New Directions in Productivity Measurement and Efficiency Analysis: Counting the Environment and Natural Resources

Author:   Tihomir Ancev ,  M. A.S. Azad ,  Francesc Hernández-Sancho
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
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9781786432414


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   30 June 2017
Format:   Hardback
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This book explores novel research perspectives at the intersection of environmental/natural resource economics and productivity analysis, emphasizing the link between productivity and efficiency measurement, and environmental impacts. The purpose of the book is to present new approaches and methods for measuring environmentally adjusted productivity and efficiency, and for incorporating natural resources in standard national accounting practices. These methods are applicable in many contexts, including air and water pollution, climate change, green accounting, and environmental regulation. The contributions, written by distinguished leaders in the field, provide an up-to-date assessment of the state of the art in environmentally adjusted productivity and efficiency analysis. A review of the rapidly expanding literature is included and complemented by international case studies. The book's forward-looking ideas and new theories and methods trace future directions in this exciting and topical research area. This is an essential tool for researchers and scholars, including postgraduate students, working in the area of international and environmental accounting, and productivity and efficiency analysis. The book will also have a broad appeal for various professionals including statisticians, national accountants and policymakers. Contributors include: M. Akter, T. Ancev, M.A.S. Azad, Á. Bellver-Domingo, H.K. Edmonds, M. Eigenraam, R.G. Färe, K.J. Fox, S. Grosskopf, A. Hailu, F. Hernández-Sancho, V.-N. Hoang, N. Hughes, W. Ingram, H. Jahan, B. Lamizana-Diallo, K. Lawson, L.Y.T. Lee, C.A.K. Lovell, J.E. Lovell, C. Ma, C. Obst, C.A. Pasurka, Jr., C. Wilson

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Author:   Tihomir Ancev ,  M. A.S. Azad ,  Francesc Hernández-Sancho
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781786432414


ISBN 10:   1786432412
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   30 June 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents: 1. Introduction Tiho Ancev, M.A. Samad Azad and Francesc Hernández Sancho 2. Environmentally Adjusted Productivity and Efficiency: A Review of Concepts, Methods and Empirical Work Tiho Ancev, M.A. Samad Azad and Mahmuda Akter 3. Modeling Pollution Abatement Technologies as a Network Rolf G. Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, Carl A. Pasurka, Jr. 4. Efficiency Analysis in Uncertain Operating Environments: The Problem with Outliers Kevin J. Fox and Lisa Y.T. Lee 5. Assessing Stream Health With Respect to Ecological Connectivity H.K. Edmonds, J.E. Lovell and C.A.K. Lovell 6. Accounting for nutrient pollution in measuring agricultural total factor productivity: A study of OECD economies Viet-Ngu Hoang and Clevo Wilson 7. Incorporating the Environment in Agricultural Productivity: Applying Advances in International Environmental Accounting Carl Obst and Mark Eigenraam 8. Climate Adjusted Productivity in Australian Cropping Farms Neal Hughes and Kenton Lawson 9. Environmentally Adjusted Efficiency of Municipal Water Suppliers Fransec Hernández-Sancho and Águeda Bellver-Domingo 10. Valuing Environmental and Health Impacts from No Action in Wastewater Management Francesc Hernández-Sancho, Birguy Lamizana-Diallo and William Ingram 11. Estimating the Cost of Carbon Abatement for China Atakelty Hailu and Chunbo Ma 12. Environmentally adjusted efficiency of shrimp farming in Bangladesh Hasneen Jahan and Tiho Ancev Index

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'Consistent growth of productivity is key to improving standards of living, but not if it comes at the expense of environmental quality. This important and timely book provides a compact yet rigorous survey of methods for measuring environmentally adjusted productivity and several chapters demonstrating methodological advances. Empirical applications range from total factor productivity in a large panel of OECD countries, to productivity of shrimp farming in Bangladesh, and crop-farming in southern Australia where deteriorating weather conditions had masked productivity growth.' -- Alan Randall, The Ohio State University, US and the University of Sydney, Australia


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Edited by Tihomir Ancev, School of Economics, University of Sydney, M.A. Samad Azad, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania and School of Economics, University of Sydney, Australia and Francesc Hernández-Sancho, University of Valencia, Spain

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