World trend in energy: an extension to DEA applied to energy and environment

Abstract This study proposes a use of data envelopment analysis (DEA) to assess the performance of energy industries. The DEA is a nonparametric approach that does not assume any functional form for performance assessment. The purpose of this study is to discuss how DEA can examine the current energ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Toshiyuki Sueyoshi, Mika Goto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of Economic Structures
Subjects:
DEA
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40008-017-0073-z