TY - JOUR
T1 - A robust network DEA model for sustainability assessment
T2 - An application to Chinese Provinces
AU - Chen, Zhongfei
AU - Kourtzidis, Stavros
AU - Tzeremes, Panayiotis
AU - Tzeremes, Nickolaos
PY - 2020/2/12
Y1 - 2020/2/12
N2 - This paper constructs an Environmental Sustainability index in order to investigate regional efficiency in China between 2000 and 2012. The Environmental Sustainability index consists of a Production Efficiency index and an Eco-efficiency index. A multiplicative relational network data envelopment analysis model is applied, and a window analysis is conducted to capture the efficiency trends over time. The results reveal significant heterogeneity among Chinese provinces for the Environmental Sustainability and the Eco-efficiency indices, while there is a high level of Production Efficiency across all provinces. Furthermore, there are large differences among geographical areas. Specifically, high Production Efficiency levels are reported for the eastern area, whereas, high Ecoefficiency levels are reported for the western area. The reported results provide valuable insights to decision makers, revealing a high potential for improvement in the overall Environmental Sustainability score, especially for the eastern and middle areas. In addition, regional heterogeneity should be taken into account when considering new legislation.
AB - This paper constructs an Environmental Sustainability index in order to investigate regional efficiency in China between 2000 and 2012. The Environmental Sustainability index consists of a Production Efficiency index and an Eco-efficiency index. A multiplicative relational network data envelopment analysis model is applied, and a window analysis is conducted to capture the efficiency trends over time. The results reveal significant heterogeneity among Chinese provinces for the Environmental Sustainability and the Eco-efficiency indices, while there is a high level of Production Efficiency across all provinces. Furthermore, there are large differences among geographical areas. Specifically, high Production Efficiency levels are reported for the eastern area, whereas, high Ecoefficiency levels are reported for the western area. The reported results provide valuable insights to decision makers, revealing a high potential for improvement in the overall Environmental Sustainability score, especially for the eastern and middle areas. In addition, regional heterogeneity should be taken into account when considering new legislation.
KW - Chinese provinces
KW - Eco-efficiency
KW - Environmental sustainability
KW - Network data envelopment analysis
KW - Production efficiency
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85079428796&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s12351-020-00553-x
DO - 10.1007/s12351-020-00553-x
M3 - Article
JO - Operational Research
JF - Operational Research
SN - 1109-2858
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