A survey of data envelopment analysis in energy and environmental studies

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Network DEA: A slacks-based measure approach

Energy and CO2 emission performance in electricity generation: A non-radial directional distance function approach

Total factor carbon emission performance: A Malmquist index analysis

Measuring environmental performance under different environmental DEA technologies

Environmental efficiency and regulatory standards: the case of CO2 emissions from OECD industries

Concernabout local government ability to provide public services inan effective way is increasing in Spain as these functions arebeing decentralized from the central to regional governments.The goal of this research is to provide state and local officialswith a decision making tool that allows evaluation of the quantityand quality of the public services--infrastructure and equipment--thatthey are responsible for offering. We characterize performanceamong similar administrative observations, e.g. municipalities,by defining effectiveness improvement strategies--basedon selective funds allocation--that identify and rank thosesectors and variables that present provision deficits and requireprior attention. In order to evaluate provision at the municipalitylevel we define an additive effectiveness measure making useof Data Envelopment Analysis techniques which are enhanced toaccount for the presence of standards. The statistical data arefrom the Spanish Local Infrastructure and Equipment Survey.

Evaluating Effectiveness in Public Provision of Infrastructure and Equipment: The Case of Spanish Municipalities

Network DEA efficiency in input–output models: With an application to OECD countries

Exploring the duality between a return to dollar definition of profit and the generalized distance function we establish the relationship between the Laspeyres, Paasche and Fisher productivity indexes and their alternative Malmquist indexes counterparts. By proceeding this way, we propose a consistent decomposition of these productivity indexes into two mutually exclusive components. A technical component represented by the Malmquist index and an economical component which can be identified with the contribution that allocative criteria make to productivity change. With regard to the Fisher index, we indicate how researchers can further decompose the Malmquist technical component rendering explicit the sources of productivity change. We also show how the proposed model can be implemented by means of Data Envelopment Analysis techniques, and illustrate the empirical process with an example data set.

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Return to dollar, generalized distance function and the fisher productivity index

. Determination of optimal population densities underlies the economic rationality
when planning the provision of basic public infrastructure by local governments. Using econometric techniques based on the translog cost function, we investigate the existence of economies
of scale, associated to a larger urban size in terms of population and housing, determine the
effect of alternative urban patterns – compact or dispersed – on the cost of provision, and
calculate optimal population densities as targets for urban planning. We illustrate the practicality
of our model using Spanish municipal data, and unveil latent economies of scale and suboptimal
urban densities due to excessive dispersion. Based on these findings we propose specific policy
guidelines in terms of desirable urban structures.

Ángel M. Prieto

Papers

Environmental efficiency and regulatory standards: the case of CO2 emissions from OECD industries

Evaluating Effectiveness in Public Provision of Infrastructure and Equipment: The Case of Spanish Municipalities

Network DEA efficiency in input–output models: With an application to OECD countries

Return to dollar, generalized distance function and the fisher productivity index

Cost economies, urban patterns and population density: The case of public infrastructure for basic utilities