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Cinzia Daraio

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Claudia Curi & Cinzia Daraio & Maria Patrick Llerena, 2012. "University Technology Transfer: How (in-)efficient are French universities?," DIS Technical Reports 2012-02, Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Universita' degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza".

    Cited by:

    1. Barra, Cristian & Lagravinese, Raffaele & Zotti, Roberto, 2015. "Explaining (in)efficiency in higher education: a comparison of parametric and non-parametric analyses to rank universities," MPRA Paper 67119, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Raphaële Préget & Phu Nguyen Van & Marc Willinger, 2016. "Who are the voluntary leaders? Experimental evidence from a sequential contribution game," Post-Print hal-01300195, HAL.
    3. Olivier CARDI & Romain RESTOUT, 2015. "Fiscal Shocks in a Two-Sector Open Economy with Endogenous Markups," LEO Working Papers / DR LEO 2299, Orleans Economics Laboratory / Laboratoire d'Economie d'Orleans (LEO), University of Orleans.
    4. Xuan Leng & Yichuan Zhang, 2024. "The Frontiers in Manufacturing Technologies Initiative and University Innovation," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 32(5), pages 197-225, September.
    5. Tamara Rodríguez-González & Mercedes Villanueva-Flores & Mariluz Fernández-Alles & Mirta Díaz-Fernández, 2021. "Are Spanish TTOs Prepared to Innovation in a COVID Context?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-20, August.
    6. G. Derrick, 2015. "Integration versus separation: structure and strategies of the technology transfer office (TTO) in medical research organizations," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 40(1), pages 105-122, February.
    7. Rossi, Federica & Fassio,Claudio & Geuna, Aldo, 2014. "The Role of Institutional Characteristics in Knowledge Transfer: A Comparative Analysis of Two Italian Universities," Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis LEI & BRICK - Laboratory of Economics of Innovation "Franco Momigliano", Bureau of Research in Innovation, Complexity and Knowledge, Collegio 201410, University of Turin.
    8. Villani, Elisa & Grimaldi, Rosa, 2024. "When people make the difference: A person-organization fit approach in knowledge transfer offices," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 183(C).
    9. Enrico Deiaco & Alan Hughes & Maureen McKelvey, 2012. "Universities as strategic actors in the knowledge economy," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 36(3), pages 525-541.
    10. Simona Gradinaru & Anamaria Aldea & Levida BESIR & Alexandru Coser, 2019. "A Non-Parametric Efficiency Perspective on the Research-Active European Universities Performance," Book chapters-LUMEN Proceedings, in: Camelia Ignatescu (ed.), 12th LUMEN International Scientific Conference Rethinking Social Action. Core Values in Practice | RSACVP 2019 | 15-17 May 2019 | Iasi – Romania, edition 1, volume 9, chapter 35, pages 371-385, Editura Lumen.
    11. Zhuo Chen & Zhenbing Yang & Lili Yang, 2024. "Analyzing the Knowledge Transfer Performance of China’s Universities: a Heterogeneous Stochastic Frontier Approach," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 15(1), pages 3975-4003, March.
    12. Claudia Curi & Cinzia Daraio & Patrick Llerena, 2013. "What is the productivity change of a university TTOs system at its early stage of development? Evidence from France," DIAG Technical Reports 2013-03, Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Universita' degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza".
    13. Julien Pénin, 2012. "Motivation crowding-out: Is there a risk for science?," Working Papers of BETA 2012-13, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
    14. Clovia Hamilton & Simon P. Philbin, 2020. "Knowledge Based View of University Tech Transfer—A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-28, September.
    15. Mary da Silva Quintino, Heliana & Rodrigues Holanda, Francisco Sandro & Rodrigues Moura, Fabio & Ricardo de Santana, Jose & Vidal, Luiz Diego, 2021. "World efficiency in the potential production of new technologies under intellectual property assets," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
    16. Daniel Coronado & Esther Flores & M. Ángeles Martínez, 2017. "The role of regional economic specialization in the production of university-owned patents," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 59(2), pages 513-533, September.
