Eco-efficiency analysis of consumer durables using absolute shadow prices
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Abstract: We amend a method for eco-efficiency psychotherapy of consumer durables that is supported on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). In oppositeness to preceding creation efficiency studies, we study the activity difficulty from the contract perspective. The conception of the essay is to manoeuvre efficiency in cost of unconditional dominate prices that are optimized endogenously within the help to tap efficiency of the good. Thus, the efficiency manoeuvre has a candid scheme rendering as a monetary expiration cod to inefficiency, spoken in whatever nowness unit. The advantages as substantially as theoretical differences between the planned move and the tralatitious production-side methods are discussed in detail. We elaborate the move by an covering to eco-efficiency assessment of Sport Utility Vehicles.
Keywords: Activity analysis,Data envelopment psychotherapy (DEA), Environmental efficiency, Product evaluation, Sport programme vehicles (SUVs)
by Mika Kortelainen 1 and Timo Kuosmanen 2
1. Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Joensuu, P. O. Box 111, 80101 Joensuu, Finland; Email: mika.kortelainen@joensuu.fi
2. Economic Research Unit, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Luutnantintie 13, 00410 Helsinki, Finland; Email: timo.kuosmanen@mtt.fi
Journal of Productivity Analysis via Springer Holland www.SpringerLink.com
Volume 28, Numbers 1-2; October, 2007; Pages 57-69
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0046-6
http://www.springerlink.com/content/rm12706l07267532/