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Technical Efficiency of Automobiles – A Nonparametric Approach Incorporating Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Hampf, Benjamin ; Krüger, Jens (2010)
Technical Efficiency of Automobiles – A Nonparametric Approach Incorporating Carbon Dioxide Emissions.
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Type of entry: Primary publication
Title: Technical Efficiency of Automobiles – A Nonparametric Approach Incorporating Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Language: English
Date: 23 June 2010
Place of Publication: Darmstadt
Series: Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics
Series Volume: 198
Abstract:

We conduct an empirical analysis of the technical efficiency of cars sold in Germany in 2010. The analysis is performed using traditional data envelopment analysis (DEA) as well as directional distance functions (DDF). The approach of DDF allows incorporating the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions as an environmental goal in the efficiency analysis. A frontier separation approach is used to gain deeper insight for different car classes and regions of origin. Natural gas driven cars and sports-utility-vehicles are also treated as different groups. The results show that the efficiency measurement is significantly influenced by the incorporation of carbon dioxide emissions. Moreover, we find that there is indeed a trade-off between technological performance and environmental performance.

Uncontrolled Keywords: nonparametric efficiency measurement, directional distance function, automobiles, air pollution
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-47287
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JEL classification: C14, L62, Q53

Classification DDC: 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
Divisions: 01 Department of Law and Economics
01 Department of Law and Economics > Volkswirtschaftliche Fachgebiete > Emprical Economics
01 Department of Law and Economics > Volkswirtschaftliche Fachgebiete
Date Deposited: 23 Jun 2010 16:20
Last Modified: 25 Oct 2023 09:57
URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/4728
PPN: 386810141
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