A generalization of environmental productivity analysis

This paper aims to analyze environmental Total Factor Productivity (TFP) change. Indeed, innovative environmental TFP measures are introduced through convex and non convex environmental production processes. Hence, the impacts of input and output quality change on environmental productivity variation are underscored. In addition, general decomposition of the new ratio- and difference-based environmental TFP measures is proposed. Finally, an empirical example is provided to illustrate these propositions.

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This paper aims to analyze the change in environmental Total Factor Productivity (TFP) by introducing innovative environmental TFP measures and highlighting the impact of input and output quality change on environmental productivity variation. It also proposes a general decomposition method for the new ratio- and difference-based environmental TFP measures. An empirical example is provided to illustrate these propositions.