    17. Ragip Ege & Herrade Igersheim & Charlotte Le Chapelain, 2012. "Transcendental vs. Comparative Approaches to Justice : A Reappraisal of Sen’s Dichotomy," Working Papers of BETA 2012-15, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
    18. Malwina Mejer, 2012. "Academic Patenting in Belgium:Methodology and Evidence," Working Papers TIMES² 2013-003, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    19. Patrick Cohendet & Patrick Llerena & Laurent Simon, 2012. "THE ROUTINIZATION OF CREATIVITY: Lessons from the Case of a video-game Creative Powerhouse," Working Papers of BETA 2012-05, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
    20. Liu, Xing & Wu, Xianhua & Zhang, Weipan, 2024. "A new DEA model and its application in performance evaluation of scientific research activities in the universities of China's double first-class initiative," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
    21. Federica Rossi, 2014. "The efficiency of universities’ knowledge transfer activities: A multi-output approach beyond patenting and licensing," Working Papers 16, Birkbeck Centre for Innovation Management Research, revised Feb 2014.
    22. Ma, Ding & Cai, Zhishan & Zhu, Chengkai, 2022. "Technology transfer efficiency of universities in China: A three-stage framework based on the dynamic network slacks-based measurement model," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    23. Adalgiso Amendola & Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2020. "Does graduate human capital production increase local economic development? An instrumental variable approach," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(5), pages 959-994, November.
    24. Lee, Kyootai & Jung, Hyun Ju, 2021. "Does TTO capability matter in commercializing university technology? Evidence from longitudinal data in South Korea," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 50(1).
    25. Claudia Curi & Cinzia Daraio & Patrick Llerena, 2015. "The productivity of French technology transfer offices after government reforms," Post-Print hal-01738177, HAL.
    26. Chen, Kun & Wupur, Abduhalik & Abudouguli, Ailifeire & Yang, Guo-liang, 2023. "Measuring the knowledge transfer efficiency of social science in Chinese universities from a think tank perspective," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    27. João Ferreira & Arminda Paço & Mário Raposo & Celia Hadjichristodoulou & Despina Marouchou, 2021. "International entrepreneurship education: Barriers versus support mechanisms to STEM students," Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 130-147, March.
    28. Zhou, Ruoying & Tang, Puay, 2020. "The role of university Knowledge Transfer Offices: Not just commercialize research outputs!," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 90.
    29. Sengupta, Abhijit & Ray, Amit S., 2017. "University research and knowledge transfer: A dynamic view of ambidexterity in british universities," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(5), pages 881-897.
    30. Courtioux, Pierre & Métivier, François & Rebérioux, Antoine, 2022. "Nations ranking in scientific competition: Countries get what they paid for," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 116(C).
    31. Barra, Cristian & Lagravinese, Raffaele & Zotti, Roberto, 2018. "Does econometric methodology matter to rank universities? An analysis of Italian higher education system," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 104-120.
    32. Zaira García-Tórtola & David Conesa & Joan Crespo & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2024. "Unlocking University Efficiency: A Bayesian Stochastic Frontier Analysis," Working Papers 2024/05, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    33. E. Marrocu & R. Paci, 2024. "The influence of regional contextual factors on public university efficiency in Italy," Working Paper CRENoS 202424, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia.
    34. Samira Yusef Araújo Falani Bezerra & Ana Lúcia Vitale Torkomian, 2024. "Technology Transfer Offices: a Systematic Review of the Literature and Future Perspective," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 15(1), pages 4455-4488, March.
    35. Amélie Barbier-Gauchard & Francesco De Palma & Giuseppe Diana, 2012. "Currency devaluation with dual labor market : Which perspectives for the Euro Zone ?," Working Papers of BETA 2012-04, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.

  2. Luiza Badin & Cinzia Daraio & Léopold Simar, 2008. "Optimal Bandwidth Selection for Conditional Efficiency Measures: a Data-driven Approach," LEM Papers Series 2008/22, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.

