@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/2149,
	  title     = {Interstate Comparison of Environmental Performance using Stochastic Frontier Analysis: The United States Case Study},
	  author    = {Alexander Y. Vaninsky},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {Environmental performance of the U.S. States is investigated for the period of 1990 – 2007 using Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). The SFA accounts for both efficiency measure and stochastic noise affecting a frontier. The frontier is formed using indicators of GDP, energy consumption, population, and CO2 emissions. For comparability, all indicators are expressed as ratios to total. Statistical information of the Energy Information Agency of the United States is used. Obtained results reveal the bell - shaped dynamics of environmental efficiency scores. The average efficiency scores rise from 97.6% in 1990 to 99.6% in 1999, and then fall to 98.4% in 2007. The main factor is insufficient decrease in the rate of growth of CO2 emissions with regards to the growth of GDP, population and energy consumption. Data for 2008 following the research period allow for an assumption that the environmental performance of the U.S. States has improved in the last years.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering},
	  volume    = {4},
	  number    = {6},
	  year      = {2010},
	  pages     = {596 - 600},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/2149},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/42},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 42, 2010},
	}