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An investigation of productivity, profitability, and regulation in the Chilean water industry using stochastic frontier analysis

Molinos-Senante, María; Maziotis, Alexandros; … - In: Decision analytics journal 4 (2022), pp. 1-9

The firms’ performance assessment for regulation requires estimating profit change and its drivers. This study …. Using the stochastic frontier analysis, we compute the drivers of productivity change, such as technical change, returns to … factor productivity levels increased over time at 1.967% and 1.062% per annum, respectively. Technical change, gains in …

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Are we moving toward an energy-efficient low-carbon economy? : an input-output LMDI decomposition of CO2 : emissions for Spain and the EU28

Serrano-Puente, Darío - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 12 (2021) 2, pp. 151-229

Spain is on a path toward the decarbonization of the economy. This is mainly due to structural changes in the economy, where less energy-intensive sectors are gaining more relevance, and due to a higher use of less carbon-intensive primary energy products. This decarbonization trend is in fact...

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Understanding the bioeconomy : a new sustainability economy in British and European public discourse

Sotiropoulou, Irene; Deutz, Pauline - In: Bio-based and applied economics 10 (2021) 4, pp. 283-304

Over the past decade, the term bioeconomy has emerged in both policy and academic discourse. Implying a technology-driven approach to wealth generation from organic materials, the term has taken hold with so far limited critical engagement. It is a contestable rather than contested term. Noting...

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A stochastic meta-frontier approach for analyzing productivity in the English and Welsh water and sewerage companies

Molinos-Senante, María; Maziotis, Alexandros; … - In: Decision analytics journal 6 (2023), pp. 1-11

stochastic metafrontier approach was employed to estimate and compare the productivity change of the English and Welsh Water and … Sewerage companies (WaSCs) and Water only companies (WoCs) during the years 1991-2016. To identify the drivers of productivity … growth, the metafrontier Malmquist productivity was decomposed into four components namely: Group-frontier efficiency change …

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Water Privatization and Regulation in England and Wales

van den Berg, Caroline - 2012

regulation has heavy information requirements, and the necessary data and analytical tools take time to assemble. And such built …

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The Buenos Aires Water Concession

Alcázar, Lorena; Abdala, Manuel Angel; Shirley, Mary M. - 2000

for the company to act opportunistically - and the regulator, arbitrarily - exist, because of politicized regulation, a …

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Enhancing the sustainability of the aviation industry : airlines' commitment to "green" practices

Amicarelli, Vera; Lagioia, Giovanni; Patruno, Antonio; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 23 (2021) 15, pp. 934-947

The aviation industry represents an important polluter, being responsible for increasing environmental impacts on global scale. Aiming to approach the adoption of suitable policies in the aviation industry towards the achievement of the national and international sustainability goals, the...

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A study on greenish pattern of Indian consumers with special reference to their plastic bag usage behavior

Madan Mohan, G.; Prabhu, M.; Abdullah, Nabaz Nawzad - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 22 (2021) 2, pp. 444-452

The Population explosion has led to excessive consumption and exploitation of natural resources resulting in degradation of the biophysical environment. Many agitations have gained momentum in various parts of the world to protect it from environmental degradation. Many governments have banned...

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Environmental quality and health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa : a panel econometric approach on the role of forest investment

Oyedele, Ovikuomagbe; Tella, Sheriffdeen A. - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-14

Beyond the economic support in terms of food, fuelwood, charcoal, wood, and timber supplies that investment towards forest environments provides, its contribution to environmental quality could also provide health benefits. Using data from 16 selected sub-Saharan African countries from 2002 to...

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Decarbonization of Costa Rica's agriculture, forestry and other land uses sectors : an application of the IEEM+ESM approach

Banerjee, Onil; Cicowiez, Martín; Vargas, Renato; … - 2021

This paper evaluates the economic and environmental impacts of implementing Costa Ricas Decarbonization Plan, focusing specifically on the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) sectors. To do so, we apply the Integrated Economic-Environmental Modeling (IEEM) framework for Costa Rica,...

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