    Cited by:

    1. Jean Joseph Minviel & Kristof De Witte, 2016. "The influence of public subsidies on farm technical efficiency: A robust conditional nonparametric approach," Working Papers SMART 16-10, INRAE UMR SMART.
    2. Geraldo Souza & Eliane Gonçalves Gomes & Eliseu Roberto Alves, 2022. "Two-part fractional regression model with conditional FDH responses: an application to Brazilian agriculture," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 314(2), pages 393-409, July.
    3. Jean Pierre Huiban & Camille Mastromarco & Antonio Musolesi & Michel Simioni, 2016. "The impact of pollution abatement investments on production technology: new insights from frontier analysis," Working Papers hal-01512154, HAL.
    4. Cordero Ferrera, Jose Manuel & Alonso Morán, Edurne & Nuño Solís, Roberto & Orueta, Juan F. & Souto Arce, Regina, 2013. "Efficiency assessment of primary care providers: A conditional nonparametric approach," MPRA Paper 51926, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Badin, Luiza & Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Leopold, 2018. "A Bootstrap Approach for Bandwidth Selection in Estimating Conditional Efficiency Measures," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2018007, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    6. Cinzia Daraio & Leopold Simar & Paul W. Wilson, 2016. "Nonparametric Estimation of Efficiency in the Presence of Environmental Variables," DIAG Technical Reports 2016-02, Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Universita' degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza".
    7. Degl’Innocenti, Marta & Matousek, Roman & Sevic, Zeljko & Tzeremes, Nickolaos G., 2017. "Bank efficiency and financial centres: Does geographical location matter?," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 188-198.
    8. Nguyen, Trang T.T. & Prior, Diego & Van Hemmen, Stefan, 2020. "Stochastic semi-nonparametric frontier approach for tax administration efficiency measure: Evidence from a cross-country study," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 137-153.
    9. Mergoni, Anna & Soncin, Mara & Agasisti, Tommaso, 2023. "The effect of ICT on schools’ efficiency: Empirical evidence on 23 European countries," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    10. Halkos, George & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2012. "Economic growth and environmental efficiency: Evidence from U.S. regions," MPRA Paper 42675, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    11. Guerrini, Andrea & Romano, Giulia & Mancuso, Fabrizio & Carosi, Laura, 2016. "Identifying the performance drivers of wastewater treatment plants through conditional order-m efficiency analysis," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 20-31.
    12. Yunguo Lu & Lin Zhang, 2023. "Environmental information disclosure and firm production: evidence from the estimated efficiency of publicly listed firms in China," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 59(1), pages 99-119, February.
    13. D’Alfonso, Tiziana & Daraio, Cinzia & Nastasi, Alberto, 2015. "Competition and efficiency in the Italian airport system: new insights from a conditional nonparametric frontier analysis," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 20-38.
    14. Badin, Luiza & Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Leopold, 2014. "Explaining inefficiency in nonparametric production models: the state of the art," LIDAM Reprints ISBA 2014005, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    15. Laurens Cherchye & Bram De Rock & Dieter Saelens & Marijn Verschelde & Bart Roets, 2022. "Performance Analysis with Unobserved Inputs: An Application to Endogenous Automation in Railway Traffic Management," Working Papers ECARES 2022-06, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    16. José Manuel Cordero & Carlos Díaz Caro & Francisco Pedraja Chaparro & Cristina Polo Fernández, 2020. "Tributos cedidos y eficiencia en la gestión tributaria de las Comunidades Autónomas," Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF, vol. 232(1), pages 75-112, March.
    17. Jose M. Cordero & Cristina Polo & Daniel Santín, 2020. "Assessment of new methods for incorporating contextual variables into efficiency measures: a Monte Carlo simulation," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 20(4), pages 2245-2265, December.
    18. Nickolaos G. Tzeremes, 2018. "Financial Development and Countries’ Production Efficiency: A Nonparametric Analysis," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-13, August.
    19. Cordero, Jose M. & Polo, Cristina & Santín, Daniel & Simancas, Rosa, 2018. "Efficiency measurement and cross-country differences among schools: A robust conditional nonparametric analysis," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 45-60.
