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Citations

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Working papers

  1. 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).

    Cited by:

    1. Claudio Thieme & Víctor Giménez & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2023. "Health vs. Wealth: A Cross-country Analysis of Managerial Effectiveness of the COVID-19," Working Papers 2023/10, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).

  2. Víctor Giménez & Claudio Thieme & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2020. "Evaluation and determinants of pre-school effectiveness in Chile," Working Papers 2020/02, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).

    Cited by:

    1. Gulati, Rachita & Charles, Vincent & Kumar, Sunil, 2024. "School education development index: A meta-frontier range directional measure benefit-of-the-doubt model," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
    2. 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).

  3. Walter Briec & Diego Prior & Ignace van de Woestyne & Kristiaan Kerstens, 2019. "Productivity And Efficiency Analysis Software: An Exploratory Bibliographical Survey Of The Options," Post-Print hal-01989316, HAL.

    Cited by:

    1. Laura Carosi & Ana Camanho & Giovanna D’Inverno & Kristof Witte & Rossana Riccardi, 2020. "Preface to the special issue on performance measurement and efficiency analysis—theory and practice," Decisions in Economics and Finance, Springer;Associazione per la Matematica, vol. 43(2), pages 409-412, December.
    2. Xiaoqing Chen & Kristiaan Kerstens & Qingyuan Zhu, 2021. "Exploring Horizontal Mergers in Swedish District Courts Using Convex and Nonconvex Technologies: Usefulness of a Conservative Approach," Working Papers 2021-EQM-05, IESEG School of Management.
    3. Tomasz Kijek & Anna Matras-Bolibok, 2020. "Knowledge-intensive Specialisation and Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in the EU Regional Scope," Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, Mendel University Press, vol. 68(1), pages 181-188.
    4. Arkadiusz Kijek & Tomasz Kijek, 2020. "Nonlinear Effects of Human Capital and R&D on TFP: Evidence from European Regions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-14, February.
    5. Balk, B.M. & Barbero, J. & Zofío, J.L., 2018. "A Total Factor Productivity Toolbox for MATLAB," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2018-004-LIS, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
    6. Robin C. Sickles & Wonho Song & Valentin Zelenyuk, 2018. "Econometric Analysis of Productivity: Theory and Implementation in R," CEPA Working Papers Series WP082018, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    7. Daraio, Cinzia & Kerstens, Kristiaan & Nepomuceno, Thyago & Sickles, Robin C., 2019. "Empirical Surveys of Frontier Applications: A Meta-Review," Working Papers 19-005, Rice University, Department of Economics.
    8. Rafael Benítez & Vicente Coll-Serrano & Vicente J. Bolós, 2021. "deaR-Shiny: An Interactive Web App for Data Envelopment Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-19, June.
    9. Amir Moradi-Motlagh & Ali Emrouznejad, 2022. "The origins and development of statistical approaches in non-parametric frontier models: a survey of the first two decades of scholarly literature (1998–2020)," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 318(1), pages 713-741, November.
    10. Barbero, Javier & Zofío, José L., 2023. "The measurement of profit, profitability, cost and revenue efficiency through data envelopment analysis: A comparison of models using BenchmarkingEconomicEfficiency.jl," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    11. 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.

  4. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Diego Prior & Mª Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2019. "Searching for the optimal territorial structure: The case of Spanish provincial councils," Working Papers 2019/03, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).

    Cited by:

    1. Daniel Aparicio-Pérez & Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2023. "On the relative contributions of national and regional institutions to economic development," Working Papers 2023/01, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    2. Maria Teresa Balaguer‐Coll & Isabel Narbón‐Perpiñá & Jesús Peiró‐Palomino & Emili Tortosa‐Ausina, 2022. "Quality of government and economic growth at the municipal level: Evidence from Spain," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 62(1), pages 96-124, January.
    3. Luisa Alamá-Sabater & Miguel Ángel Márquez & Emili Tortosa-Ausina & Júlia Cravo, 2022. "Are semi-urban spillovers the answer to left-behind places in rural Europe? The case of the Portuguese municipalities," Working Papers 2022/14, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    4. Luisa Alamá-Sabater & Miguel A. Márquez & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2020. "Spatio-sectoral heterogeneity and population-employment dynamics: Some implications for territorial development," Working Papers 2020/24, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    5. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2023. "Vertical transfers, political alignment, and efficiency in local government," Working Papers 2023/08, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).

  5. Mª Pilar García-Alcober & Manuel Illueca & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2016. "Risk-taking behavior, earnings quality, and performance in Spanish banking: A profit frontier approach," Working Papers 2016/19, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).

    Cited by:

    1. Ismaila Akanni Yusuf & Agatha Nkem Amadi & Mohammed Bashir Salaudeen, 2020. "Effects of Risk Culture and Appetite on Effective Risk Management in Nigerian Banks: Case Study of United Bank for Africa Plc," Academic Journal of Economic Studies, Faculty of Finance, Banking and Accountancy Bucharest,"Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University Bucharest, vol. 6(2), pages 81-87, June.

  6. Meryem Duygun & Diego Prior & Mohamed Shaban & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2015. "Disentangling the European Airlines efficiency puzzle:A network data envelopment analysis approach," Working Papers 2015/04, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).

    Cited by:

    1. Khezrimotlagh, Dariush & Kaffash, Sepideh & Zhu, Joe, 2022. "U.S. airline mergers’ performance and productivity change," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    2. Lehmann, Erik E. & Meoli, Michele & Paleari, Stefano & Stockinger, Sarah A. E., 2017. "Approaching effects of the economic crisis on university efficiency: A comparative study of Germany and Italy," UO Working Papers 08-17, University of Augsburg, Chair of Management and Organization.
    3. Zhang, Anming & Zhang, Yahua, 2021. "Is it time for an integrated aviation market in Northeast Asia? An airline performance perspective," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 110(C), pages 161-169.
    4. Xu, Tong & Zhu, Chunyan & Shi, Longyu & Gao, Lijie & Zhang, Miao, 2017. "Evaluating energy efficiency of public institutions in China," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 17-24.
    5. Xu, Xin & Cui, Qiang, 2017. "Evaluating airline energy efficiency: An integrated approach with Network Epsilon-based Measure and Network Slacks-based Measure," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 274-286.
    6. Żółtaszek Agata & Pisarek Renata, 2016. "Effectiveness of National Airlines in Europe – the DEA Approach," Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia, Sciendo, vol. 16(2), pages 103-118, December.
    7. Losa, Eduardo Tola & Arjomandi, Amir & Hervé Dakpo, K. & Bloomfield, Jason, 2020. "Efficiency comparison of airline groups in Annex 1 and non-Annex 1 countries: A dynamic network DEA approach," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 163-174.
    8. Maria Rosa Nieto & Rafael Bernardo Carmona-Benítez, 2021. "An Approach to Measure the Performance and the Efficiency of Future Airport Infrastructure," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(16), pages 1-28, August.
    9. Yu, Hang & Zhang, Yahua & Zhang, Anming & Wang, Kun & Cui, Qiang, 2019. "A comparative study of airline efficiency in China and India: A dynamic network DEA approach," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
    10. Fei Ma & Xiaodan Li & Qipeng Sun & Fei Liu & Wenlin Wang & Libiao Bai, 2018. "Regional Differences and Spatial Aggregation of Sustainable Transport Efficiency: A Case Study of China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-23, July.
    11. Cui, Qiang & Jin, Zi-yin, 2020. "Airline environmental efficiency measures considering negative data: An application of a modified network Modified Slacks-based measure model," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 207(C).
    12. Gudiel Pineda, Pedro Jose & Liou, James J.H. & Hsu, Chao-Che & Chuang, Yen-Ching, 2018. "An integrated MCDM model for improving airline operational and financial performance," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 103-117.
    13. Karbhari, Yusuf & Muye, Ibrahim & Hassan, Ahmad Fahmi S. & Elnahass, Marwa, 2018. "Governance mechanisms and efficiency: Evidence from an alternative insurance (Takaful) market," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 71-92.
    14. Chen, Shanshan & Zhang, Ruchuan & Li, Peiwen & Li, Aijun, 2023. "How to improve the performance of China's energy-transport-economy-environment system: An analysis based on new strategy parallel-series input-output data envelopment analysis models," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 281(C).
    15. Carol C. Huang & Chris C. Hsu & Emilio Collar, 2021. "An Evaluation of the Operational Performance and Profitability of the U.S. Airlines," International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness, Springer, vol. 16(2), pages 73-85, December.
    16. Yu, Ming-Miin & Chen, Li-Hsueh & Chiang, Hui, 2017. "The effects of alliances and size on airlines’ dynamic operational performance," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 197-214.
    17. Choi, Kanghwa, 2017. "Multi-period efficiency and productivity changes in US domestic airlines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 18-25.
    18. See, Kok Fong & Rashid, Azwan Abdul & Yu, Ming-Miin, 2024. "Measuring the network capacity utilization, energy consumption and environmental inefficiency of global airlines," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 132(C).
    19. Mingli Song & Guangshe Jia & Puwei Zhang, 2020. "An Evaluation of Air Transport Sector Operational Efficiency in China based on a Three-Stage DEA Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-16, May.
    20. Heshmati, Almas & C. Kumbhakar, Subal & Kim, Jungsuk, 2016. "Persistent and Transient Efficiency of International Airlines," Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation 444, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies.

  7. Emili Tortosa-Ausina & Diego Prior Jiménez, 2014. "Earnings quality and performance in the banking industry: A profit frontier approach," Working Papers 1405, Departament Empresa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, revised Nov 2014.

    Cited by:

    1. Sabur Mollah & Omar Al Farooque & Asma Mobarek & Philip Molyneux, 2018. "Bank Corporate Governance and Future Earnings Predictability," Working Papers 2018-09, Swansea University, School of Management.

  8. Mircea Epure & Diego Prior & Christian Serarols, 2014. "Assessing Technology-based Spin-offs from University Support Units," Working Papers 650, Barcelona School of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Bahuleyan, Athira & Chavan, Meena & Krzeminska, Anna & Chirico, Francesco, 2024. "Process and variance research: Integrating research on university spinoff evolution," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
    2. Mark R. Ayoub & Sandra Gottschalk & Bettina Müller, 2017. "Impact of public seed-funding on academic spin-offs," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 42(5), pages 1100-1124, October.
    3. Federico Munari & Einar Rasmussen & Laura Toschi & Elisa Villani, 2016. "Determinants of the university technology transfer policy-mix: a cross-national analysis of gap-funding instruments," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 41(6), pages 1377-1405, December.
    4. Nora Hesse & Rolf Sternberg, 2017. "Alternative growth patterns of university spin-offs: why so many remain small?," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 13(3), pages 953-984, September.
    5. Hunady, Jan & Orviska, Marta & Pisar, Peter, 2018. "University Characteristics as Factor Affecting the Creation of University Spin-Offs," Proceedings of the ENTRENOVA - ENTerprise REsearch InNOVAtion Conference (2018), Split, Croatia, in: Proceedings of the ENTRENOVA - ENTerprise REsearch InNOVAtion Conference, Split, Croatia, 6-8 September 2018, pages 476-484, IRENET - Society for Advancing Innovation and Research in Economy, Zagreb.
    6. Marius Tuft Mathisen & Einar Rasmussen, 2019. "The development, growth, and performance of university spin-offs: a critical review," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 44(6), pages 1891-1938, December.
    7. Hunady Jan & Orviska Marta & Pisar Peter, 2019. "What matters: The Formation of University Spin-offs in Europe," Business Systems Research, Sciendo, vol. 10(1), pages 138-152, April.
    8. Marco Ferretti & Salvatore Ferri & Raffaele Fiorentino & Adele Parmentola & Alessandro Sapio, 2019. "Neither absent nor too present: the effects of the engagement of parent universities on the performance of academic spin-offs," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 52(1), pages 153-173, January.
    9. Francisco Javier Miranda & Antonio Chamorro & Sergio Rubio, 2018. "Re-thinking university spin-off: a critical literature review and a research agenda," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 43(4), pages 1007-1038, August.
    10. María Elena Gómez-Miranda & Isabel Román-Martínez, 2016. "Las spin-off universitarias españolas: análisis económico-financiero y factores que condicionan su cifra de negocios," Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF, vol. 217(2), pages 131-155, June.
    11. F. I. Vega-Gómez & F. J. Miranda González & J. Pérez-Mayo, 2020. "Analyzing the Effects of Institutional- and Ecosystem-Level Variables on University Spin-Off Performance," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(2), pages 21582440209, June.

  9. Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2013. "On the determinants of local government debt: Does one size fit all?," Working Papers 2013/16, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).

    Cited by:

    1. Halebić Jasmin & Moćević Amina, 2020. "Analysis of Public Debt at Subnational Government Levels: Evidence from Cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina," South East European Journal of Economics and Business, Sciendo, vol. 15(2), pages 109-123, December.
    2. Katerina Zhegova, 2019. "Debt Financing Of Local Authorities In The Eu Member Countries," Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Economics, SOUTH-WEST UNIVERSITY "NEOFIT RILSKI", BLAGOEVGRAD, vol. 7(1), pages 57-63.

  10. M. Epure & K. Kerstens & D. Prior, 2011. "Bank Productivity and Performance Groups: A Decomposition Approach Based upon the Luenberger Productivity Indicator," Post-Print hal-00570234, HAL.

