Energy efficiency, CO2 emission performance and technology gaps in fossil fuel electricity generation in Korea: A meta-frontier non-radial directional distance functionanalysis

Energy Policy - Tập 56 - Trang 653-662 - 2013
Ning Zhang1, Peng Zhou2,3, Yongrok Choi1,3
1Department of International Trade, Inha University, Inharo 100, Nam-gu, Incheon 402-751, South Korea
2College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 29 Jiangjun Avenue, Nanjing 211106, China
3Research Centre for Soft Energy Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 29 Jiangjun Avenue, Nanjing, 211106, China

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