    20. Simar, Leopold & Vanhems, Anne, 2010. "Probabilistic characterization of directional distances and their robust versions," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2010040, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    21. Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Leopold & Wilson, Paul, 2015. "Testing the "Separability" Condition in Two-Stage Nonparametric Models of Production," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2015018, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    22. Jose M. Cordero & Cristina Polo & Nickolaos G. Tzeremes, 2020. "Evaluating the efficiency of municipalities in the presence of unobserved heterogeneity," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 53(3), pages 377-390, June.
    23. Florens, Jean-Pierre & Simar, Léopold & Van Keilegom, Ingrid, 2014. "Frontier estimation in nonparametric location-scale models," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 178(P3), pages 456-470.
    24. Léopold Simar & Paul Wilson, 2011. "Two-stage DEA: caveat emptor," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 36(2), pages 205-218, October.
    25. Fabio Pammolli & Francesco Porcelli & Francesco Vidoli & Guido Borà, 2014. "La spesa sanitaria delle Regioni in Italia - Saniregio 3," Working Papers CERM 02-2014, Competitività, Regole, Mercati (CERM).
    26. Halkos, George & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2011. "A conditional full frontier modelling for analyzing environmental efficiency and economic growth," MPRA Paper 32839, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    27. Fabio Pammolli & Francesco Porcelli & Francesco Vidoli & Monica Auteri & Guido Borà, 2017. "La spesa sanitaria delle Regioni in Italia - Saniregio2017," Working Papers CERM 01-2017, Competitività, Regole, Mercati (CERM).
    28. Endre Bjoerndal & Mette Bjoerndal & Astrid Cullmann & Maria Nieswand, 2016. "Finding the Right Yardstick: Regulation under Heterogeneous Environments," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1555, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    29. Tziogkidis, Panagiotis & Philippas, Dionisis & Leontitsis, Alexandros & Sickles, Robin C., 2020. "A data envelopment analysis and local partial least squares approach for identifying the optimal innovation policy direction," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 285(3), pages 1011-1024.
    30. Verschelde, Marijn & Rogge, Nicky, 2012. "An environment-adjusted evaluation of citizen satisfaction with local police effectiveness: Evidence from a conditional Data Envelopment Analysis approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 223(1), pages 214-225.
    31. Camilla Mastromarco & Léopold Simar, 2015. "Effect of FDI and Time on Catching Up: New Insights from a Conditional Nonparametric Frontier Analysis," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(5), pages 826-847, August.
    32. José Manuel Cordero & Daniel Santín & Rosa Simancas, 2017. "Assessing European primary school performance through a conditional nonparametric model," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 68(4), pages 364-376, April.
    33. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Alexandre Morais Nunes & Rui Cunha Marques, 2020. "Operational efficiency vs clinical safety, care appropriateness, timeliness, and access to health care," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 53(3), pages 355-375, June.
    34. Bădin, Luiza & Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Léopold, 2012. "How to measure the impact of environmental factors in a nonparametric production model," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 223(3), pages 818-833.
    35. Li, Zhi & Ouyang, Xiaoling & Du, Kerui & Zhao, Yang, 2017. "Does government transparency contribute to improved eco-efficiency performance? An empirical study of 262 cities in China," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 110(C), pages 79-89.
    36. Leontitsis, Alexandros & Philippas, Dionisis & Sickles, Robin C. & Tziogkidis, Panagiotis, 2018. "Evaluating countries’ innovation potential: an international perspective," Working Papers 18-011, Rice University, Department of Economics.
    37. Marc Aliana & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2025. "Environmental factors in cross-country productivity growth: A conditional Malmquist Index," Working Papers 2025/01, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    38. Simar, Leopold & Vanhems, Anne & Van Keilegom, Ingrid, 2013. "Unobserved heterogeneity and endogeneity in nonparametric frontier estimation," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2013054, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    39. Titl, Vitezslav & De Witte, Kristof, 2022. "How politics influence public good provision," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    40. Halkos, George & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2011. "Does the Kyoto Protocol Agreement matters? An environmental efficiency analysis," MPRA Paper 30652, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    41. De Witte, Kristof & Rogge, Nicky & Cherchye, Laurens & Van Puyenbroeck, Tom, 2013. "Economies of scope in research and teaching: A non-parametric investigation," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 41(2), pages 305-314.