    Cited by:

    1. E. Avisoa, 2016. "European banks’ technical efficiency and performance: do business models matter? The case of European co-operatives banks," Débats économiques et financiers 25, Banque de France.
    2. Adriel Martins de Freitas Branco & Alexandre Pereira Salgado Junior & Patrícia Benites Cava & Eduardo Falsarella Junior & Marco Antônio Alves de Souza Junior, 2017. "Efficiency of the Brazilian Banking System in 2014: A DEA-SBM Analysis," Journal of Applied Finance & Banking, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 7(5), pages 1-2.
    3. ZHAO Xin & XUE Yue-mei & KANG Wang-lin & DING Li-li & ZHU Lin, 2018. "Measuring Efficiency of Ocean Economy in China Based on a Novel Luenberger Approach," Journal for Economic Forecasting, Institute for Economic Forecasting, vol. 0(2), pages 5-21, June.
    4. Rolf Färe & Giannis Karagiannis, 2023. "Translation efficiency and directionally optimal scale," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 140(3), pages 259-273, December.
    5. Fukuyama, Hirofumi & Tan, Yong, 2022. "Implementing strategic disposability for performance evaluation: Innovation, stability, profitability and corporate social responsibility in Chinese banking," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 296(2), pages 652-668.
    6. Alexandros Maziotis & María Molinos-Senante & Ramon Sala-Garrido, 2017. "Assesing the Impact of Quality of Service on the Productivity of Water Industry: a Malmquist-Luenberger Approach for England and Wales," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 31(8), pages 2407-2427, June.
    7. Frederic Ang & Pieter Jan Kerstens, 2018. "Superlative approximation of the Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen productivity indicator: Theory and application," IFRO Working Paper 2018/10, University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics.
    8. Imad Bou-Hamad & Abdel Latef Anouze & Denis Larocque, 2017. "An integrated approach of data envelopment analysis and boosted generalized linear mixed models for efficiency assessment," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 253(1), pages 77-95, June.
    9. Xiang Chen & Xuping Zhang & Yujia Wang & Hairui Jia, 2022. "The risk‐adjusted profit productivity change in Chinese banks: A comparative analysis of the different type banks," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(2), pages 523-532, March.
    10. Tan, Yong & Walheer, Barnabé, 2024. "Stability and economic performances in the banking industry: The case of China," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 95(C), pages 326-345.
    11. Yu, Ming-Miin & Nguyen, Minh-Anh Thi, 2023. "Productivity changes of Asia-Pacific airlines: A Malmquist productivity index approach for a two-stage dynamic system," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 115(C).
    12. Md. Harun Ur Rashid & Shah Asadullah Mohd. Zobair & Md. Asad Iqbal Chowdhury & Azharul Islam, 2020. "Corporate governance and banks’ productivity: evidence from the banking industry in Bangladesh," Business Research, Springer;German Academic Association for Business Research, vol. 13(2), pages 615-637, July.
    13. Casu, Barbara & Ferrari, Alessandra & Girardone, Claudia & Wilson, John O.S., 2016. "Integration, productivity and technological spillovers: Evidence for eurozone banking industries," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 255(3), pages 971-983.
    14. Molinos-Senante, María & Maziotis, Alexandros & Sala-Garrido, Ramón, 2014. "The Luenberger productivity indicator in the water industry: An empirical analysis for England and Wales," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 30(C), pages 18-28.
    15. Miao, Zhuang & Chen, Xiaodong & Baležentis, Tomas & Sun, Chuanwang, 2019. "Atmospheric environmental productivity across the provinces of China: Joint decomposition of range adjusted measure and Luenberger productivity indicator," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 665-677.
    16. Gouveia, M.C. & Henriques, C.O. & Dias, L.C., 2023. "Eco-efficiency changes of the electricity and gas sectors across 28 European countries: A value-based data envelopment analysis productivity approach," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 87(PB).
    17. Mocholi-Arce, Manuel & Sala-Garrido, Ramon & Molinos-Senante, Maria & Maziotis, Alexandros, 2023. "Profit productivity change in the English and Welsh water sector: Impact of the price reviews," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    18. Daraio, Cinzia & Di Leo, Simone & Simar, Léopold, 2024. "Conical FDH Estimators of Directional Distances and Luenberger Productivity Indices for General Technologies," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2024009, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    19. Ang, Frederic & Kerstens, Pieter Jan, 2017. "Decomposing the Luenberger–Hicks–Moorsteen Total Factor Productivity indicator: An application to U.S. agriculture," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 260(1), pages 359-375.
    20. Tzeremes, Nickolaos G., 2015. "Efficiency dynamics in Indian banking: A conditional directional distance approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 240(3), pages 807-818.
    21. Maradin, Dario & Prohaska, Zdenko & Suljic Nikolaj, Stella, 2019. "The Productivity Of European Banking Sector: A Review Of The Post-2000 Literature," UTMS Journal of Economics, University of Tourism and Management, Skopje, Macedonia, vol. 10(2), pages 249-257.
    22. Ang, Frederic & Kerstens, Pieter Jan, 2020. "A superlative indicator for the Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen productivity indicator: Theory and application," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 285(3), pages 1161-1173.
    23. Ohene-Asare, Kwaku & Turkson, Charles & Afful-Dadzie, Anthony, 2017. "Multinational operation, ownership and efficiency differences in the international oil industry," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 303-312.
    24. Engida, Tadesse Getacher & Rao, Xudong & Oude Lansink, Alfons G.J.M., 2020. "A dynamic by-production framework for analyzing inefficiency associated with corporate social responsibility," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 287(3), pages 1170-1179.
    25. Amer Ait Sidhoum, 2023. "Measuring farm productivity under production uncertainty," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 67(4), pages 672-687, October.
    26. Jiawei Yang, 2023. "Disentangling the sources of bank inefficiency: a two-stage network multi-directional efficiency analysis approach," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 326(1), pages 369-410, July.
    27. Walter Briec & Laurence Lasselle, 2022. "On some relations between a continuous time Luenberger productivity indicator and the Solow model," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 74(2), pages 484-502, April.
    28. Jean-Philippe Boussemart & Gary Ferrier & Herve Leleu & Zhiyang Shen, 2020. "An expanded decomposition of the Luenberger productivity indicator with an application to the Chinese healthcare sector," Post-Print hal-02107527, HAL.
    29. Zhu, Ning & Streimikis, Justas & Yu, Zhiqian & Balezentis, Tomas, 2023. "Energy-sustainable agriculture in the European Union member states: Overall productivity growth and structural efficiency," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 87(PA).
    30. Huang, Minjie & Zhao, Shunan & Kumbhakar, Subal C., 2022. "Decomposition of Output, Productivity and Market Structure Changes," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 303(1), pages 422-437.
    31. Lansink, Alfons Oude & Stefanou, Spiro & Serra, Teresa, 2015. "Primal and dual dynamic Luenberger productivity indicators," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 241(2), pages 555-563.
    32. Ancev, Tiho & Azad, Samad Md., 2015. "Environmentally Adjusted Productivity and Efficiency Measurement: A New Direction for the Luenberger Productivity Indicator," 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California 204912, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    33. Wanke, Peter & Barros, Carlos P. & Faria, João R., 2015. "Financial distress drivers in Brazilian banks: A dynamic slacks approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 240(1), pages 258-268.
    34. Peter Wanke & Carlos Barros & Nkanga Pedro João Macanda, 2016. "Predicting Efficiency in Angolan Banks: A Two-Stage TOPSIS and Neural Networks Approach," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 84(3), pages 461-483, September.

  11. Emili Tortosa Ausina & Diego Prior Jiménez & María Teresa Balaguer-Coll, 2010. "Output complexity, environmental conditions, and the efficiency of municipalities: a robust metafrontier approach," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-02, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).

    Cited by:

    1. Elena Pardo & Inés Küster Boluda & Torpong Suemanotham, 2010. "Product placement in video games as a marketing strategy: an attempt to analysis in Disney company," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-04, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    2. M. Teresa Sanchis Llopis & Vicente Esteve Garcia & Antonio Cubel, 2010. "International technology diffusion through patents during the second half of the XXth century," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-10, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    3. Nikolaos Georgantzis & Aitor Ciarreta & Carlos Gutiérrez-Hita, 2010. "Renewable sources, technology mix, and competiton in liberalized electricity markets: the case of Spain," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-06, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    4. De Witte, Kristof & Geys, Benny, 2012. "Citizen coproduction and efficient public good provision: Theory and evidence from local public libraries," Discussion Papers, Research Professorship & Project "The Future of Fiscal Federalism" SP II 2012-108, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    5. Asier Minondo & Francisco Requena Silvente, 2010. "Welfare gains from imported varieties in Spain, 1988-2006," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-12, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    6. Ginés Hernández Cánovas & María Camino Ramón Llorens, 2010. "Venture capitalists in Spain: cluster analysis of criteria used in the screening process," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-08, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    7. Francisco Mas Ruiz & Juan Luis Nicolau Gonzálbez, 2010. "Contribution of individual to collective brands," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-07, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    8. Ángel Pardo Tornero & María Dolores Furió Ortega, 2010. "Politics and elections at the Spanish stock exchange," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-11, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    9. Ana María Sabater & Araceli Mora & Beatriz García Osma, 2010. "Strategic accounting choice around firm level labour negotiations," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-09, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).

  12. Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2010. "Devolution Dynamics of Spanish Local Government," Working Papers 1001, Departament Empresa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, revised Jan 2010.

    Cited by:

    1. Ifigeneia-Dimitra Pougkakioti, 2021. "Measuring The Efficiency And Productivity Change Of Municipalities With An Output Oriented Model:Empirical Evidence Across Greek Municipalities Over The Time Period 2012-2016," Romanian Journal of Regional Science, Romanian Regional Science Association, vol. 15(1), pages 98-125, JUNE.
    2. Quentin Frère & Lionel Védrine, 2024. "Does decentralisation theorem shape intermunicipal cooperation?," Post-Print hal-04739942, HAL.
    3. Daniel Aparicio-Pérez & Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2023. "On the relative contributions of national and regional institutions to economic development," Working Papers 2023/01, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    4. Pike, Andy & Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés & Torrisi, Gianpiero & Tselios, Vassilis & Tomaney, John, 2010. "In search of the ‘economic dividend’ of devolution: spatial disparities, spatial economic policy and decentralisation in the UK," DEMQ Working Paper Series 2010/9, University of Catania, Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods.
    5. Elena Pardo & Inés Küster Boluda & Torpong Suemanotham, 2010. "Product placement in video games as a marketing strategy: an attempt to analysis in Disney company," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-04, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    6. M. Teresa Sanchis Llopis & Vicente Esteve Garcia & Antonio Cubel, 2010. "International technology diffusion through patents during the second half of the XXth century," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-10, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    7. Inés Küster Boluda & Natalia Vila López & Vicente Castillo, 2010. "Efectos de los videojuegos en las marcas emplazadas: la transmisión de imagen a través de las emociones," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-05, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    8. Thieme, Claudio & Prior, Diego & Tortosa-Ausina, Emili, 2013. "A multilevel decomposition of school performance using robust nonparametric frontier techniques," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(C), pages 104-121.
    9. Rolf Färe & Shawna Grosskopf & Joaquín Maudos & Emili Tortosa-ausina, 2015. "Revisiting the quiet life hypothesis in banking using nonparametric techniques," Journal of Business Economics and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(1), pages 159-187, February.
    10. José Luis Zafra-Gómez & Victor Giménez-García & Cristina María Campos-Alba & Emilio José Higuera-Molina, 2020. "Direct Management or Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Smaller Municipalities? Exploring Cost Efficiency and Installed Capacity in Drinking Water Supply," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 34(13), pages 4289-4302, October.
    11. Nikolaos Georgantzis & Aitor Ciarreta & Carlos Gutiérrez-Hita, 2010. "Renewable sources, technology mix, and competiton in liberalized electricity markets: the case of Spain," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-06, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    12. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Diego Prior & Mª Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2019. "Searching for the optimal territorial structure: The case of Spanish provincial councils," Working Papers 2019/03, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    13. Emili Tortosa Ausina & Diego Prior Jiménez & María Teresa Balaguer-Coll, 2010. "Output complexity, environmental conditions, and the efficiency of municipalities: a robust metafrontier approach," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-02, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    14. Asier Minondo & Francisco Requena Silvente, 2010. "Welfare gains from imported varieties in Spain, 1988-2006," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-12, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    15. Ginés Hernández Cánovas & María Camino Ramón Llorens, 2010. "Venture capitalists in Spain: cluster analysis of criteria used in the screening process," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-08, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    16. Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2010. "Devolution Dynamics of Spanish Local Government," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 42(6), pages 1476-1495, June.
    17. Francisco Mas Ruiz & Juan Luis Nicolau Gonzálbez, 2010. "Contribution of individual to collective brands," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-07, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    18. Ángel Pardo Tornero & María Dolores Furió Ortega, 2010. "Politics and elections at the Spanish stock exchange," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-11, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    19. Pérez López, Gemma & Plata Díaz, Ana María & Zafra Gómez, José L. & López Hernández, Antonio M., 2013. "Deuda viva municipal en un contexto de crisis económica: análisis de los factores determinantes y de las formas de gestión," Revista de Contabilidad - Spanish Accounting Review, Elsevier, vol. 16(2), pages 83-93.
    20. Ana María Sabater & Araceli Mora & Beatriz García Osma, 2010. "Strategic accounting choice around firm level labour negotiations," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-09, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    21. Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2013. "On the determinants of local government debt: Does one size fit all?," Working Papers 2013/16, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    22. Ramiro Gil-Serrate & Julio López-Laborda & Jesús Mur, 2011. "Revenue Autonomy and Regional Growth: An Analysis of the 25-Year Process of Fiscal Decentralisation in Spain," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 43(11), pages 2626-2648, November.
    23. Meryem Duygun & Silvia Pazzi & Emili Tortosa-Ausina & Simona Zambelli, 2014. "Does local public ownership matter for the efficiency of water utilities? Evidence from Italy," Working Papers 2014/21, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).

  13. W. Briec & K. Kerstens & D. Prior & I. van de Woestyne, 2010. "Tangency capacity notions based upon the profit and cost functions : a non-parametric approach and a general comparison," Post-Print halshs-00507068, HAL.

    Cited by:

    1. Giovanni Cesaroni & Kristiaan Kerstens & Ignace Van de Woestyne, 2017. "A New Input-Oriented Plant Capacity Notion: Definition and Empirical Comparison," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 22(4), pages 720-739, October.
    2. Van de Woestyne, Ignace & Kerstens, Kristiaan & Prior, Diego & De Borger, Bruno, 2009. "Static Efficiency Decompositions and Capacity Utilisation: Integrating Economic and Technical Capacity Notions," Working Papers 2009/30, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Faculteit Economie en Management.
    3. De Borger, Bruno & Kerstens, Kristiaan & Prior, Diego & Van de Woestyne, Ignace, 2009. "Static Efficiency Decompositions and Capacity Utilisation: Integrating Economic and Technical Capacity Notions. Technical Appendix," Working Papers 2009/31, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Faculteit Economie en Management.
    4. Dale Squires & Kathleen Segerson, 2022. "Capacity and Capacity Utilization in Production Economics," Springer Books, in: Subhash C. Ray & Robert G. Chambers & Subal C. Kumbhakar (ed.), Handbook of Production Economics, chapter 24, pages 1001-1037, Springer.
    5. Kerstens, Kristiaan & Sadeghi, Jafar & Van de Woestyne, Ignace, 2019. "Convex and nonconvex input-oriented technical and economic capacity measures: An empirical comparison," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 276(2), pages 699-709.

  14. Walter Briec & Kristiaan Kerstens & Diego Prior, 2009. "Tangency Capacity Notions Based upon the Pro?t and Cost Functions: A Non-Parametric Approach and a Comparison," Working Papers 2009-ECO-05, IESEG School of Management.

