Recently, a relatively new methodology named directional distance function (DDF) has been
attracting positive attention in the field of energy and environmental (E&E) modeling …

This paper looks at carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the point of view of production
theory and proposes a new total factor CO2 emissions performance index. This is done …

As part of the country's efforts to achieve green development, China implemented a
mandatory energy intensity reduction target in its 11th “Five-Year Plan (FYP)” in 2006, and …

The Chinese government set specific provincial reduction targets for sulfur dioxide (SO 2)
and chemical oxygen demand (COD) in the 11th Five-Year Plan. However, due to the …

Along with the rapidly development of economy in recent years, China has also become one
of the largest countries for energy consumption and carbon emission. Recently, the Chinese …

This paper estimates the shadow price of CO 2 and explores its determinants for thermal
power enterprises in China. Using a parametric quadratic directional distance function, we …

The shadow prices, or marginal abatement cost, of pollutants is a useful measure of
environmental performance. Unlike much of the previous studies focusing on only one kind …

China has achieved significant progress in terms of economic and social developments
since implementation of reform and open policy in 1978. However, the rapid speed of …

本文以二氧化碳排放为例, 利用环境方向性距离函数估计出中国工业38 个两位数行业在1980—
2008 年的二氧化碳影子价格. 度量结果显示, 轻工业行业的二氧化碳影子价格绝对值要高于 …

In this paper, we propose a new meta-frontier estimation method to investigate the
environmental technical efficiency and carbon abatement cost of power plants in China …