Blar i TØI Vitenarkiv på forfatter "Hampf, Benjamin"
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Carbon dioxide emission standards for U.S. power plants: An efficiency analysis perspective
Hampf, Benjamin; Rødseth, Kenneth Løvold (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-14)On June 25, 2013, President Obama announced his plan to introduce carbon dioxide emission standards for electricity generation. This paper proposes an efficiency analysis approach that addresses which emission rates (and ... -
Environmental efficiency measurement with heterogeneous input quality: A nonparametric analysis of U.S. power plants
Hampf, Benjamin; Rødseth, Kenneth Løvold (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-11)While there is an abundant theoretical and empirical literature on environmental efficiency measurement, the impacts of heterogeneous input quality on environmental efficiency remain unexplored. Failing to control for this ... -
Optimal profits under environmental regulation: the benefits from emission intensity averaging
Hampf, Benjamin; Rødseth, Kenneth Løvold (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-22)In this paper we analyze the economic effects of implementing EPA’s newly proposed regulations for carbon dioxide (CO2) on existing U.S. coal-fired power plants using nonparametric methods on a sample of 144 electricity ...