    Cited by:

    1. Van de Woestyne, Ignace & Kerstens, Kristiaan & Prior, Diego & De Borger, Bruno, 2009. "Static Efficiency Decompositions and Capacity Utilisation: Integrating Economic and Technical Capacity Notions," Working Papers 2009/30, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Faculteit Economie en Management.
    2. De Borger, Bruno & Kerstens, Kristiaan & Prior, Diego & Van de Woestyne, Ignace, 2009. "Static Efficiency Decompositions and Capacity Utilisation: Integrating Economic and Technical Capacity Notions. Technical Appendix," Working Papers 2009/31, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Faculteit Economie en Management.

  15. Otilia Driga & Diego Prior, 2009. "Start-up Conditions and the Performance of Women - and Men - Controlled Business in manufacturing Industries," Working Papers 0907, Departament Empresa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, revised Dec 2009.

    Cited by:

    1. Amélia Carrasco & Claude Francoeur & Isabelle Réal & Joaquina Laffarga & Emiliano Ruiz-Barbadillo, 2012. "Cultural differences and board gender diversity," Post-Print hal-00937923, HAL.

  16. Otilia Driga & Diego Prior, 2009. "Start-up Conditions and the Performance of Women – and Men- Controlled Businesses in Manufacturating Industries," Working Papers 200907, Departament Empresa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

    Cited by:

    1. Oliveira, Belkis & Moriano, Juan & Soares, Vasco, 2012. "Estudo exploratório das diferenças na Intenção Empreendedora entre Homens e Mulheres em Portugal: o Caso dos Jovens Universitários do Norte de Portugal," Working Papers 24/2012, Universidade Portucalense, Centro de Investigação em Gestão e Economia (CIGE).

  17. B. de Borger & K. Kerstens & D. Prior, 2007. "Static efficiency decompositions and capacity utilisation : integrating economic and technical capacity notions," Post-Print hal-00296708, HAL.

    Cited by:

    1. Yao-yao Song & Xian-tong Ren & Guo-liang Yang, 2023. "Capacity utilization change over time," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 59(1), pages 61-78, February.
    2. Giovanni Cesaroni & Kristiaan Kerstens & Ignace Van de Woestyne, 2017. "A New Input-Oriented Plant Capacity Notion: Definition and Empirical Comparison," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 22(4), pages 720-739, October.
    3. Bo Peng & Rasa Melnikiene & Tomas Balezentis & Giulio Paolo Agnusdei, 2024. "Structural dynamics and sustainability in the agricultural sector: the case of the European Union," Agricultural and Food Economics, Springer;Italian Society of Agricultural Economics (SIDEA), vol. 12(1), pages 1-27, December.
    4. Giovanni Cesaroni & Kristiaan Kerstens & Ignace van de Woestyne, 2019. "Short- and long-run plant capacity notions: Definitions and comparison," Post-Print hal-02108470, HAL.
    5. Dale Squires & Kathleen Segerson, 2022. "Capacity and Capacity Utilization in Production Economics," Springer Books, in: Subhash C. Ray & Robert G. Chambers & Subal C. Kumbhakar (ed.), Handbook of Production Economics, chapter 24, pages 1001-1037, Springer.
    6. Kerstens, Kristiaan & Sadeghi, Jafar & Van de Woestyne, Ignace, 2019. "Convex and nonconvex input-oriented technical and economic capacity measures: An empirical comparison," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 276(2), pages 699-709.
    7. Xiaoqing Chen & Kristiaan Kerstens, 2022. "Evaluating horizontal mergers in Swedish district courts using plant capacity concepts: with a focus on nonconvexity," Post-Print halshs-03924994, HAL.
    8. Diewert, W. Erwin & Fox, Kevin J., 2016. "A Decomposition of U.S. Business Sector TFP Growth into Technical Progress and Cost Efficiency Components," Microeconomics.ca working papers erwin_diewert-2016-8, Vancouver School of Economics, revised 30 Jun 2016.

  18. Prior, Diego & Surroca Aguilar, Jorge & Tribo Gine, José Antonio, 2007. "Earnings management and corporate social responsibility," DEE - Working Papers. Business Economics. WB wb062306, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía de la Empresa.

    Cited by:

    1. Robert Padgett & Jose Galan, 2010. "The Effect of R&D Intensity on Corporate Social Responsibility," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 93(3), pages 407-418, May.
    2. Zhichuan (Frank) Li & Caleb Thibodeau, 2019. "CSR-Contingent Executive Compensation Incentive and Earnings Management," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-12, June.
    3. Hoje Jo & Maretno Harjoto, 2012. "The Causal Effect of Corporate Governance on Corporate Social Responsibility," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 106(1), pages 53-72, March.

  19. Prior, Diego, 2007. "Cognitive strategic groups and long-run efficiency evaluation : the case of Spanish savings banks," DEE - Working Papers. Business Economics. WB wb071004, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía de la Empresa.

    Cited by:

    1. Aysan, Ahmet Faruk & Ertek, Gurdal & Ozturk, Secil, 2009. "Assessing the adverse effects of interbank funds on bank efficiency through using semiparametric and nonparametric methods," MPRA Paper 38113, University Library of Munich, Germany.

  20. Prior, Diego, 2007. "A reasonable benchmarking frontier using DEA : an incentive scheme to improve efficiency in public hospitals," DEE - Working Papers. Business Economics. WB wb071105, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía de la Empresa.

    Cited by:

    1. Kalinichenko, Olena & Amado, Carla A.F. & Santos, Sérgio P., 2022. "Exploring the potential of Data Envelopment Analysis for enhancing pay-for-performance programme design in primary health care," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 298(3), pages 1084-1100.

  21. Emili Tortosa Ausina & Diego Prior & María Teresa Balaguer-Coll, 2006. "Decentralization And Effiency In Spanish Local Goverment," Working Papers. Serie EC 2006-02, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).

    Cited by:

    1. Ahmad, Ehtisham & Brosio, Giorgio, 2009. "Decentralization and local service provision: what do we know?," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 38347, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    2. Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2010. "Devolution Dynamics of Spanish Local Government," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 42(6), pages 1476-1495, June.
    3. Mr. Ehtisham Ahmad & Mr. Giorgio Brosio & Mr. Vito Tanzi, 2008. "Local Service Provision in Selected OECD Countries: Do Decentralized Operations Work Better?," IMF Working Papers 2008/067, International Monetary Fund.

  22. Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo & Diego Prior, 2005. "Efficiency and Environmental Regulation: A "Complex Situation"," Working Papers 0502, Departament Empresa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, revised Feb 2005.

    Cited by:

    1. Førsund, Finn R., 2008. "Good Modelling of Bad Outputs: Pollution and Multiple-Output Production," Memorandum 30/2008, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    2. Tae-Woong Yang & Joon-Ho Na & Hun-Koo Ha, 2019. "Comparative Analysis of Production Possibility Frontier in Measuring Social Efficiency with Data Envelopment Analysis: An Application to Airports," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-18, April.

  23. Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo & Diego Prior, 2005. "Efficiency and environmental regulation: a "complex situation"," Working Papers 200502, Departament Empresa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

    Cited by:

    1. Davutyan, Nurhan & Bilsel, Murat & Tarcan, Menderes, 2013. "Migration, Risk-Adjusted Mortality, Varieties of Congestion and Patient Satisfaction in Turkish Provincial General Hospitals," GIAM Working Papers 13-7, Galatasaray University Economic Research Center.
    2. Davutyan, Nurhan & Bilsel, Murat & Tarcan, Menderes, 2012. "Risk-Adjusted Mortality, varieties of congestion and patient satisfaction in Turkish provincial general hospitals," MPRA Paper 37437, University Library of Munich, Germany.

  24. Emili Tortosa Ausina & Diego Prior & María Teresa Balaguer-Coll, 2004. "On The Determinants Of Local Government Performance: A Two-Stage Nonparametric Approach," Working Papers. Serie EC 2004-04, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).

    Cited by:

