Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Potentials in Europe by Sector: A Bootstrap-Based Nonparametric Efficiency Analysis

Abstract The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is the key action to limit global warming. An important source and pollution inefficiency production processes. We report results from a stochastic nonparametric efficiency analysis using directional distance functions take account undesirable outputs like gases. With this approach, we are able provide estimates potential emission reductions for 7 main sectors in 16 European countries. A specially adapted bootstrapping approach allows implement bias correction compute confidence intervals. show that static improvements quantitatively element which required achieve targets Union.