The main aim of this review article is to review of DEA models in regarding to energy
efficiency. This paper reviewed and summarized the different models of DEA that have been …

This study systematically summarizes previous research efforts on Data Envelopment
Analysis (DEA) applied to energy and environment in the past four decades, including …

To accelerate industrial structure adjustment and effectively mitigate carbon dioxide (CO 2)
emissions, this study aims to investigate the carbon emission reduction effect of China's …

Economic development has brought about global greenhouse gas emissions and thus
global climate change, which is a common challenge for all mankind that urgently needs to …

Carbon emission efficiency directly determines the overall carbon emissions level. Previous
studies mainly investigated carbon emission efficiency from the perspective of direct carbon …

In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

Using China's provincial panel data during 2000–2017, this study attempts to research the
impacts of different environmental regulatory instruments and relative stringency on total …

Developing countries play a dominant role in global carbon emissions. This study, for the
first time, uses a panel of 25 major developing countries during the years 1996–2012 to …

Sustainable development and sustainability assessment have been of great interest to both
academe and practitioners in the past decades. In this study, we review the literature on data …

Technological progress is widely recognized as a method of reducing carbon emissions.
However, many studies have shown that it can also lead to increased energy consumption …