    1. Pérez-López, Gemma & Prior, Diego & Zafra-Gómez, José L., 2018. "Temporal scale efficiency in DEA panel data estimations. An application to the solid waste disposal service in Spain," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 18-27.
    2. Färe, Rolf & Zelenyuk, Valentin, 2020. "Profit efficiency: Generalization, business accounting and the role of convexity," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 196(C).
    3. Lenka Š astná & Martin Gregor, 2011. "Local Government Efficiency: Evidence from the Czech Municipalities," Working Papers IES 2011/14, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies, revised May 2011.
    4. Ray, Subhash C. & Das, Abhiman, 2010. "Distribution of cost and profit efficiency: Evidence from Indian banking," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 201(1), pages 297-307, February.
    5. Kristiaan Kerstens & Ignace Van de Woestyne, 2018. "Enumeration algorithms for FDH directional distance functions under different returns to scale assumptions," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 271(2), pages 1067-1078, December.
    6. Joan Crespo & Jesús Peiró-Palomino & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2020. "Does university performance have an economic payoff for their home regions? Evidence for the Spanish provinces," Working Papers 2020/20, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    7. Geys, Benny & Heinemann, Friedrich & Kalb, Alexander, 2009. "Voter involvement, fiscal autonomy and public sector efficiency: evidence from German municipalities [Wähler-Beteiligung, Finanzhoheit und Effizienz des öffentlichen Sektors: Aussagen von deutschen," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Processes and Governance SP II 2009-02, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    8. Raúl García-Gómez & Jorge Onrubia & A. Jesús Sánchez-Fuentes, 2019. "Is Public Sector Performance just a matter of money? The case of the Spanish regional governments," Working Papers del Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales 1901, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales.
    9. Calogero Guccio & Giacomo Pignataro & Ilde Rizzo, 2014. "Evaluating the efficiency of public procurement contracts for cultural heritage conservation works in Italy," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 38(1), pages 43-70, February.
    10. Fernando Antonio Slaibe Postali, 2016. "Oil windfalls and X-inefficiency: evidence from Brazil," Journal of Economic Studies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 43(5), pages 699-718, October.
    11. Kristiaan Kerstens & Ignace van de Woestyne, 2021. "Cost functions are nonconvex in the outputs when the technology is nonconvex: convexification is not harmless," Post-Print hal-03274911, HAL.
    12. James Alm & Denvil Duncan, 2014. "Estimating Tax Agency Efficiency," Public Budgeting & Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(3), pages 92-110, September.
    13. Brissimis, Sophocles N. & Delis, Manthos D. & Papanikolaou, Nikolaos I., 2008. "Exploring the nexus between banking sector reform and performance: Evidence from newly acceded EU countries," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 32(12), pages 2674-2683, December.
    14. Delis, Manthos D. & Tran, Kien C. & Tsionas, Efthymios G., 2012. "Quantifying and explaining parameter heterogeneity in the capital regulation-bank risk nexus," Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 8(2), pages 57-68.
    15. Bernardo Furtado, 2013. "Balancing investments in public service personnel and its healthcare provision output: an efficiency analysis for Brazilian municipalities," ERSA conference papers ersa13p1183, European Regional Science Association.
    16. Aleksandar Kemiveš & Lidija Barjaktarović & Milan Ranđelović & Milan Čabarkapa & Dragan Ranđelović, 2024. "Assessing the Efficiency of Foreign Investment in a Certification Procedure Using an Ensemble Machine Learning Model," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-26, March.
    17. Day‐Yang Liu & Hsin‐Hsin Yao & Wen‐Min Lu & Cheng‐Hsien Lin, 2020. "Impulse response function analysis of the impacts of land value‐added tax policy on government performance," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 41(6), pages 1020-1032, September.
    18. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Maria Balaguer-Coll & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2019. "Evaluating local government performance in times of crisis," Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(1), pages 64-100, January.
    19. Caitlin T. O’Loughlin & Paul W. Wilson, 2021. "Benchmarking the performance of US Municipalities," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 60(6), pages 2665-2700, June.
    20. Laura Carosi & Giovanna D'Inverno & Letizia Ravagli, 2014. "Global public spending efficiency in Tuscan municipalities," Discussion Papers 2014/175, Dipartimento di Economia e Management (DEM), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
    21. Maria Nieswand & Stefan Seifert, 2011. "Some Determinants of Intermediate Local Governments' Spending Efficiency: The Case of French Départements," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1130, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    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. Jae Bok Lee, 2017. "Applying voucher markets in rural local municipalities: fiscal capacity and competition in the Korean elderly program," International Review of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(1), pages 32-44, January.
    24. Maria El Khdari & Babacar Sarr, 2018. "Decentralization, spending efficiency and pro-poor outcomes in Morocco," CERDI Working papers halshs-01774949, HAL.
    25. J. Vakili & R. Sadighi Dizaji, 2021. "The closest strong efficient targets in the FDH technology: an enumeration method," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 55(2), pages 91-105, April.
    26. Frija, Aymen & Buysse, Jeroen & Speelman, Stijn & Chebil, Ali & Van Huylenbroeck, Guido, 2010. "Effect of scale on water users’ associations’ performance in Tunisia: nonparametric model for scale elasticity calculation," 2010 AAAE Third Conference/AEASA 48th Conference, September 19-23, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa 95982, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
    27. Emili Tortosa Ausina & Diego Prior & María Teresa Balaguer-Coll, 2006. "Decentralization And Effiency In Spanish Local Goverment," Working Papers. Serie EC 2006-02, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    28. David J Mayston, 2017. "Convexity, quality and efficiency in education," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 68(4), pages 446-455, April.
    29. Kalb, Alexander, 2009. "What determines local governments' technical efficiency? The case of road maintenance," ZEW Discussion Papers 09-047, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    30. Benito, Bernardino & Guillamón, María-Dolores & Martínez-Córdoba, Pedro-José, 2020. "Determinants of efficiency improvement in the Spanish public lighting sector," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).
    31. Martin Ardanaz & Stanislao Maldonado, 2016. "Natural Resource Windfalls and Efficiency of Local Government Expenditures: Evidence from Peru," Documentos de Trabajo 14578, Universidad del Rosario.
    32. Bischoff, Ivo & Bönisch, Peter & Haug, Peter & Illy, Annette, 2014. "Vertical Grants and Local Public Efficiency," IWH Discussion Papers 1/2013, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), revised 2014.
    33. Carolin Fritzsche, 2018. "Analyzing the Efficiency of County Road Provision – Evidence from Eastern German Counties," ifo Working Paper Series 249, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
    34. Nicolas GAVOILLE & Marijn VERSCHELDE, 2016. "Electoral competition and political selection: An analysis of the activity of French deputies, 1958-2012," Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS 2016-02-ccr, Condorcet Center for political Economy.
    35. Lars-Erik Borge & Kjetil Hatlebakk Hove & Tobias Lillekvelland & Per Tovmo, 2018. "Cost disease in defense and public administration: Baumol and politics," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 175(1), pages 1-18, April.
    36. Köppl-Turyna, Monika & Bittó, Virág & Graf, Nikolaus, 2022. "Effizienzpotenziale in der Kinderbetreuung in Österreich," Policy Notes 50, EcoAustria – Institute for Economic Research.
    37. Adam, Antonis & Delis, Manthos D & Kammas, Pantelis, 2012. "Fiscal decentralization and public sector efficiency: Evidence from OECD countries," MPRA Paper 36889, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    38. Jose M. Cordero & Francisco Pedraja-Chaparro & Elsa C. Pisaflores & Cristina Polo, 2017. "Efficiency assessment of Portuguese municipalities using a conditional nonparametric approach," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 48(1), pages 1-24, August.
    39. Manuel E. Lago & Santiago Lago-Peñas & Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, 2024. "On the effects of intergovernmental grants: a survey," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 31(3), pages 856-908, June.
    40. Guglielmo Barone & Sauro Mocetti, 2009. "Tax morale and public spending inefficiency," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 732, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
    41. Loayza, Norman V. & Rigolini, Jamele & Calvo-Gonzalez, Oscar, 2011. "More than you can handle : decentralization and spending ability of Peruvian municipalities," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5763, The World Bank.
    42. Araya, Manuel, 2019. "Efficiency assessment of Costa Rica’s counties: A non-parametric analysis of the county competitiveness index," TEC Empresarial, School of Business, Costa Rica Institute of Technology (ITCR), vol. 13(3), pages 78-92.
    43. Núria Bosch & Marta Espasa & Toni Mora, 2012. "Citizen Control and the Efficiency of Local Public Services," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 30(2), pages 248-266, April.
    44. Amparo Soler Domínguez & Juan Carlos Matallín Sáez & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2013. "Does active management add value? New evidence from a quantile regression approach," Working Papers. Serie EC 2013-02, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    45. Maximiliano Lauletta & Martín Rossi & Christian Ruzzier, 2020. "Audits and Government Hiring Practices," Working Papers 141, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia, revised Sep 2021.
    46. Francesco Aiello & Graziella Bonanno & Luigi Capristo, 2017. "Explaining Differences In Efficiency: The Case Of Local Government Literature," Working Papers 201704, Università della Calabria, Dipartimento di Economia, Statistica e Finanza "Giovanni Anania" - DESF.
    47. Vergés, Joaquim, 2014. "Evaluación de la eficiencia comparativa de empresas y entidades productivas: Indicadores y técnicas de análisis [Evaluating comparative efficiency of companies and productive entities: Measures and," MPRA Paper 58329, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    48. Maria Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2010. "Decentralization and efficiency of local government," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 45(3), pages 571-601, December.
    49. Rolf Färe & Shawna Grosskopf & Joaquín Maudos & Emili Tortosa-ausina, 2015. "Revisiting the quiet life hypothesis in banking using nonparametric techniques," Journal of Business Economics and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(1), pages 159-187, February.
    50. Alexander Kalb, 2014. "What Determines Local Governments' Cost-efficiency? The Case of Road Maintenance," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(9), pages 1483-1498, September.
    51. Dilber Çağlar Onbaşıoğlu, 2021. "The Turkish Cypriot Municipalities’ Productivity and Performance: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis and the Tobit Model," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-19, August.
    52. Raffaela Giordano & Sergi Lanau & Pietro Tommasino & Petia Topalova, 2020. "Does public sector inefficiency constrain firm productivity? Evidence from Italian provinces," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 27(4), pages 1019-1049, August.
    53. Maximiliano Lauletta & Martín A. Rossi & Christian A. Ruzzier, 2020. "Audits and the Quality of Government," Asociación Argentina de Economía Política: Working Papers 4404, Asociación Argentina de Economía Política.
    54. Beate Jochimsen, 2009. "Service Quality in Modern Bureaucracy: Parkinson's Theory at Work," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 62(1), pages 44-64, February.
    55. Florian Dorn & Stefanie Gäbler & Felix Rösel, 2019. "Ineffective Fiscal Rules? The Effect of Public Sector Accounting Standards on Budgets, Efficiency, and Accountability," ifo Working Paper Series 312, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
    56. Lafuente, Esteban & Araya, Manuel & Leiva, Juan Carlos, 2022. "Assessment of local competitiveness: A composite indicator analysis of Costa Rican counties using the ‘Benefit of the Doubt’ model," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    57. Heikki Loikkanen & Ilkka Susiluoton, 2000. "Cost Efficiency of Finnish Municipalities in Basic Service Provision 1994-2002," Regional and Urban Modeling 283600056, EcoMod.
    58. Maria Teresa Balaguer‐Coll & Isabel Narbón‐Perpiñá & Jesús Peiró‐Palomino & Emili Tortosa‐Ausina, 2022. "Quality of government and economic growth at the municipal level: Evidence from Spain," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 62(1), pages 96-124, January.
    59. Mª Pilar García-Alcober & Emili Tortosa-Ausina & Diego Prior & Manuel Illueca, 2014. "Cost and revenue efficiency in Spanish banking: What distributions show," Working Papers 2014/12, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    60. Antonio Vito Pasquale Boccia, 2015. "The Adaptation to the Community System: Problems in Fieri in Receiving the E.U. Directives and Regulations and Apparent Problems about Limitation of Sovereigny - the Albania’s Case," European Journal of Social Sciences Education and Research Articles, Revistia Research and Publishing, vol. 2, ejser_v2_.
    61. Soko Aida, 2018. "(Dis)Advantages af Decentralization Models Driven by Non-Economic Reasons: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina," South East European Journal of Economics and Business, Sciendo, vol. 13(1), pages 81-92, June.
    62. Benito, Bernardino & Martínez-Córdoba, Pedro-José & Guillamón, María-Dolores, 2021. "Measurement and determinants of efficiency in the municipal police service," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    63. Geys, Benny & Heinemann, Friedrich & Kalb, Alexander, 2007. "Local Governments in the Wake of Demographic Change: Efficiency and Economies of Scale in German Municipalities," ZEW Discussion Papers 07-036, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    64. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Diego Prior & Mª Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2019. "Searching for the optimal territorial structure: The case of Spanish provincial councils," Working Papers 2019/03, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    65. Huping Shang & Hongmei Liu & Wei Liu, 2024. "Unveiling the origins of non-performance-oriented behavior in China’s local governments: a game theory perspective on the performance-based promotion system," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-11, December.
    66. Aiello, Francesco & Bonanno, Graziella & Capristo, Luigi, 2018. "Explaining differences in efficiency. A meta-study on local government literature," MPRA Paper 88982, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    67. lo Storto, Corrado, 2020. "Performance evaluation of social service provision in Italian major municipalities using Network Data Envelopment Analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    68. da Cruz, Nuno Ferreira & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2014. "Revisiting the determinants of local government performance," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 91-103.
    69. Zhou, Xianbo & Li, Kui-Wai & Li, Qin, 2010. "An Analysis on Technical Efficiency in Post-reform China," MPRA Paper 41034, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    70. Boriss Siliverstovs & Ulrich Thiessen & Caroline Elliott, 2015. "Incentive effects of fiscal federalism: Evidence for France," Cogent Economics & Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(1), pages 1017949-101, December.
    71. Rachida El Mehdi & Christian M. Hafner, 2014. "Local Government Efficiency: The Case of Moroccan Municipalities," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 26(1), pages (88-101.
    72. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Mª Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Marko Petrovic & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2017. "Which estimator to measure local governments’ cost efficiency? An application to Spanish municipalities," Working Papers 2017/06, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    73. Francisco Parra‐Luna, 2013. "On the ‘Social Sin’ of Political Analysis: A Critical Quantitative Approach from a Systemic Perspective," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(6), pages 661-676, November.
    74. Emili Tortosa Ausina & Diego Prior Jiménez & María Teresa Balaguer-Coll, 2010. "Output complexity, environmental conditions, and the efficiency of municipalities: a robust metafrontier approach," Working Papers. Serie EC 2010-02, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    75. Pacheco, Francisca & Sanchez, Rafael & Villena, Mauricio G., 2017. "Estimating Local Government Efficiency using a Panel Data Parametric Approach: The Case of Chilean Municipalities," MPRA Paper 99150, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 27 Jan 2020.
    76. Claudio Thieme & Diego Prior & Víctor Giménez & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2011. "Desempeño de los centros educativos: ¿un problema de recursos o capacidades organizativas?," Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF, vol. 199(4), pages 81-118, December.
    77. Villani, Salvatore, 2010. "Per un giusto equilibrio tra efficacia ed efficienza nell’attuazione della legge delega sul federalismo fiscale: verso la definizione dei LEP e dei costi standard delle Regioni," MPRA Paper 29513, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    78. Pedro-José Martínez-Córdoba & Nicola Raimo & Filippo Vitolla & Bernardino Benito, 2020. "Achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Efficiency in the Spanish Clean Water and Sanitation Sector," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-13, April.
    79. 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).
    80. Lars-Erik Borge & Torberg Falch & Per Tovmo, 2008. "Public sector efficiency: the roles of political and budgetary institutions, fiscal capacity, and democratic participation," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 136(3), pages 475-495, September.
    81. Florian Dorn, 2021. "Elections and Government Efficiency," ifo Working Paper Series 363, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
    82. Frija, Aymen & Speelman, Stijn & Chebil, Ali & Buysse, Jeroen & Van Huylenbroeck, Guido, 2008. "Performances And Efficiencies Of The Irrigation Water Users’ Associations In Tunisia," 107th Seminar, January 30-February 1, 2008, Sevilla, Spain 6460, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    83. Haug, Peter, 2013. "Grant Dependence, Regulation and the Effects of Formula-based Grant Systems on German Local Governments: A Data Report for Saxony-Anhalt," IWH Discussion Papers 2/2013, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
    84. Bracalente, Bruno & Polinori, Paolo, 2010. "L’efficienza tecnico-economica dei servizi pubblici locali: i casi delle farmacie comunali e dei servizi di igiene urbana [Technical And Economic Efficiency Of Local Public Services: The Cases Of T," MPRA Paper 34455, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    85. Kerstens, Kristiaan & O’Donnell, Christopher & Van de Woestyne, Ignace, 2019. "Metatechnology frontier and convexity: A restatement," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 275(2), pages 780-792.
    86. Jugal Mahabir, 2014. "Quantifying Inefficient Expenditure in Local Government: A Free Disposable Hull Analysis of a Sample of South African Municipalities," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 82(4), pages 493-517, December.
    87. Cesaroni, Giovanni & Kerstens, Kristiaan & Van de Woestyne, Ignace, 2017. "Global and local scale characteristics in convex and nonconvex nonparametric technologies: A first empirical exploration," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 259(2), pages 576-586.
    88. James Fogarty & Amin Mugera, 2013. "Local Government Efficiency: Evidence from Western Australia," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 46(3), pages 300-311, September.
    89. Zhu, Bei & Zhong, Ruohan & Wei, Chu, 2024. "Measuring digital government service performance: Evidence from China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    90. Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2010. "Devolution Dynamics of Spanish Local Government," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 42(6), pages 1476-1495, June.
    91. Villani, Salvatore, 2010. "Elementi ai fini della definizione della nozione di costo standard: una rassegna della letteratura e delle principali esperienze estere [Basic elements defining the standard cost concept. A survey ," MPRA Paper 29683, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    92. Heikki A. Loikkanen & Ilkka Susiluoto, 2004. "Cost Efficiency of Finnish Municipalities 1994-2002. An Application of DEA and Tobit methods," ERSA conference papers ersa04p283, European Regional Science Association.
    93. Lenka Šťastn᠍ & Martin Gregor, 2015. "Public sector efficiency in transition and beyond: evidence from Czech local governments," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(7), pages 680-699, February.
    94. Vidoli, Francesco & Auteri, Monica & Marinuzzi, Giorgia & Tortorella, Walter, 2023. "Spatial interdependence in cost efficiency and local government optimal size: The case of Italian municipalities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    95. Walter Briec & Ignace van de Woestyne & Kristiaan Kerstens, 2022. "Nonconvexity in Production and Cost Functions: An Exploratory and Selective Review," Post-Print hal-03833475, HAL.
    96. Silvia Giacomelli & Marco Tonello, 2015. "Measuring the performance of local governments: evidence from mystery calls," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 292, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
    97. Simona Bigerna & Paolo Polinori, 2013. "Quality of Life in Major Italian Cities: Do Local Governments Cost Efficiency Contribute to Improve Urban Life Style? An Introductory Analysis," ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2013(3), pages 121-144.
    98. Geys, Benny & Moesen, Wim, 2008. "Measuring local government technical (in)efficiency: An application and comparison of FDH, DEA and econometric approaches," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Processes and Governance SP II 2008-21, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    99. D'Inverno, Giovanna & Carosi, Laura & Ravagli, Letizia, 2018. "Global public spending efficiency in Tuscan municipalities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 102-113.
    100. Bönisch, Peter & Haug, Peter & Illy, Annette & Schreier, Lukas, 2011. "Municipality Size and Efficiency of Local Public Services: Does Size Matter?," IWH Discussion Papers 18/2011, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
    101. Cordero, José Manuel & Pedraja-Chaparro, Francisco & Pisaflores, Elsa C. & Polo, Cristina, 2016. "Efficiency assessment of Portuguese municipalities using a conditional nonparametric approach," MPRA Paper 70674, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    102. Giacomelli, Silvia & Tonello, Marco, 2018. "Assessing bureaucratic start-up costs through Mystery Calls. Evidence from the One-stop shops for doing business," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 121-140.
    103. Meričková Beáta Mikušová & Svidroňová Mária Murray & Bakoš Eduard & Stejskal Jan, 2023. "Costs and Revenues Balance: The Case of Municipal Delegated Competences in Slovakia," Central European Journal of Public Policy, Sciendo, vol. 17(2), pages 51-62, December.
    104. Cuadrado-Ballesteros, Beatriz & García-Sánchez, Isabel-María & Prado-Lorenzo, José-Manuel, 2013. "Effect of modes of public services delivery on the efficiency of local governments: A two-stage approach," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 26(C), pages 23-35.
    105. Israel Garcia & Bernd Hayo, 2020. "Political Budget Cycles Revisited: Testing the Signalling Process," MAGKS Papers on Economics 202014, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).
    106. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Kristof De Witte, 2016. "Local governments’ efficiency: A systematic literature review – Part I," Working Papers 2016/20, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    107. Fogarty, James Joseph & Mugera, Amin W., 2011. "Local Government Efficiency in Western Australia," Working Papers 117072, University of Western Australia, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
    108. Lev Freinkman & Konstantin A. Kholodilin & Ulrich Thießen, 2009. "Incentive Effects of Fiscal Equalization: Has Russian Style Improved?," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 912, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    109. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Marko Petrović & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2020. "Which estimator to measure local governments’ cost efficiency? The case of Spanish municipalities," SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Springer;Spanish Economic Association, vol. 11(1), pages 51-82, March.
    110. Israel Garcia & Bernd Hayo, 2022. "The Influence of Politicians’ Sex on Political Budget Cycles: An Empirical Analysis of Spanish Municipalities," MAGKS Papers on Economics 202223, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).
    111. Cheng, Maoyong & Yao, Yutong & Jin, Justin Y. & Nainar, Khalid & Meng, Yu, 2024. "Leadership vacuum and urban economic development: Evidence from a transition country," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 52(1), pages 230-252.
    112. J. Carlos Matallín-Sáez & Amparo Soler-Domínguez & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2013. "Does active management add value? New evidence from a quantile regression," Working Papers 2013/01, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    113. Antonis Adam & Manthos Delis & Pantelis Kammas, 2011. "Public sector efficiency: leveling the playing field between OECD countries," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 146(1), pages 163-183, January.
    114. Valero-Carreras, Daniel & Aparicio, Juan & Guerrero, Nadia M., 2021. "Support vector frontiers: A new approach for estimating production functions through support vector machines," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    115. Ermini, Barbara & Santolini, Raffaella & Ciommi, Mariateresa, 2023. "Equitable and sustainable well-being in Italian municipalities: Do women in politics make the difference?," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    116. Omneya Abdelsalam & Sabur Mollah & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2018. "Political connection and bank in(efficiency)," Working Papers 2018-11, Swansea University, School of Management.
    117. Jhorland Ayala‐García & Sandy Dall'erba, 2021. "The natural resource curse: Evidence from the Colombian municipalities," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 100(2), pages 581-602, April.
    118. Nana Zubek & Christian H.C.A. Henning, 2016. "Local Government, Spatial Spillovers and the Absorption of EU Structural Funds," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 67(2), pages 368-397, June.
    119. Jorge Garcia-Unanue & Jose Luis Felipe & Leonor Gallardo & Carlos Majano & Gemma Perez-Lopez, 2021. "Decentralisation and Efficiency in Municipal Sports Services: Expenditure vs. Cost," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-13, February.
    120. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2023. "Vertical transfers, political alignment, and efficiency in local government," Working Papers 2023/08, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    121. Muliaman D. Hadad & Maximilian J. B. Hall & Wimboh Santoso & Ricky Satria & Karligash Kenjegalieva & Richard Simper, 2008. "Efficiency in Indonesian Banking: Recent Evidence," Discussion Paper Series 2008_13, Department of Economics, Loughborough University, revised Nov 2008.
    122. Maria Basílio & Clara Pires & Carlos Borralho & José Pires Reis, 2020. "Local government efficiency: is there anything new after Troika’s intervention in Portugal?," Eurasian Economic Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 10(2), pages 309-332, June.
    123. Jose M Alonso & Rhys Andrews, 2019. "Fiscal decentralisation and local government efficiency: Does relative deprivation matter?," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 37(2), pages 360-381, March.