    42. Ye Wang & Yunguo Lu & Lin Zhang, 2021. "Opportunity Cost of Environmental Regulation in China’s Industrial Sector," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(16), pages 1-19, August.
    43. Jean Pierre Huiban & Camilla Mastromarco & Antonio Musolesi & Michel Simioni, 2015. "The impact of pollution abatement investments on technology: Porter hypothesis revisited," SEEDS Working Papers 0815, SEEDS, Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies, revised Apr 2015.
    44. Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Leopold, 2014. "Directional distances and their robust versions: Computational and testing issues," LIDAM Reprints ISBA 2014012, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    45. Ivonne Lindlbauer & Jonas Schreyögg, 2014. "The relationship between hospital specialization and hospital efficiency: do different measures of specialization lead to different results?," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 17(4), pages 365-378, December.
    46. Qiao Guangshun & Lu Yulin, 2024. "Operating Efficiency in the Capital-Intensive Semiconductor Industry: A Nonparametric Frontier Approach," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment Journal, De Gruyter, vol. 18(1), pages 1-17, January.
    47. Pierluigi Toma, 2020. "Size and productivity: a conditional approach for Italian pharmaceutical sector," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 54(1), pages 1-12, August.
    48. Dimitris KALLIORAS & Nickolaos TZEREMES & Panayiotis TZEREMES & Maria ADAMAKOU, 2021. "Technological Change, Technological Catch-Up And Market Potential: Evidence From The Eu Regions," Regional Science Inquiry, Hellenic Association of Regional Scientists, vol. 0(1), pages 135-151, June.
    49. Laurens Cherchye & Bram De Rock & Dieter Saelens & Marijn Verschelde & Bart Roets, 2024. "Productive efficiency analysis with unobserved inputs: An application to endogenous automation in railway traffic management," Post-Print hal-04552874, HAL.
    50. De Witte, K. & Rogge, N., 2010. "To publish or not to publish? On the aggregation and drivers of research performance," Working Papers 33, Top Institute for Evidence Based Education Research.
    51. Tsolas, Ioannis E., 2014. "Precious metal mutual fund performance appraisal using DEA modeling," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 54-60.
    52. Haelermans, Carla & De Witte, Kristof, 2012. "The role of innovations in secondary school performance – Evidence from a conditional efficiency model," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 223(2), pages 541-549.
    53. David C. Broadstock & Shunsuke Managi & Roman Matousek & Nickolaos G. Tzeremes, 2019. "Does doing “good” always translate into doing “well”? An eco‐efficiency perspective," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(6), pages 1199-1217, September.
    54. Fabio Pammolli & Francesco Porcelli & Francesco Vidoli & Guido Borà, 2015. "La spesa sanitaria delle Regioni in Italia - Saniregio 2015," Working Papers CERM 01-2015, Competitività, Regole, Mercati (CERM), revised 04 Jan 2016.
    55. Halkos, George & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2011. "Towards a culture of environmental efficiency: An application of conditional partial nonparametric frontiers," MPRA Paper 28690, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    56. Herberholz, Lars & Wigger, Berthold U., 2021. "Efficiency of European universities: A comparison of peers," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 50(9).
    57. Belmonte-Martin, Irene & Ortiz, Lidia & Polo, Cristina, 2021. "Local tax management in Spain: A study of the conditional efficiency of provincial tax agencies," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    58. De Witte, Kristof & Schiltz, Fritz, 2018. "Measuring and explaining organizational effectiveness of school districts: Evidence from a robust and conditional Benefit-of-the-Doubt approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 267(3), pages 1172-1181.
