not satisfied in real economies. Moreover, growth accounting assumes efficiency on factor and commodity markets, and … consequently does not distinguish between efficiency change and technical change. In this paper, we estimate total factor … efficiency change and technical change components. Using input-output tables of the US economy for the period 1977 to 2006, we …

We measure eco-efficiency of an economy by means of an augmented Leontief input-output model extended by constraints … for primary inputs. Using a multi-objective optimization model the eco-efficiency frontier of the economy is generated … eco-efficiency is obtained as a solution of a data envelopment analysis (DEA) model with virtual DMUs defining the …