The effects of efficiency and TFP growth on pollution in Europe: a multistage spatial analysis

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dc.citation.journalTitleJournal of Productivity Analysisen_US
dc.contributor.authorAdetutu, Morakinyoen_US
dc.contributor.authorGlass, Anthony J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKenjegalieva, Karligashen_US
dc.contributor.authorSickles, Robin C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-27T21:50:06Z
dc.date.available2015-02-27T21:50:06Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractIt is common in efficiency studies which analyse the environment for pollution to form part of the production technology. Pollution therefore affects efficiency and the TFP growth decomposition. As an alternative approach we draw on theoretical studies from the environmental economics literature, which demonstrate that TFP affects environmental quality. Along these lines we adopt a two-stage empirical methodology. Firstly, we obtain two estimates of productive performance (efficiency and TFP growth) using a stochastic production frontier framework in Stage 1 for European countries (1995–2008), from which we omit emissions. Secondly, in Stage 2 these measures of productive performance are used as regressors in spatial models of per capita nitrogen and sulphur emissions for European countries. From our preferred Stage 2 spatial models we find that a country’s TFP growth must fall to reduce its per capita nitrogen and sulphur emissions. This is likely to be because nitrogen and sulphur emissions in the EU have been tightly regulated for a long period of time via air quality standards and consequently, substantial reductions in emissions from cleaner and more productive technology were achieved some time ago.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAdetutu, Morakinyo, Glass, Anthony J., Kenjegalieva, Karligash, et al.. "The effects of efficiency and TFP growth on pollution in Europe: a multistage spatial analysis." <i>Journal of Productivity Analysis,</i> (2014) Springer: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11123-014-0426-7.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11123-014-0426-7en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/79047
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Springer.en_US
dc.subject.keywordTFP growthen_US
dc.subject.keywordatmospheric pollutionen_US
dc.subject.keywordspatial econometricsen_US
dc.subject.keywordtechnical efficiencyen_US
dc.titleThe effects of efficiency and TFP growth on pollution in Europe: a multistage spatial analysisen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpost-printen_US
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