  25. Pedro Escudero Fernández & Diego Prior, 2002. "Endeudamiento y ciclos políticos presupuestarios: el caso de los ayuntamientos catalanes," Working Papers 200210, Departament Empresa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

    Cited by:

    1. López González, Mauricio & Rodríguez V., Amalia, 2008. "Ciclos políticos y agregados macroeconómicos: Un análisis para el caso colombiano (1970-2005)," Perfil de Coyuntura Económica, Universidad de Antioquia, CIE, December.

  26. María Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & José Manuel Vela-Bargues, 2002. "Efficiency and quality in local government management. The case of spanish local authorities," Working Papers 200202, Departament Empresa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

    Cited by:

    1. Geys, Benny & Moesen, Wim, 2008. "Measuring local government technical (in)efficiency: An application and comparison of FDH, DEA and econometric approaches," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Processes and Governance SP II 2008-21, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.

  27. Pedro Escudero Fernández & Diego Prior Jiménez, 2002. "Endeudamiento y Ciclos Políticos Presupuestarios: El Caso de los Ayuntamientos Catalanes," Working Papers 0210, Departament Empresa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, revised Dec 2002.

    Cited by:

    1. López González, Mauricio & Rodríguez V., Amalia, 2008. "Ciclos políticos y agregados macroeconómicos: Un análisis para el caso colombiano (1970-2005)," Perfil de Coyuntura Económica, Universidad de Antioquia, CIE, December.

  28. Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior-Jiménez & José Manuel Vela-Bargues, 2002. "Efficiency and Quality in Local Government Management. The case of Spanish Local Authotities," Working Papers 0202, Departament Empresa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, revised Feb 2002.

    Cited by:

    1. Juan Gómez-García & María del Rocio Moreno Enguix & Juan Cándido Gómez-Gallego, 2011. "Estimation Of The Efficiency Of Structural Funds: A Parametric And Non-Parametric Approach," Post-Print hal-00712385, HAL.
    2. Balaguer-Coll, Maria Teresa & Prior, Diego & Tortosa-Ausina, Emili, 2007. "On the determinants of local government performance: A two-stage nonparametric approach," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 51(2), pages 425-451, February.
    3. Maria Nieswand & Stefan Seifert, 2011. "Some Determinants of Intermediate Local Governments' Spending Efficiency: The Case of French Départements," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1130, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    4. António Afonso & Ana Venâncio, 2016. "The relevance of commuting zones for regional spending efficiency," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(10), pages 865-877, February.
    5. Dilber Çağlar Onbaşıoğlu, 2021. "The Turkish Cypriot Municipalities’ Productivity and Performance: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis and the Tobit Model," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-19, August.
    6. Heikki Loikkanen & Ilkka Susiluoton, 2000. "Cost Efficiency of Finnish Municipalities in Basic Service Provision 1994-2002," Regional and Urban Modeling 283600056, EcoMod.
    7. António Afonso & Ana Venâncio, 2022. "Local property tax reform and municipality spending efficiency," Working Papers REM 2022/0210, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, REM, Universidade de Lisboa.
    8. Pacheco, Francisca & Sanchez, Rafael & Villena, Mauricio G., 2017. "Estimating Local Government Efficiency using a Panel Data Parametric Approach: The Case of Chilean Municipalities," MPRA Paper 99150, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 27 Jan 2020.
    9. Afonso, António & Fernandes, Sónia, 2008. "Assessing and explaining the relative efficiency of local government," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 37(5), pages 1946-1979, October.
    10. António Afonso & Ana Venâncio, 2020. "Local territorial reform and regional spending efficiency," Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(6), pages 888-910, November.
    11. Heikki A. Loikkanen & Ilkka Susiluoto, 2004. "Cost Efficiency of Finnish Municipalities 1994-2002. An Application of DEA and Tobit methods," ERSA conference papers ersa04p283, European Regional Science Association.
    12. Geys, Benny & Moesen, Wim, 2008. "Measuring local government technical (in)efficiency: An application and comparison of FDH, DEA and econometric approaches," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Processes and Governance SP II 2008-21, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    13. Maria del Rocio Moreno-Enguix & Ester Gras-Gil & Joaquin Hernandez-Fernandez, 2017. "An Explanation of Management of Local Governments in Spain Based on the Structure of the Internal Control System," Annals of Economics and Finance, Society for AEF, vol. 18(2), pages 393-410, November.
    14. António Afonso & Sónia Fernandes, 2005. "Assessing and Explaining the Relative Efficiency of Local Government: Evidence for Portuguese Municipalities," Working Papers Department of Economics 2005/19, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa.

  29. Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, "undated". "Devolution Dynamics of Spanish Local Government," Working Papers 201001, Departament Empresa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

    Cited by:

    1. Pike, Andy & Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés & Torrisi, Gianpiero & Tselios, Vassilis & Tomaney, John, 2010. "In search of the ‘economic dividend’ of devolution: spatial disparities, spatial economic policy and decentralisation in the UK," DEMQ Working Paper Series 2010/9, University of Catania, Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods.
    2. Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2013. "On the determinants of local government debt: Does one size fit all?," Working Papers 2013/16, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).

Articles

  1. Giménez, Víctor & Prior, Diego & Thieme, Claudio & Tortosa-Ausina, Emili, 2024. "International comparisons of COVID-19 pandemic management: What can be learned from activity analysis techniques?," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 122(C).
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Giménez, Víctor & Thieme, Claudio & Prior, Diego & Tortosa-Ausina, Emili, 2022. "Evaluation and determinants of preschool effectiveness in Chile," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    See citations under working paper version above.
  3. 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).

    Cited by:

    1. Azar, Paola & Sicilia, Gabriela, 2023. "Assessing potential improvement in education: Unravelling pupils' and schools’ inefficiencies using a multi-level metafrontier approach," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).
    2. De la Cruz, Marco & Mergoni, Anna, 2024. "Assessing the performance of Peruvian education system from a governance perspective," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    3. Chris Jacobs‐Crisioni & Mert Kompil & Lewis Dijkstra, 2023. "Big in the neighbourhood: Identifying local and regional centres through their network position," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 102(2), pages 421-457, April.

  4. Arbona, Alexei & Giménez, Víctor & López-Estrada, Sebastián & Prior, Diego, 2022. "Efficiency and quality in Colombian education: An application of the metafrontier Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Cui, Yuan & Ren, Xian-tong & He, Xi-jie & Yang, Guo-liang, 2023. "Is human and financial investment in Chinese universities effective?," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 88(C).
    2. De la Cruz, Marco & Mergoni, Anna, 2024. "Assessing the performance of Peruvian education system from a governance perspective," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    3. Ramírez-Hassan, Andrés & García, Gustavo A. & Saravia, Estefanía & Duque, Juan Fernando & Londoño, Daniel, 2023. "What kind of schools parents choose when they have more options? Effects of school transport subsidies," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 87(PA).
    4. Aparicio, Juan & Santín, Daniel, 2024. "Global and local technical changes: A new decomposition of the Malmquist productivity index using virtual units," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 134(C).
    5. Kalinca Léia Becker, 2023. "An analysis of Fundeb's contribution to the quality of public education in Brazilian municipalities," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(2), pages 879-896, May.

  5. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2021. "Searching for the optimal territorial structure: the case of Spanish provincial councils," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(4), pages 645-664, April.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  6. Campos-Alba, Cristina M. & Prior, Diego & Pérez-López, Gemma & Zafra-Gómez, Jose L., 2020. "Long-term cost efficiency of alternative management forms for urban public transport from the public sector perspective," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 16-23.

    Cited by:

    1. 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).
    2. Coluccia, Benedetta & Barbieri, Roberta & Palmi, Pamela & Natale, Francesco, 2024. "Public ownership and ESG policies: implications for firm productivity in local transportation," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    3. de la Higuera-Molina, Emilio José & Campos-Alba, Cristina María & López-Pérez, Germán & Zafra-Gómez, José Luis, 2023. "Efficiency of water service management alternatives in Spain considering environmental factors," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).

  7. 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.

    Cited by:

    1. Nguyen, Trang Thi Thuy & Pham, Binh Thai & Prior, Diego & van Hemmen, Stefan, 2022. "Performance of tax simplification around the world: A panel frontier analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
    2. Anastasiou Athanasios & Kalligosfyris Charalampos & Kalamara Eleni, 2022. "Assessing the effectiveness of tax administration in macroeconomic stability: evidence from 26 European Countries," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 55(4), pages 2237-2261, November.
    3. Efecan, Volkan & Temiz, İzzettin, 2023. "Assessing the technical efficiency of container ports based on a non-monotonic inefficiency effects model," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    4. Milosavljević, Miloš & Radovanović, Sandro & Delibašić, Boris, 2023. "What drives the performance of tax administrations? Evidence from selected european countries," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).
    5. 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).
    6. Balak, Sima & Behzadi, Mohammad Hassan & Nazari, Ali, 2021. "Stochastic copula-DEA model based on the dependence structure of stochastic variables: An application to twenty bank branches," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 326-341.
    7. Martínez, Yolanda Ubago & Arzoz, Pedro Pascual & Arregui, Idoia Zabaleta, 2022. "Tax collection efficiency in OECD countries improves via decentralization, simplification, digitalization and education," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 44(2), pages 298-318.
    8. Alexander Arévalo S & Víctor Giménez G & Diego Prior J, 2022. "Análisis de eficiencia en educación: una aplicación del método StoNED," Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, Universidad de los Andes,Facultad de Economía, CEDE, vol. 92(2), pages 45-91, October.
    9. Liu, Fangmei & Li, Li & Ye, Bin & Qin, Quande, 2023. "A novel stochastic semi-parametric frontier-based three-stage DEA window model to evaluate China's industrial green economic efficiency," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).

  8. Víctor Giménez & Jorge R. Keith & Diego Prior, 2019. "Do healthcare financing systems influence hospital efficiency? A metafrontier approach for the case of Mexico," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 549-559, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Yu, Ming-Miin & See, Kok Fong & Hsiao, Bo, 2022. "Integrating group frontier and metafrontier directional distance functions to evaluate the efficiency of production units," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 301(1), pages 254-276.
    2. See, Kok Fong & Ng, Ying Chu, 2021. "Do hospital reform and ownership matter to Shenzhen hospitals in China? A productivity analysis," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 145-155.
    3. Gao, Qiuming & Wang, Derek, 2021. "Hospital efficiency and equity in health care delivery: A study based in China," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
    4. José M. Cordero & Agustín García-García & Enrique Lau-Cortés & Cristina Polo, 2021. "Efficiency and Productivity Change of Public Hospitals in Panama: Do Management Schemes Matter?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(16), pages 1-21, August.
    5. Chin‐wei Huang & Hsiao‐Yin Chen, 2023. "Using nonradial metafrontier data envelopment analysis to evaluate the metatechnology and metafactor ratios for the Taiwanese hotel industry," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 44(4), pages 1904-1919, June.
    6. Ming-Miin Yu & Li-Hsueh Chen, 2020. "A meta-frontier network data envelopment analysis approach for the measurement of technological bias with network production structure," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 287(1), pages 495-514, April.
    7. Kosycarz, Ewa & Dędys, Monika & Ekes, Maria & Wranik, Wiesława Dominika, 2023. "The effects of provider contract types and fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of the Polish hospital sector: A data envelopment analysis across 16 health regions," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).
    8. Nurhafiza Md Hamzah & Ming-Miin Yu & Kok Fong See, 2021. "Assessing the efficiency of Malaysia health system in COVID-19 prevention and treatment response," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 24(2), pages 273-285, June.
    9. Fainman, Emily Zhu & Kucukyazici, Beste, 2020. "Design of financial incentives and payment schemes in healthcare systems: A review," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).

