This study explores the reduction potential of greenhouse gases for major pollution emitting countries of the world using nonparametric productivity measurement methods and directional distance functions. In contrast to the existing literature we apply optimization methods to endogenously...

This dissertation comprises four pieces of economic research which analyze the efficiency of decision making units with regard to the production of undesirable outputs. These studies are motivated by the challenges arising from the phenomenon of climate change. An analysis of automobiles in the...

This study explores the reduction potential of greenhouse gases for major pollution emitting countries of the world using nonparametric productivity measurement methods and directional distance functions. In contrast to the existing literature we apply optimization methods to endogenously...