Skip to Content
Handbook of Environmental and Sustainable Finance
book

Handbook of Environmental and Sustainable Finance

by Vikash Ramiah, Greg N. Gregoriou
October 2015
Beginner to intermediate
510 pages
17h 34m
English
Academic Press
Content preview from Handbook of Environmental and Sustainable Finance
Chapter 3

Efficiency of U.S. State EPA Emission Rate Goals for 2030

A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach

Greg N. Gregoriou1,  and Vikash Ramiah2     1State University of New York, Plattsburgh, NY, USA     2School of Commerce, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia

Abstract

We use Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data to investigate which U.S. states will be efficient at minimizing their emission rates according to the 2030 goals of the EPA. After reviewing the emerging environmental/sustainable finance literature we find that there is no current finance methodology/study that directly evaluates the efficiency of environmental policies. We have to resort to environmental economics methodology to evaluate the efficiency of the states. ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing

Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing

Dr. Alan S. Gutterman

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780128036464