Regional sustainability efficiency index in Europe: an additive two-stage DEA approach

George Halkos; Nickolaos Tzeremes; Stavros Kourtzidis

doi:10.1007/s12351-015-0170-4

Regional sustainability efficiency index in Europe: an additive two-stage DEA approach

George Halkos (Lead / Corresponding author), Nickolaos Tzeremes, Stavros Kourtzidis

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Abstract

In this paper we apply a relational additive two-stage data envelopment analysis model in order to create sustainability efficiency indices for European regions. The sustainability efficiency indices are decomposed into production efficiency and eco-efficiency indicators in the first and the second stage respectively. The production efficiency is defined as the ratio of the financial output over the inputs and the eco-efficiency is defined as the ratio of the bad output over the financial output which serves as an intermediate variable. We treat the heterogeneity among countries using a metafrontier framework. The results reveal inequalities among the examined regions for the eco-efficiency stage.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-23
Number of pages	23
Journal	Operational Research
Volume	15
Issue number	1
Early online date	12 Feb 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12351-015-0170-4
Publication status	Published - Apr 2015

Keywords

Additive two-stage DEA
Sustainability efficiency index
European regions

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