A note on the evolution of directional distance function and its development in energy and environmental studies 1997–2013

N Zhang, Y Choi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Recently, a relatively new methodology named directional distance function (DDF) has been
attracting positive attention in the field of energy and environmental (E&E) modeling …

Assessing environmental performance trends in the transport industry: eco-innovation or catching-up?

M Beltrán-Esteve, AJ Picazo-Tadeo - Energy Economics, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper analyses the change in environmental performance that took place in the
transport industry of 38 countries between the years 1995 and 2009. Data Envelopment …

Efficiency evaluation of bus transit firms with and without consideration of environmental air-pollution emissions

CC Kang, HA Khan, CM Feng, CC Wu - Transportation Research Part D …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study examines the technical efficiency and environmental efficiency of bus transit firms
using the slack-based measures (SBM) and non-separable slack-based measures (NSSBM) …

Productivity growth in urban freight transport: An index number approach

KL Rødseth - Transport Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
Improvement of operational efficiency is a common goal of most governmental freight
transport policies. Productivity and efficiency analysis consequently provides a sound …

[HTML][HTML] Productivity growth in the transportation industries in the United States: An application of the DEA Malmquist Productivity Index

J Choi, DC Roberts, E Lee - American Journal of Operations Research, 2015 - scirp.org
This study reviews productivity growth in the five major transportation industries in the United
States (airline, truck, rail, pipeline, and water) and the pooled transportation industry from …

Accounting for air pollution emissions and transport policy in the measurement of the efficiency and effectiveness of bus transits

CC Kang, CM Feng, BR Liao, HA Khan - Transportation Letters, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This study presents a two-stage network performance evaluation model that determines the
efficiency and effectiveness of bus transit systems. The model accounts for non-storable …

Influence of Business-Operational Performances and Company Size on CO2 Emissions Decrease-Case of Serbian Road Transport Companies

SS Sofijanic, SM Arsic, D Jovanovic, MZ Arsic, S Kalac… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
This research includes the analysis and comparison of long-term values of key business
parameters of profit-oriented companies in Serbia, which are engaged in road transport of …

[HTML][HTML] How Does the Change of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Affect Transportation Productivity? A Case Study of the US Transportation Sector from 2002 to 2011

J Choi, DC Roberts - Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2015 - scirp.org
A variety of research fields has analyzed actual productivity change from environmental
pollution through the Malmquist environmental productivity index, but to our best knowledge …

Persistence of nitrogen oxides emissions using historical time series data: evidence from 37 countries

SA Solarin, L Bermejo, LA Gil-Alana - Australasian Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Two features in time series data: the existence of time trends and the degree of persistence,
are examined in this work on the nitrogen oxides emissions from 37 OECD countries …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of air pollution on productivity growth in the air and truck transportation industries in the US: an application of the data envelopment analysis …

J Choi, DC Roberts - Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2015 - scirp.org
Air pollution worsens work environment and increases the likelihood of health risks and
even premature death for humans. Owing to the fundamental structure of growth through the …