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Measuring Sustainability Efficiency Using a Two-Stage Data Envelopment Analysis Approach

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JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 5, Pages 1159-1175

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12335

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additive two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA); advanced economies; environment and development; environmental metrics; industrial ecology; sustainability efficiency index

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In this article, we apply an additive two-stage data envelopment analysis estimator on a panel of 20 countries with advanced economies for the time period 1990-2011 in order to create a composite sustainability efficiency index. We use a window-based approach in order to study the countries over the years. The sustainability efficiency index is decomposed into production efficiency and eco-efficiency indicators. The results reveal inequalities among the examined countries between the two stages. The eco-efficiency stage is characterized by large inequalities among countries and significantly lower efficiency scores than the overall sustainability efficiency and the production efficiency. Finally, it is reported that a country's high production efficiency level does not ensure a high eco-efficiency performance.

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