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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.
Report, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (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.

Typ des Eintrags: Report
Erschienen: 2010
Autor(en): Hampf, Benjamin ; Krüger, Jens
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Technical Efficiency of Automobiles – A Nonparametric Approach Incorporating Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: Juni 2010
Ort: Darmstadt
Reihe: Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics
Band einer Reihe: 198
URL / URN: http://econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/43134/1/63053389X.pdf
Kurzbeschreibung (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.

Freie Schlagworte: nonparametric efficiency measurement, directional distance function, automobiles, air pollution
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JEL classification: C14, L62, Q53

Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 01 Fachbereich Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften
01 Fachbereich Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Volkswirtschaftliche Fachgebiete
01 Fachbereich Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Volkswirtschaftliche Fachgebiete > Fachgebiet Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung
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