    59. Mastromarco, Camilla & Simar, Leopold, 2018. "Globalization and productivity: A robust nonparametric world frontier analysis," LIDAM Reprints ISBA 2018008, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    60. Aldea, Anamaria & Ciobanu, Anamaria & Stancu, Ion, 2012. "The Renewable Energy Development: A Nonparametric Efficiency Analysis," Journal for Economic Forecasting, Institute for Economic Forecasting, vol. 0(1), pages 5-19, March.
    61. Laura López-Torres & Diego Prior Jiménez, 2014. "Measuring School Demand in the Presence of Spatial Dependence. A Conditional Approach," Working Papers 1403, Departament Empresa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, revised Jun 2014.
    62. Worthington, Andrew C. & Zelenyuk, Valentin, 2018. "Data envelopment analysis, truncated regression and double-bootstrap for panel data with application to Chinese bankingAuthor-Name: Du, Kai," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 265(2), pages 748-764.
    63. Michael Zschille, 2014. "Nonparametric measures of returns to scale: an application to German water supply," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 47(3), pages 1029-1053, November.
    64. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques, 2020. "A step forward on order-α robust nonparametric method: inclusion of weight restrictions, convexity and non-variable returns to scale," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 20(2), pages 1011-1046, June.
    65. Tzeremes, Nickolaos G., 2014. "The effect of human capital on countries’ economic efficiency," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 124(1), pages 127-131.
    66. Nolwenn Roudaut & Anne Vanhems, 2012. "Explaining firms efficiency in the Ivorian manufacturing sector: a robust nonparametric approach," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 37(2), pages 155-169, April.
    67. Víctor Giménez & Diego Prior & Claudio Thieme & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2021. "International comparisons of the COVID-19 pandemic management: What can be learned from activity analysis techniques?," Working Papers 2021/12, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    68. Toma, Pierluigi & Laurens, Patricia, 2024. "Regional development and intellectual capital: Unveiling the innovation-tradition dilemma," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    69. Sofia KOURTESI & Panos FOUSEKIS & Apostolos POLYMEROS, 2012. "Conditional Efficiency Estimation With Environmental Variables: Evidence From Greek Cereal Farms," Scientific Bulletin - Economic Sciences, University of Pitesti, vol. 11(1), pages 43-52.
    70. Asatryan, Zareh & De Witte, Kristof, 2015. "Direct democracy and local government efficiency," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 58-66.
    71. Cordero, Jose Manuel & Polo, Cristina & Simancas, Rosa, 2022. "Assessing the efficiency of secondary schools: Evidence from OECD countries participating in PISA 2015," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    72. Jean Pierre Huiban & Camilla Mastromarco & Antonio Musolesi & Michel Simioni, 2018. "The impact of pollution abatement investments on production technology: a nonparametric approach," SEEDS Working Papers 0918, SEEDS, Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies, revised Sep 2018.
    73. Nickolaos G. Tzeremes, 2019. "Technological change, technological catch-up and export orientation: evidence from Latin American Countries," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 52(1), pages 85-100, December.
    74. Bjørndal, Endre & Bjørndal, Mette & Cullmann, Astrid & Nieswand, Maria, 2018. "Finding the right yardstick: Regulation of electricity networks under heterogeneous environments," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 265(2), pages 710-722.
    75. Kejia Chu & Ning Zhang & Zhongfei Chen, 2015. "The Efficiency and Its Determinants for China’s Medical Care System: Some Policy Implications for Northeast Asia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(10), pages 1-20, October.
    76. Veerle Hennebel & Richard Simper & Marijn Verschelde, 2017. "Is there a prison size dilemma? An empirical analysis of output-specific economies of scale," Post-Print hal-01745348, HAL.
    77. Cinzia Daraio & Leopold Simar & Paul W. Wilson, 2018. "Fast and Efficient Computation of Directional Distance Estimators," LEM Papers Series 2018/21, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.
    78. Nicola Galluzzo, 2021. "Estimation of the impact of CAP subsidies as environmental variables on Romanian farms," Economia agro-alimentare, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 23(3), pages 1-24.