  9. Giménez, Víctor & Prieto, William & Prior, Diego & Tortosa-Ausina, Emili, 2019. "Evaluation of efficiency in Colombian hospitals: An analysis for the post-reform period," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 65(C), pages 20-35.

    Cited by:

    1. Xian‐Hui He & Yung‐ho Chiu & Tzu‐Han Chang & Liang‐Chun Lu & Shih‐Yung Chiu, 2021. "Analyzing hospital medical efficiency of administration and medical treatment in China," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 42(6), pages 1564-1578, September.
    2. Zhensheng Chen & Xueli Chen & Xiaoqing Gan & Kaixuan Bai & Tomas Baležentis & Lixin Cui, 2020. "Technical Efficiency of Regional Public Hospitals in China Based on the Three-Stage DEA," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(24), pages 1-17, December.
    3. Margit Sommersguter-Reichmann, 2022. "Health care quality in nonparametric efficiency studies: a review," Central European Journal of Operations Research, Springer;Slovak Society for Operations Research;Hungarian Operational Research Society;Czech Society for Operations Research;Österr. Gesellschaft für Operations Research (ÖGOR);Slovenian Society Informatika - Section for Operational Research;Croatian Operational Research Society, vol. 30(1), pages 67-131, March.
    4. José M. Cordero & Agustín García-García & Enrique Lau-Cortés & Cristina Polo, 2021. "Efficiency and Productivity Change of Public Hospitals in Panama: Do Management Schemes Matter?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(16), pages 1-21, August.
    5. de la Higuera-Molina, Emilio José & Campos-Alba, Cristina María & López-Pérez, Germán & Zafra-Gómez, José Luis, 2023. "Efficiency of water service management alternatives in Spain considering environmental factors," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    6. Juan Piedra-Peña & Diego Prior, 2023. "Analyzing the effect of health reforms on the efficiency of Ecuadorian public hospitals," International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer, vol. 23(3), pages 361-392, September.
    7. Nurhafiza Md Hamzah & Ming-Miin Yu & Kok Fong See, 2021. "Assessing the efficiency of Malaysia health system in COVID-19 prevention and treatment response," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 24(2), pages 273-285, June.

  10. Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Maria Isabel Brun-Martos & Laura Márquez-Ramos & Diego Prior, 2019. "Local government efficiency: determinants and spatial interdependence," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(14), pages 1478-1494, March.

    Cited by:

    1. Ogawa, Akinobu & Kondoh, Haruo, 2024. "How Does Intergovernmental Competition through the Hometown Tax Donation System Affect Local Government Efficiency?," MPRA Paper 121688, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. César Navarro-Chávez & Odette V. Delfín-Ortega & Joanna M. Moreno Manzo, 2022. "Municipal Evaluation in Mexico: A Measurement of the Government Reputation," Corporate Reputation Review, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 25(2), pages 106-121, May.
    3. Benito, Bernardino & Martínez-Córdoba, Pedro-José & Guillamón, María-Dolores, 2021. "Measurement and determinants of efficiency in the municipal police service," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    4. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Diego Prior & Mª Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2019. "Searching for the optimal territorial structure: The case of Spanish provincial councils," Working Papers 2019/03, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    5. de la Higuera-Molina, Emilio José & Campos-Alba, Cristina María & López-Pérez, Germán & Zafra-Gómez, José Luis, 2023. "Efficiency of water service management alternatives in Spain considering environmental factors," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    6. Pedro-José Martínez-Córdoba & Nicola Raimo & Filippo Vitolla & Bernardino Benito, 2020. "Achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Efficiency in the Spanish Clean Water and Sanitation Sector," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-13, April.
    7. Vidoli, Francesco & Auteri, Monica & Marinuzzi, Giorgia & Tortorella, Walter, 2023. "Spatial interdependence in cost efficiency and local government optimal size: The case of Italian municipalities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    8. Israel Garcia & Bernd Hayo, 2020. "Political Budget Cycles Revisited: Testing the Signalling Process," MAGKS Papers on Economics 202014, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).
    9. Israel Garcia & Bernd Hayo, 2022. "The Influence of Politicians’ Sex on Political Budget Cycles: An Empirical Analysis of Spanish Municipalities," MAGKS Papers on Economics 202223, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).
    10. Thiago Christiano Silva & Solange Maria Guerra & Marcus Vinicius B. Santos, 2022. "The role of externalities in fiscal efficiency," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 62(6), pages 2827-2864, June.

  11. Víctor Giménez & Claudio Thieme & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2019. "Comparing the Performance of National Educational Systems: Inequality Versus Achievement?," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 141(2), pages 581-609, January.

    Cited by:

    1. Arbona, Alexei & Giménez, Víctor & López-Estrada, Sebastián & Prior, Diego, 2022. "Efficiency and quality in Colombian education: An application of the metafrontier Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    2. Aparicio, Juan & Ortiz, Lidia & Santín, Daniel, 2021. "Comparing group performance over time through the Luenberger productivity indicator: An application to school ownership in European countries," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 294(2), pages 651-672.
    3. Stumbrienė, Dovilė & Želvys, Rimantas & Žilinskas, Julius & Dukynaitė, Rita & Jakaitienė, Audronė, 2022. "Efficiency and effectiveness analysis based on educational inclusion and fairness of European countries," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 82(PB).
    4. Kouhei Kikuchi & Soushi Suzuki & Peter Nijkamp, 2024. "Bullying Among Pupils at School and a Country’s Educational System: An Efficiency Evaluation of Educational Performance in Europe by Means of an Extended Data Envelopment Analysis," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 174(1), pages 249-280, August.
    5. Camanho, Ana S. & Stumbriene, Dovile & Barbosa, Flávia & Jakaitiene, Audrone, 2023. "The assessment of performance trends and convergence in education and training systems of European countries," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 305(1), pages 356-372.
    6. Alexander Arévalo S & Víctor Giménez G & Diego Prior J, 2022. "Análisis de eficiencia en educación: una aplicación del método StoNED," Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, Universidad de los Andes,Facultad de Economía, CEDE, vol. 92(2), pages 45-91, October.

  12. Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina & María Pilar García-Alcober & Manuel Illueca, 2019. "Profit efficiency and earnings quality: Evidence from the Spanish banking industry," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 51(2), pages 153-174, June.

    Cited by:

    1. Ramlall, Indranarain, 2022. "Does geographical proximity matter in determining the profitability of banks?," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 44(6), pages 1251-1279.
    2. Jamal Ali Al-Khasawneh & Naceur Essaddam & Salah A. Nusair & Benito A. Sanchez, 2023. "Productivity-conditioned market reaction of US Bank acquisitions during regulation-deregulation eras," Journal of Economics and Finance, Springer;Academy of Economics and Finance, vol. 47(2), pages 368-385, June.
    3. Jamal Ali Al-Khasawneh & Benito A. Sanchez, 2021. "Deal-to-deal marginal efficiency dynamics of serial US banking acquirers," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 57(4), pages 1283-1308, November.
    4. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2023. "Basel accords and banking inefficiency: Evidence from the Italian local market," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(4), pages 4079-4119, October.

  13. Pérez-López, Gemma & Prior, Diego & Zafra-Gómez, José L., 2018. "Temporal scale efficiency in DEA panel data estimations. An application to the solid waste disposal service in Spain," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 18-27.

    Cited by:

    1. Nguyen, Trang Thi Thuy & Pham, Binh Thai & Prior, Diego & van Hemmen, Stefan, 2022. "Performance of tax simplification around the world: A panel frontier analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
    2. An Zhou & Shenhan Wu & Zhujie Chu & Wei-Chiao Huang, 2019. "Regional Differences in Municipal Solid Waste Collection Quantities in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(15), pages 1-12, July.
    3. Campos-Alba, Cristina M. & Prior, Diego & Pérez-López, Gemma & Zafra-Gómez, Jose L., 2020. "Long-term cost efficiency of alternative management forms for urban public transport from the public sector perspective," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 16-23.
    4. Abbas Mardani & Dalia Streimikiene & Tomas Balezentis & Muhamad Zameri Mat Saman & Khalil Md Nor & Seyed Meysam Khoshnava, 2018. "Data Envelopment Analysis in Energy and Environmental Economics: An Overview of the State-of-the-Art and Recent Development Trends," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-21, August.
    5. 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.
    6. Graziano Abrate & Federico Boffa & Fabrizio Erbetta & Davide Vannoni, 2016. "Voters' Information, Corruption, and the Efficiency of Local Public Services," Carlo Alberto Notebooks 446, Collegio Carlo Alberto.
    7. Meng Ye & Yanan Jin & Fumin Deng, 2022. "Municipal waste treatment efficiency in 29 OECD countries using three-stage Bootstrap-DEA model," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 24(9), pages 11369-11391, September.
    8. Albalate, Daniel & Rosell, Jordi, 2019. "On the efficiency of toll motorway companies in Spain," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
    9. Martina Novotná & Ivana Faltová Leitmanová & Jiří Alina & Tomáš Volek, 2020. "Capital Intensity and Labour Productivity in Waste Companies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-15, December.
    10. Maria Teresa Balaguer‐Coll & Isabel Narbón‐Perpiñá & Jesús Peiró‐Palomino & Emili Tortosa‐Ausina, 2022. "Quality of government and economic growth at the municipal level: Evidence from Spain," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 62(1), pages 96-124, January.
    11. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Diego Prior & Mª Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2019. "Searching for the optimal territorial structure: The case of Spanish provincial councils," Working Papers 2019/03, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    12. Yin, Xu & Wang, Jing & Li, Yurui & Feng, Zhiming & Wang, Qianyi, 2021. "Are small towns really inefficient? A data envelopment analysis of sampled towns in Jiangsu province, China," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    13. Suriyan Jomthanachai & Wai Peng Wong & Khai Wah Khaw, 2024. "An Application of Machine Learning to Logistics Performance Prediction: An Economics Attribute-Based of Collective Instance," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 63(2), pages 741-792, February.
    14. de la Higuera-Molina, Emilio José & Campos-Alba, Cristina María & López-Pérez, Germán & Zafra-Gómez, José Luis, 2023. "Efficiency of water service management alternatives in Spain considering environmental factors," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    15. Pedro-José Martínez-Córdoba & Nicola Raimo & Filippo Vitolla & Bernardino Benito, 2020. "Achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Efficiency in the Spanish Clean Water and Sanitation Sector," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-13, April.
    16. Cristina M. Campos-Alba & Emilio J. De la Higuera-Molina & Gemma Pérez-López & José L. Zafra-Gómez, 2019. "Measuring the Efficiency of Public and Private Delivery Forms: An Application to the Waste Collection Service Using Order-M Data Panel Frontier Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-15, April.
    17. Gambella, Claudio & Maggioni, Francesca & Vigo, Daniele, 2019. "A stochastic programming model for a tactical solid waste management problem," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 273(2), pages 684-694.
    18. Juan Piedra-Peña & Diego Prior, 2023. "Analyzing the effect of health reforms on the efficiency of Ecuadorian public hospitals," International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer, vol. 23(3), pages 361-392, September.
    19. Agovino, Massimiliano & Cerciello, Massimiliano & Javed, Aamir & Rapposelli, Agnese, 2023. "Environmental legislation and waste management efficiency in Italian regions in view of circular economy goals," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    20. Germà Bel & Marianna Sebo, 2018. "“Does inter-municipal cooperation really reduce delivery costs? An empirical evaluation of the role of scale economies, transaction costs, and governance arrangements”," IREA Working Papers 201816, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jul 2018.
    21. Vidoli, Francesco & Auteri, Monica & Marinuzzi, Giorgia & Tortorella, Walter, 2023. "Spatial interdependence in cost efficiency and local government optimal size: The case of Italian municipalities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    22. Polemis, Michael & Stengos, Thanasis & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2018. "Modeling the effect of competition using robust conditional nonparametric frontiers: Evidence from U.S. manufacturing sector," MPRA Paper 89240, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    23. Fusco, Elisa & Vidoli, Francesco & Rogge, Nicky, 2020. "Spatial directional robust Benefit of the Doubt approach in presence of undesirable output: An application to Italian waste sector," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    24. Li, Hongkuan & He, Haiyan & Shan, Jiefei & Cai, Jingjing, 2019. "Innovation efficiency of semiconductor industry in China: A new framework based on generalized three-stage DEA analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 136-148.
    25. Paula Llanquileo-Melgarejo & María Molinos-Senante & Giulia Romano & Laura Carosi, 2021. "Evaluation of the Impact of Separative Collection and Recycling of Municipal Solid Waste on Performance: An Empirical Application for Chile," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-14, February.
    26. Barnabé Walheer, 2020. "Output, input, and undesirable output interconnections in data envelopment analysis: convexity and returns-to-scale," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 284(1), pages 447-467, January.
    27. lo Storto, Corrado, 2024. "Measuring the eco-efficiency of municipal solid waste service: A fuzzy DEA model for handling missing data," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    28. 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).
    29. Jorge Garcia-Unanue & Jose Luis Felipe & Leonor Gallardo & Carlos Majano & Gemma Perez-Lopez, 2021. "Decentralisation and Efficiency in Municipal Sports Services: Expenditure vs. Cost," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-13, February.
    30. Tao Yi & Ling Tong & Mohan Qiu & Jinpeng Liu, 2019. "Analysis of Driving Factors of Photovoltaic Power Generation Efficiency: A Case Study in China," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-15, January.
    31. Michal PlaÄ ek & Milan Křápek & Jan ÄŒadil & Bojka Hamerníková, 2020. "The Influence of Excellence on Municipal Performance: Quasi-Experimental Evidence From the Czech Republic," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(4), pages 21582440209, December.

  14. Víctor Giménez & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2018. "The impact of efficiency on the economic growth of emerging economies: The case of Colombia," Revista ESPE - Ensayos sobre Política Económica, Banco de la Republica de Colombia, vol. 36(85), pages 86-100, April.

    Cited by:

    1. 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).

