Carbon Efficiency Evaluation for Four Provincial-Level Municipalities Using the DEA Model

Abstract:

Along with the development of society and economy, researchers begin to focus on the quality of economic development from simple pursuing economic growth rate. There are many indexes to measure the economic development quality, and carbon efficiency is one of the most important indexes. This paper constructing DEA model to calculate carbon efficiency indexes directly, through the carbon efficiency evaluation, can reflect the quality of economic growth objectively and then provide scientific basis for relevant government departments to make environmental economic decisions. Therefore, this study selects the four provincial-level municipalities of China (Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing) as a case to evaluate carbon efficiency.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1010-1012)
• Pages: 1949-1956
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1010-1012.1949
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Hong Lei Zhang, Xue Hua Zhang*, Chi Yin Huang, Yue Fei Wang
• Keywords: Carbon Efficiency, Carbon Emission (CE), DEA Model, Empirical Analysis, Index System

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