    79. Baležentis, Tomas & De Witte, Kristof, 2015. "One- and multi-directional conditional efficiency measurement – Efficiency in Lithuanian family farms," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 245(2), pages 612-622.
    80. Julian Ramajo & Miguel A. Marquez & Geoffrey J. D. Hewings, 2021. "Addressing spatial dependence in technical efficiency estimation: A Spatial DEA frontier approach," Papers 2103.14063, arXiv.org.
    81. López-Torres, Laura & Prior, Diego, 2022. "Long-term efficiency of public service provision in a context of budget restrictions. An application to the education sector," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    82. Camilla Mastromarco & Lenka Stastna & Jana Votapkova, 2019. "Efficiency of hospitals in the Czech Republic: Conditional efficiency approach," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 51(1), pages 73-89, February.
    83. Cordero, José Manuel & Salinas-Jiménez, Javier & Salinas-Jiménez, M Mar, 2017. "Exploring factors affecting the level of happiness across countries: A conditional robust nonparametric frontier analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 256(2), pages 663-672.
    84. George Halkos & Shunsuke Managi & Nickolaos Tzeremes, 2015. "The effect of natural and man-made disasters on countries’ production efficiency," Journal of Economic Structures, Springer;Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS), vol. 4(1), pages 1-13, December.
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  2. Antonio Peyrache & Cinzia Daraio, 2012. "Empirical tools to assess the sensitivity of directional distance functions to direction selection," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(8), pages 933-943, March.

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    2. Antonio Peyrache & Minyan Zhu, 2013. "The quality and efficiency of public service delivery in the UK and China," CEPA Working Papers Series WP052013, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
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    11. Ke Wang & Yujiao Xian & Yi-Ming Wei & Zhimin Huang, 2016. "Sources of carbon productivity change: A decomposition and disaggregation analysis based on global Luenberger productivity indicator and endogenous directional distance function," CEEP-BIT Working Papers 91, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing Institute of Technology.
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    14. Thyago Celso Cavalcante Nepomuceno & Katarina Tatiana Marques Santiago & Cinzia Daraio & Ana Paula Cabral Seixas Costa, 2022. "Exogenous crimes and the assessment of public safety efficiency and effectiveness," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 316(2), pages 1349-1382, September.

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    3. Jean Joseph Minviel & Kristof De Witte, 2016. "The influence of public subsidies on farm technical efficiency: A robust conditional nonparametric approach," Working Papers SMART 16-10, INRAE UMR SMART.
    4. Frédérique Fève & Jean-Pierre Florens & Léopold Simar, 2023. "Proportional incremental cost probability functions and their frontiers," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 64(6), pages 2721-2756, June.
    5. Zhiliang Wu & Shaowei Chen, 2024. "Does Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performance Improve Financial Institutions’ Efficiency? Evidence from China," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-20, April.
    6. Geraldo Souza & Eliane Gonçalves Gomes & Eliseu Roberto Alves, 2022. "Two-part fractional regression model with conditional FDH responses: an application to Brazilian agriculture," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 314(2), pages 393-409, July.
    7. Jean Pierre Huiban & Camille Mastromarco & Antonio Musolesi & Michel Simioni, 2016. "The impact of pollution abatement investments on production technology: new insights from frontier analysis," Working Papers hal-01512154, HAL.
    8. Cordero Ferrera, Jose Manuel & Alonso Morán, Edurne & Nuño Solís, Roberto & Orueta, Juan F. & Souto Arce, Regina, 2013. "Efficiency assessment of primary care providers: A conditional nonparametric approach," MPRA Paper 51926, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    9. Daraio, Cinzia & Bonaccorsi, Andrea & Simar, Léopold, 2015. "Efficiency and economies of scale and specialization in European universities: A directional distance approach," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 9(3), pages 430-448.
    10. Jean Pierre Huiban & Camilla Mastromarco & Antonio Musolesi & Michel Simioni, 2018. "Reconciling the Porter hypothesis with the traditional paradigm about environmental regulation: a nonparametric approach," Post-Print hal-02623725, HAL.