  15. Juan Carlos Garrido-Rodríguez & Gemma Pérez-López & José Luis Zafra-Gómez & Diego Prior, 2018. "Estimación de la eficiencia a largo plazo en servicios públicos locales mediante fronteras robustas con datos de panel," Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF, vol. 226(3), pages 11-36, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Campos-Alba, Cristina M. & Prior, Diego & Pérez-López, Gemma & Zafra-Gómez, Jose L., 2020. "Long-term cost efficiency of alternative management forms for urban public transport from the public sector perspective," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 16-23.
    2. David J. Gulayin & Joaquín Melo, 2022. "Accountability y Outsourcing local en tiempos de pandemia. Análisis de datos de panel en Pcia. de Bs. As," Proyecciones, IIEC, Univeridad Nacional de La Plata., Instituto de Investigaciones y Estudios Contables, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, issue 17, pages 01-19, May-April.
    3. Jose-Luis Zafra-Gómez & Germán López-Pérez & Marta Garrido-Montañés & Elisabeth Zafra-Gómez, 2023. "Cost Efficiency in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW): Different Alternatives in Service Delivery for Small and Medium Sized Spanish Local Governments," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-14, April.

  16. Angulo-Ruiz, Fernando & Donthu, Naveen & Prior, Diego & Rialp, Josep, 2018. "How does marketing capability impact abnormal stock returns? The mediating role of growth," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 19-30.

    Cited by:

    1. Schubert, Torben & Jäger, Angela & Türkeli, Serdar & Visentin, Fabiana, 2020. "Addressing the productivity paradox with big data: A literature review and adaptation of the CDM econometric model," MERIT Working Papers 2020-050, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
    2. Wu, Chunying & Xiong, Xiong & Gao, Ya & Zhang, Jin, 2022. "Does social media distort price discovery? Evidence from rumor clarifications," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 62(C).
    3. Rahman, Mahabubur & Faroque, Anisur R. & Sakka, Georgia & Ahmed, Zafar U., 2022. "The impact of negative customer engagement on market-based assets and financial performance," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 138(C), pages 422-435.
    4. Ko, Woo Li & Kim, Sang Yong & Lee, Jong-Ho & Song, Tae Ho, 2020. "The effects of strategic alliance emphasis and marketing efficiency on firm value under different technological environments," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 453-461.
    5. Weijia Hu & Jining Sun & Yu-En Lin & Jingbo Hu, 2023. "ESG and Investment Efficiency: The Role of Marketing Capability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(24), pages 1-19, December.
    6. Mahabubur Rahman & Anisur Faroque & Georgia Sakka & Zafar Ahmed, 2022. "The impact of negative customer engagement on market-based assets and financial performance," Post-Print hal-03545814, HAL.
    7. An-Pin Wei & Chi-Lu Peng & Hao-Chen Huang & Shang-Pao Yeh, 2020. "Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility on Firm Performance: Does Customer Satisfaction Matter?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(18), pages 1-18, September.
    8. Sun, Wenbin & Ding, Yuan, 2020. "Corporate social responsibility and cash flow volatility: The curvilinear moderation of marketing capability," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 116(C), pages 48-59.
    9. Ben-Jebara, Marouen & Mishra, Saurabh & Modi, Sachin B. & Mahar, Stephen, 2023. "Product personalization focus in the pharmaceutical industry and shareholder wealth: The roles of marketing capability and financial leverage," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 159(C).
    10. Wu, Chunying & Xiong, Xiong & Gao, Ya, 2022. "The role of different information sources in information spread: Evidence from three media channels in China," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 327-341.
    11. Jacobo Gomez-Conde & Ernesto Lopez-Valeiras & Fabricia Silva Rosa & Rogério João Lunkes, 2023. "The effect of management control systems in managing the unknown: Does the market appreciate the breadth of vision?," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 17(8), pages 2769-2795, November.

  17. Briec, Walter & Kerstens, Kristiaan & Prior, Diego & Van de Woestyne, Ignace, 2018. "Testing general and special Färe-Primont indices: A proposal for public and private sector synthetic indices of European regional expenditures and tourism," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 271(2), pages 756-768.

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    1. Stefan Wimmer & K Hervé Dakpo, 2023. "Components of agricultural productivity change: Replication of US evidence and extension to the EU [Composantes de l'évolution de la productivité agricole : Reproduction des données américaines et ," Post-Print hal-04125659, HAL.
    2. Tomasz Kijek & Anna Matras-Bolibok, 2020. "Knowledge-intensive Specialisation and Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in the EU Regional Scope," Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, Mendel University Press, vol. 68(1), pages 181-188.
    3. Arkadiusz Kijek & Tomasz Kijek, 2020. "Nonlinear Effects of Human Capital and R&D on TFP: Evidence from European Regions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-14, February.
    4. Hossein Komasi & Sarfaraz Hashemkhani Zolfani & Fausto Cavallaro, 2022. "The COVID-19 Pandemic and Nature-Based Tourism, Scenario Planning Approach (Case Study of Nature-Based Tourism in Iran)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-13, March.

  18. López-Torres, Laura & Nicolini, Rosella & Prior, Diego, 2017. "Does strategic interaction affect demand for school places? A conditional efficiency approach," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 65(C), pages 89-103.

    Cited by:

    1. Arbona, Alexei & Giménez, Víctor & López-Estrada, Sebastián & Prior, Diego, 2022. "Efficiency and quality in Colombian education: An application of the metafrontier Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    2. Martín Román, Ángel L. & Cuéllar-Martín, Jaime & Moral de Blas, Alfonso, 2018. "Labor supply and the business cycle: The “Bandwagon Worker Effect”," GLO Discussion Paper Series 274, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    3. 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).

  19. Víctor Giménez & Claudio Thieme & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2017. "An international comparison of educational systems: a temporal analysis in presence of bad outputs," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 47(1), pages 83-101, February.

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    1. 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.
    2. Arbona, Alexei & Giménez, Víctor & López-Estrada, Sebastián & Prior, Diego, 2022. "Efficiency and quality in Colombian education: An application of the metafrontier Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    3. Aparicio, Juan & Cordero, Jose M. & Ortiz, Lidia, 2019. "Measuring efficiency in education: The influence of imprecision and variability in data on DEA estimates," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
    4. Cinzia Alcidi & Francesco Corti & Daniel Gros, 2022. "A Golden Rule for Social Investments: How to Do It," Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics;Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), vol. 57(1), pages 26-32, January.
    5. Stumbrienė, Dovilė & Želvys, Rimantas & Žilinskas, Julius & Dukynaitė, Rita & Jakaitienė, Audronė, 2022. "Efficiency and effectiveness analysis based on educational inclusion and fairness of European countries," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 82(PB).
    6. Inés P. Murillo & José L. Raymond & Jorge Calero, 2017. "Efficiency in the transformation of schooling into competences: A cross-country analysis using PIAAC data," Working Papers 2017/12, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).
    7. Corti, Francesco & Alcidi, Cinzia & Gros, Daniel & Liscai, Alessandro & Shamsfakhr, Farzaneh, 2022. "A qualified treatment for green and social investments within a revised EU fiscal framework," CEPS Papers 36574, Centre for European Policy Studies.
    8. Camanho, Ana S. & Stumbriene, Dovile & Barbosa, Flávia & Jakaitiene, Audrone, 2023. "The assessment of performance trends and convergence in education and training systems of European countries," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 305(1), pages 356-372.
    9. 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).
    10. K. Kounetas & G. Androulakis & M. Kaisari & G. Manousakis, 2023. "Educational reforms and secondary school's efficiency performance in Greece: a bootstrap DEA and multilevel approach," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 23(1), pages 1-29, March.
    11. Jorge Calero & Inés P. Murillo Huertas & José L. Raymond, 2021. "Efficiency in the transformation of schooling into competences: A cross‐country analysis using PIAAC data," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 73(2), pages 252-275, April.
    12. Aparicio, Juan & Cordero, Jose M. & Gonzalez, Martin & Lopez-Espin, Jose J., 2018. "Using non-radial DEA to assess school efficiency in a cross-country perspective: An empirical analysis of OECD countries," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 9-20.
    13. Alexander Arévalo S & Víctor Giménez G & Diego Prior J, 2022. "Análisis de eficiencia en educación: una aplicación del método StoNED," Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, Universidad de los Andes,Facultad de Economía, CEDE, vol. 92(2), pages 45-91, October.
    14. Víctor Giménez & Claudio Thieme & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2019. "Comparing the Performance of National Educational Systems: Inequality Versus Achievement?," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 141(2), pages 581-609, January.

  20. Thieme, Claudio & Prior, Diego & Tortosa-Ausina, Emili & Gempp, René, 2016. "Value added, educational accountability approaches and their effects on schools’ rankings: Evidence from Chile," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 253(2), pages 456-471.

    Cited by:

    1. Pérez-López, Gemma & Prior, Diego & Zafra-Gómez, José Luis & Plata-Díaz, Ana María, 2016. "Cost efficiency in municipal solid waste service delivery. Alternative management forms in relation to local population size," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 255(2), pages 583-592.
    2. Yu Xiao & Ye Deng & Jun Wu & Hong‐Zhong Deng & Xin Lu, 2017. "Comparison of rank aggregation methods based on inherent ability," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 64(7), pages 556-565, October.

  21. Mircea Epure & Diego Prior & Christian Serarols, 2016. "Assessing Technology-Based Spin-offs from University Support Units," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(3), pages 411-428, March.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  22. Juan Máñez & Gemma Pérez-lópez & Diego Prior & José luis Zafra-gómez, 2016. "Understanding the Dynamic Effect of Contracting Out on the Delivery of Local Public Services," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(12), pages 2069-2080, December.

    Cited by:

    1. Pérez-López, Gemma & Prior, Diego & Zafra-Gómez, José Luis & Plata-Díaz, Ana María, 2016. "Cost efficiency in municipal solid waste service delivery. Alternative management forms in relation to local population size," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 255(2), pages 583-592.
    2. Pérez-López, Gemma & Prior, Diego & Zafra-Gómez, José L., 2018. "Temporal scale efficiency in DEA panel data estimations. An application to the solid waste disposal service in Spain," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 18-27.
    3. Jaakko Meriläinen & Janne Tukiainen, 2019. "Public Procurement versus Laissez-Faire: Evidence from Household Waste Collection," CESifo Economic Studies, CESifo Group, vol. 65(4), pages 446-463.
    4. Campos-Alba, Cristina M. & Prior, Diego & Pérez-López, Gemma & Zafra-Gómez, Jose L., 2020. "Long-term cost efficiency of alternative management forms for urban public transport from the public sector perspective," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 16-23.
    5. Andersson, Fredrik W. & Jordahl, Henrik & Josephson, Jens, 2019. "Outsourcing Public Services: Contractibility, Cost, and Quality," IZA Discussion Papers 12401, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    6. Cristina M. Campos-Alba & Emilio J. De la Higuera-Molina & Gemma Pérez-López & José L. Zafra-Gómez, 2019. "Measuring the Efficiency of Public and Private Delivery Forms: An Application to the Waste Collection Service Using Order-M Data Panel Frontier Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-15, April.
    7. Fusco, Elisa & Allegrini, Veronica, 2020. "The role of spatial interdependence in local government cost efficiency: An application to waste Italian sector," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).

  23. Pérez-López, Gemma & Prior, Diego & Zafra-Gómez, José Luis & Plata-Díaz, Ana María, 2016. "Cost efficiency in municipal solid waste service delivery. Alternative management forms in relation to local population size," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 255(2), pages 583-592.

    Cited by:

    1. Pérez-López, Gemma & Prior, Diego & Zafra-Gómez, José L., 2018. "Temporal scale efficiency in DEA panel data estimations. An application to the solid waste disposal service in Spain," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 18-27.
    2. Di Foggia, Giacomo & Beccarello, Massimo, 2018. "Improving efficiency in the MSW collection and disposal service combining price cap and yardstick regulation: The Italian case," MPRA Paper 102591, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Campos-Alba, Cristina M. & Prior, Diego & Pérez-López, Gemma & Zafra-Gómez, Jose L., 2020. "Long-term cost efficiency of alternative management forms for urban public transport from the public sector perspective," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 16-23.
    4. Germà Bel & Marianna Sebo, 2020. "Introducing and enhancing competition to improve solid waste management in Barcelona," IREA Working Papers 202004, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Apr 2020.
    5. Graziano Abrate & Federico Boffa & Fabrizio Erbetta & Davide Vannoni, 2016. "Voters' Information, Corruption, and the Efficiency of Local Public Services," Carlo Alberto Notebooks 446, Collegio Carlo Alberto.
    6. Jos L. T. Blank & Thomas K. Niaounakis, 2019. "Managing Size of Public Schools and School Boards: A Multi-Level Cost Approach Applied to Dutch Primary Education," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(23), pages 1-11, November.
    7. Di Foggia, Giacomo & Beccarello, Massimo, 2021. "Drivers of municipal solid waste management cost based on cost models inherent to sorted and unsorted waste," SocArXiv s6q3m, Center for Open Science.
    8. Romano, Giulia & Molinos-Senante, María & Carosi, Laura & Llanquileo-Melgarejo, Paula & Sala-Garrido, Ramón & Mocholi-Arce, Manuel, 2021. "Assessing the dynamic eco-efficiency of Italian municipalities by accounting for the ownership of the entrusted waste utilities," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).
    9. Tafuro, Alessandra & Dammacco, Giuseppe & Esposito, Paolo & Mastroleo, Giovanni, 2022. "Rethinking performance measurement models using a fuzzy logic system approach: a performative exploration on ownership in waste management," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    10. Di Foggia, Giacomo & Beccarello, Massimo, 2023. "Efficient scale and scope of business models used in municipal solid waste management," SocArXiv 8ybqw, Center for Open Science.
    11. Martina Novotná & Ivana Faltová Leitmanová & Jiří Alina & Tomáš Volek, 2020. "Capital Intensity and Labour Productivity in Waste Companies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-15, December.
    12. José Luis Zafra-Gómez & Victor Giménez-García & Cristina María Campos-Alba & Emilio José Higuera-Molina, 2020. "Direct Management or Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Smaller Municipalities? Exploring Cost Efficiency and Installed Capacity in Drinking Water Supply," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 34(13), pages 4289-4302, October.
    13. Afrouz Rahmandoust & Ashkan Hafezalkotob & Bijan Rahmani Parchikolaei & Amir Azizi, 2023. "Government intervention in municipal waste collection with a sustainable approach: a robust bi-level problem," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 25(4), pages 3323-3351, April.
    14. de la Higuera-Molina, Emilio José & Campos-Alba, Cristina María & López-Pérez, Germán & Zafra-Gómez, José Luis, 2023. "Efficiency of water service management alternatives in Spain considering environmental factors," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    15. Pedro-José Martínez-Córdoba & Nicola Raimo & Filippo Vitolla & Bernardino Benito, 2020. "Achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Efficiency in the Spanish Clean Water and Sanitation Sector," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-13, April.
    16. Cristina M. Campos-Alba & Emilio J. De la Higuera-Molina & Gemma Pérez-López & José L. Zafra-Gómez, 2019. "Measuring the Efficiency of Public and Private Delivery Forms: An Application to the Waste Collection Service Using Order-M Data Panel Frontier Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-15, April.
    17. Llanquileo-Melgarejo, Paula & Molinos-Senante, María, 2022. "Assessing eco-productivity change in Chilean municipal solid waste services," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    18. Meleddu, Marta & Vecco, Marilena & Mazzanti, Massimiliano, 2024. "The Role of Voluntary Environmental Policies Towards Achieving Circularity," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 219(C).
    19. Carina Steckenleiter & Michael Lechner & Tim Pawlowski & Ute Schüttoff, 2023. "Do local expenditures on sports facilities affect sports participation?," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 61(4), pages 1103-1128, October.
    20. Germà Bel & Marianna Sebo, 2018. "“Does inter-municipal cooperation really reduce delivery costs? An empirical evaluation of the role of scale economies, transaction costs, and governance arrangements”," IREA Working Papers 201816, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jul 2018.
    21. Beccarello, Massimo & Di Foggia, Giacomo, 2023. "Defining the Organization of Municipal Solid Waste Management Based on Production Costs," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 7(2), pages 1-15.
    22. Vidoli, Francesco & Auteri, Monica & Marinuzzi, Giorgia & Tortorella, Walter, 2023. "Spatial interdependence in cost efficiency and local government optimal size: The case of Italian municipalities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    23. Fusco, Elisa & Vidoli, Francesco & Rogge, Nicky, 2020. "Spatial directional robust Benefit of the Doubt approach in presence of undesirable output: An application to Italian waste sector," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    24. Jos L. T. Blank, 2021. "Sustainable Provision of School Buildings in The Netherlands: An Empirical Productivity Analysis of Local Government School Building Operations," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-11, August.
    25. Andrés Navarro-Galera & Francisco José Alcaraz-Quiles & David Ortiz-Rodriguez, 2018. "Enhancing Sustainability Transparency in Local Governments—An Empirical Research in Europe," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-22, June.
    26. Antonio Massarutto, 2019. "Italian waste in the circular economy: A agenda for industry regulators in Italy," ECONOMIA PUBBLICA, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2019(1), pages 9-48.
    27. Ermini, Barbara & Santolini, Raffaella & Ciommi, Mariateresa, 2023. "Equitable and sustainable well-being in Italian municipalities: Do women in politics make the difference?," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    28. Jorge Garcia-Unanue & Jose Luis Felipe & Leonor Gallardo & Carlos Majano & Gemma Perez-Lopez, 2021. "Decentralisation and Efficiency in Municipal Sports Services: Expenditure vs. Cost," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-13, February.
    29. Jose-Luis Zafra-Gómez & Germán López-Pérez & Marta Garrido-Montañés & Elisabeth Zafra-Gómez, 2023. "Cost Efficiency in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW): Different Alternatives in Service Delivery for Small and Medium Sized Spanish Local Governments," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-14, April.
    30. Di Foggia, Giacomo & Beccarello, Massimo, 2023. "Designing circular economy-compliant municipal solid waste management charging schemes," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).

