Journal article

Publication year: 2012

Pages: 1-15

Journal: International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volume number: 15

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 1466-2132

eISSN: 1741-511X

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJETM.2012.045143

Publisher: Inderscience

Abstract: 
The conventional Total Factor Productivity (TFP)
measurement does not incorporate the effects of undesirable outputs,
which are harmful to the environment. Using sugarcane farming in Kenya,
this paper illustrates the differences between the conventional
Malmquist index measures where the environment variable is not adjusted
and environment-adjusted measures using both hyperbolic and directional
distance functions. The mean TFP change estimates for the conventional
Malmquist index, adjusted hyperbolic index and Luenberger indicator were
3.13%, 0.11% and 2.21%, respectively. The conventional non-adjusted
measure lies between the two adjusted measures of hyperbolic index and
Luenberger indicator.

Harvard Citation style: Mulwa, R., Emrouznejad, A. and Nuppenau, E. (2012) An overview of Total Factor Productivity estimations adjusted for pollutant outputs: an application to sugarcane farming, International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 15(1), pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJETM.2012.045143

APA Citation style: Mulwa, R., Emrouznejad, A., & Nuppenau, E. (2012). An overview of Total Factor Productivity estimations adjusted for pollutant outputs: an application to sugarcane farming. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management. 15(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJETM.2012.045143