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A generalization of environmental productivity analysis

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  • Arnaud Abad

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • Paola Ravelojaona

    (UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia)

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze environmental Total Factor Productivity (TFP) change. Indeed, innovative environmental TFP measures are introduced through convex and non convex environmental production processes. Hence, the impacts of input and output quality change on environmental productivity variation are underscored. In addition, general decomposition of the new ratio- and difference-based environmental TFP measures is proposed. Finally, an empirical example is provided to illustrate these propositions.

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  • Arnaud Abad & Paola Ravelojaona, 2022. "A generalization of environmental productivity analysis," Post-Print hal-03592375, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03592375
    DOI: 10.1007/s11123-021-00620-1
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