivity …

This chapter theoretically discusses existing methodologies to model environmental
adjustments of technologies. We elaborate on the limitations of treating pollution as an input …

Total factor productivity (TFP) indicators or indices are usual measurements for evaluating
economic performance in terms of output and input evolution. This approach has been …

The current paper estimates the overall inefficiency indicator of a bank under a network Data
Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in the presence of undesirable inputs and outputs. We …

The agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) assessment is essential for providing intuition
regarding factors involving productivity change. Integration of environmental aspects …

Abstract The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) initiated by Chinese government could be
regarded as a systematic framework for promoting economic cooperation and development …

China has developed a remarkable economic growth in the past 30 years by accompanying
with undesirable outputs. The assumptions of weak and strong of undesirable outputs have …

The operation and management of Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) is of paramount
importance to guarantee the sustainability of water resources. Just like any other production …