Environmental regulations and allocative efficiency: application to coal-to-gas substitution in the U.S. electricity sector
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DOI: 10.1007/s11123-017-0495-5
Abstract: Abstract The environmental economics literature has for a long time been occupied with the relationships between environmental regulations, technical efficiency, and productivity growth. This paper extends this discussion by taking up environmental regulations’ implications for… read more here.
Keywords: coal gas; efficiency; allocative efficiency; environmental regulations ... See more keywords
Cross-constrained Measuring the Cost-environment Efficiency in Material Balance Based Frontier Models
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.06.006
Abstract: Frontier models based on the material balance principle (MBP) constitute a major group of environmentally-adjusted efficiency methods that produce environmental and economic outcomes, but fail to integrate them with measures of allocative efficiency in order… read more here.
Keywords: material balance; frontier models; allocative efficiency; cross constrained ... See more keywords
Using allocative efficiency analysis to inform health benefits package design for progressing towards Universal Health Coverage: Proof-of-concept studies in countries seeking decision support
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260247
Abstract: Background Countries are increasingly defining health benefits packages (HBPs) as a way of progressing towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Resources for health are commonly constrained, so it is imperative to allocate funds as efficiently as… read more here.
Keywords: health benefits; allocative efficiency; health; spending ... See more keywords