    11. Badin, Luiza & Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Leopold, 2018. "A Bootstrap Approach for Bandwidth Selection in Estimating Conditional Efficiency Measures," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2018007, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    12. Degl’Innocenti, Marta & Matousek, Roman & Sevic, Zeljko & Tzeremes, Nickolaos G., 2017. "Bank efficiency and financial centres: Does geographical location matter?," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 188-198.
    13. Giovanna D'Inverno & Kristof De Witte, 2020. "Service level provision in municipalities: a flexible directional distance composite indicator," Working Papers of LEER - Leuven Economics of Education Research 656607, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), LEER - Leuven Economics of Education Research.
    14. Guerrini, Andrea & Romano, Giulia & Mancuso, Fabrizio & Carosi, Laura, 2016. "Identifying the performance drivers of wastewater treatment plants through conditional order-m efficiency analysis," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 20-31.
    15. Kristof De Witte & Laura López-Torres, 2017. "Efficiency in education: a review of literature and a way forward," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 68(4), pages 339-363, April.
    16. Yunguo Lu & Lin Zhang, 2023. "Environmental information disclosure and firm production: evidence from the estimated efficiency of publicly listed firms in China," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 59(1), pages 99-119, February.
    17. D’Alfonso, Tiziana & Daraio, Cinzia & Nastasi, Alberto, 2015. "Competition and efficiency in the Italian airport system: new insights from a conditional nonparametric frontier analysis," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 20-38.
    18. Łukasz Brzezicki, 2020. "The Efficiency of Public and Private Higher Education Institutions in Poland," Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, issue 4, pages 33-51.
    19. Badin, Luiza & Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Leopold, 2014. "Explaining inefficiency in nonparametric production models: the state of the art," LIDAM Reprints ISBA 2014005, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    20. Jose M. Cordero & Cristina Polo & Daniel Santín, 2020. "Assessment of new methods for incorporating contextual variables into efficiency measures: a Monte Carlo simulation," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 20(4), pages 2245-2265, December.
    21. José Manuel Cordero & Carlos Díaz Caro & Francisco Pedraja Chaparro & Cristina Polo Fernández, 2020. "Tributos cedidos y eficiencia en la gestión tributaria de las Comunidades Autónomas," Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF, vol. 232(1), pages 75-112, March.
    22. Nickolaos G. Tzeremes, 2018. "Financial Development and Countries’ Production Efficiency: A Nonparametric Analysis," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-13, August.
    23. Cordero, Jose M. & Polo, Cristina & Santín, Daniel & Simancas, Rosa, 2018. "Efficiency measurement and cross-country differences among schools: A robust conditional nonparametric analysis," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 45-60.
    24. Mastromarco, Camilla & Simar, Léopold, 2021. "Latent heterogeneity to evaluate the effect of human capital on world technology frontier," LIDAM Reprints ISBA 2021009, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    25. Jose M. Cordero & Cristina Polo & Nickolaos G. Tzeremes, 2020. "Evaluating the efficiency of municipalities in the presence of unobserved heterogeneity," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 53(3), pages 377-390, June.
    26. Florens, Jean-Pierre & Simar, Léopold & Van Keilegom, Ingrid, 2014. "Frontier estimation in nonparametric location-scale models," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 178(P3), pages 456-470.
    27. Bonaccorsi, Andrea & Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Leopold, 2014. "Efficiency and economies of scale and scope in European universities: a directional distance approach," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2014020, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    28. Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Léopold & Wilson, Paul W., 2021. "Quality as a latent heterogeneity factor in the efficiency of universities," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    29. Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Leopold & Wilson, Paul, 2019. "Quality and its impact on efficiency," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2019004, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    30. Tsionas, Mike G., 2020. "Directional technology distance functions through duality," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 190(C).
    31. Daraio, Cinzia & Bonaccorsi, Andrea & Simar, Leopold, 2014. "Rankings and university performance: a conditional multidimensional approach," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2014025, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    32. Claudia Curi & Cinzia Daraio & Patrick Llerena, 2012. "University technology transfer: how (in)efficient are French universities?," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 36(3), pages 629-654.
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