  24. Duygun, Meryem & Prior, Diego & Shaban, Mohamed & Tortosa-Ausina, Emili, 2016. "Disentangling the European airlines efficiency puzzle: A network data envelopment analysis approach," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 2-14.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  25. Jordi Surroca & Diego Prior & Josep A. Tribó Giné, 2016. "Using panel data dea to measure CEOs' focus of attention: An application to the study of cognitive group membership and performance," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(2), pages 370-388, February.

    Cited by:

    1. Pérez-López, Gemma & Prior, Diego & Zafra-Gómez, José L., 2018. "Temporal scale efficiency in DEA panel data estimations. An application to the solid waste disposal service in Spain," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 18-27.
    2. Nguyen, Trang Thi Thuy & Pham, Binh Thai & Prior, Diego & van Hemmen, Stefan, 2022. "Performance of tax simplification around the world: A panel frontier analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
    3. Srivastava, Smita & Sahaym, Arvin & Allison, Thomas H., 2021. "Alert and Awake: Role of alertness and attention on rate of new product introductions," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 36(4).
    4. Campos-Alba, Cristina M. & Prior, Diego & Pérez-López, Gemma & Zafra-Gómez, Jose L., 2020. "Long-term cost efficiency of alternative management forms for urban public transport from the public sector perspective," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 16-23.
    5. José Luis Zafra-Gómez & Victor Giménez-García & Cristina María Campos-Alba & Emilio José Higuera-Molina, 2020. "Direct Management or Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Smaller Municipalities? Exploring Cost Efficiency and Installed Capacity in Drinking Water Supply," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 34(13), pages 4289-4302, October.
    6. Maria Teresa Balaguer‐Coll & Isabel Narbón‐Perpiñá & Jesús Peiró‐Palomino & Emili Tortosa‐Ausina, 2022. "Quality of government and economic growth at the municipal level: Evidence from Spain," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 62(1), pages 96-124, January.
    7. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Diego Prior & Mª Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2019. "Searching for the optimal territorial structure: The case of Spanish provincial councils," Working Papers 2019/03, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    8. Cristina M. Campos-Alba & Emilio J. De la Higuera-Molina & Gemma Pérez-López & José L. Zafra-Gómez, 2019. "Measuring the Efficiency of Public and Private Delivery Forms: An Application to the Waste Collection Service Using Order-M Data Panel Frontier Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-15, April.
    9. Juan Piedra-Peña & Diego Prior, 2023. "Analyzing the effect of health reforms on the efficiency of Ecuadorian public hospitals," International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer, vol. 23(3), pages 361-392, September.
    10. Linan Lei & Xiaobo Wu & Yanan Fu, 2019. "Effects of Sustainability and Technology Orientations on Firm Growth: Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(16), pages 1-16, August.
    11. 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).
    12. van den Oever, Koen, 2017. "Uncharted waters : A behavioral approach to when, why and which organizational changes are adopted," Other publications TiSEM 0136c8c2-ecdd-4f82-8ca7-d, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    13. Tian, Xiaocong, 2022. "The art of rhetoric: Host country political hostility and the rhetorical strategies of foreign subsidiaries in developing economies," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 57(5).

  26. Ghahraman, Abaghan & Prior, Diego, 2016. "A learning ladder toward efficiency: Proposing network-based stepwise benchmark selection," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 83-93.

    Cited by:

    1. Zhou, Xiaoyang & Xu, Zhongwen & Chai, Jian & Yao, Liming & Wang, Shouyang & Lev, Benjamin, 2019. "Efficiency evaluation for banking systems under uncertainty: A multi-period three-stage DEA model," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 68-82.
    2. Khaled Belahcène & Vincent Mousseau & Wassila Ouerdane & Marc Pirlot & Olivier Sobrie, 2023. "Multiple criteria sorting models and methods. Part II: theoretical results and general issues," 4OR, Springer, vol. 21(2), pages 181-204, June.
    3. Akber Aman Shah & Desheng Wu & Vladmir Korotkov, 2019. "Are Sustainable Banks Efficient and Productive? A Data Envelopment Analysis and the Malmquist Productivity Index Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-19, April.
    4. Kadziński, Miłosz & Stamenković, Mladen & Uniejewski, Maciej, 2022. "Stepwise benchmarking for multiple criteria sorting," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    5. Ramón, Nuria & Ruiz, José L. & Sirvent, Inmaculada, 2020. "Cross-benchmarking for performance evaluation: Looking across best practices of different peer groups using DEA," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
    6. Monge, Juan F. & Ruiz, José L., 2023. "Setting closer targets based on non-dominated convex combinations of Pareto-efficient units: A bi-level linear programming approach in Data Envelopment Analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 311(3), pages 1084-1096.
    7. Laura Calzada-Infante & Sebastián Lozano, 2022. "Computing multiperiod efficiency using dominance networks," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 309(1), pages 37-57, February.
    8. Gobbo, Simone Cristina de Oliveira & Mariano, Enzo Barberio & Gobbo Jr., José Alcides, 2021. "Combining social network and data envelopment analysis: A proposal for a Selection Employment Contracts Effectiveness index in healthcare network applications," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    9. Lozano, Sebastián & Calzada-Infante, Laura, 2018. "Computing gradient-based stepwise benchmarking paths," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 195-207.
    10. Petrović, Marijana & Bojković, Nataša & Stamenković, Mladen & Anić, Ivan, 2018. "Supporting performance appraisal in ELECTRE based stepwise benchmarking model," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 237-251.

  27. Soledad Moya & Diego Prior & Gonzalo Rodríguez-Pírez, 2015. "Performance-based Incentives and the Behavior of Accounting Academics: Responding to Changes," Accounting Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(3), pages 208-232, June.

    Cited by:

    1. Hussain, Simon & Liu, Lana Yan Jun & Miller, Anthony D., 2020. "Accounting as a dichotomised discipline: An analysis of the source materials used in the construction of accounting articles," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
    2. Apostolou, Barbara & Dorminey, Jack W. & Hassell, John M. & Rebele, James E., 2016. "Accounting education literature review (2015)," Journal of Accounting Education, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 20-55.
    3. Domenico A. Maisano & Luca Mastrogiacomo & Fiorenzo Franceschini, 2023. "Empirical evidence on the relationship between research and teaching in academia," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 128(8), pages 4475-4507, August.
    4. Emanuel Kulczycki & Ewa A. Rozkosz, 2017. "Does an expert-based evaluation allow us to go beyond the Impact Factor? Experiences from building a ranking of national journals in Poland," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 111(1), pages 417-442, April.
    5. Arquero, José Luis & Jiménez Cardoso, Sergio Manuel & Laffarga Briones, Joaquina, 2016. "Utilidad percibida de la producción académica-contable. Opinión de los profesores universitarios y de los profesionales," Revista de Contabilidad - Spanish Accounting Review, Elsevier, vol. 19(2), pages 239-251.
    6. Giovanna Lucianelli & Francesca Citro, 2018. "Accounting Education for Professional Accountants: Evidence from Italy," International Journal of Business and Management, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 13(8), pages 1-1, June.
    7. Muammer Maral, 2024. "Research performance of higher education institutions in Türkiye: 1980–2022," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 129(8), pages 4771-4793, August.

  28. Laura L�pez-Torres & Diego Prior, 2015. "Should we charge environmental factors for poor students' achievement?," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(17), pages 1378-1381, November.

    Cited by:

    1. Paolo Liberati & Raffaele Lagravinese & Giuliano Resce, 2017. "How Does Economic Social And Cultural Status Affect The Efficiency Of Educational Attainments? A Comparative Analysis On Pisa Results," Departmental Working Papers of Economics - University 'Roma Tre' 0217, Department of Economics - University Roma Tre.
    2. Lagravinese, Raffaele & Liberati, Paolo & Resce, Giuliano, 2020. "The impact of economic, social and cultural conditions on educational attainments," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 42(1), pages 112-132.
    3. 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).

  29. Cecilio Mar-Molinero & Diego Prior & Maria-Manuela Segovia & Fabiola Portillo, 2014. "On centralized resource utilization and its reallocation by using DEA," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 221(1), pages 273-283, October.

    Cited by:

    1. Adel Hatami-Marbini & Zahra Ghelej Beigi & Hirofumi Fukuyama & Kobra Gholami, 2015. "Modeling Centralized Resources Allocation and Target Setting in Imprecise Data Envelopment Analysis," International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 14(06), pages 1189-1213, November.
    2. Fang, Lei, 2015. "Centralized resource allocation based on efficiency analysis for step-by-step improvement paths," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 24-28.
    3. Contreras, I. & Lozano, S., 2022. "Size efficiency, splits and merger gains, and centralized resource reallocation of Spanish public universities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    4. Menghan Chen & Sheng Ang & Lijing Jiang & Feng Yang, 2020. "Centralized resource allocation based on cross-evaluation considering organizational objective and individual preferences," OR Spectrum: Quantitative Approaches in Management, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research e.V., vol. 42(2), pages 529-565, June.
    5. Fang, Lei, 2022. "Measuring and decomposing group performance under centralized management," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 297(3), pages 1006-1013.
    6. Giménez, Víctor & Thieme, Claudio & Prior, Diego & Tortosa-Ausina, Emili, 2022. "Evaluation and determinants of preschool effectiveness in Chile," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    7. Afsharian, Mohsen & Bogetoft, Peter, 2023. "Limiting flexibility in nonparametric efficiency evaluations: An ex post k-centroid clustering approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 311(2), pages 633-647.
    8. Mohsen Afsharian, 2020. "A metafrontier-based yardstick competition mechanism for incentivising units in centrally managed multi-group organisations," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 288(2), pages 681-700, May.
    9. Hien Thu Pham & Antonio Peyrache, 2015. "Industry Inefficiency Measures: A Unifying Approximation Proposition," CEPA Working Papers Series WP102015, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    10. Jun-Fei Chu & Jie Wu & Ma-Lin Song, 2018. "An SBM-DEA model with parallel computing design for environmental efficiency evaluation in the big data context: a transportation system application," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 270(1), pages 105-124, November.
    11. Afsharian, Mohsen & Ahn, Heinz & Thanassoulis, Emmanuel, 2017. "A DEA-based incentives system for centrally managed multi-unit organisations," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 259(2), pages 587-598.
    12. Xiong, Xi & Yang, Guo-liang & Zhou, De-qun & Wang, Zi-long, 2022. "How to allocate multi-period research resources? Centralized resource allocation for public universities in China using a parallel DEA-based approach," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 82(PB).
    13. Zuoren Sun & Rundong Luo & Dequn Zhou, 2015. "Optimal Path for Controlling Sectoral CO 2 Emissions Among China’s Regions: A Centralized DEA Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(1), pages 1-20, December.
    14. Gupta, Anshu & Pachar, Nomita & Jain, Akansha & Govindan, Kannan & Jha, P.C., 2023. "Resource reallocation strategies for sustainable efficiency improvement of retail chains," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).
    15. Cesaroni, Giovanni, 2020. "Technically and cost-efficient centralized allocations in data envelopment analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    16. Zhang, Chonghui & Wang, Zhen & Su, Weihua & Dalia, Streimikiene, 2024. "Differentiated power rationing or seasonal power price? Optimal power allocation solution for Chinese industrial enterprises based on the CSW-DEA model," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 353(PB).
    17. Antonio Peyrache & Maria C. A. Silva, 2019. "The Inefficiency of Production Systems and its decomposition," CEPA Working Papers Series WP052019, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    18. Afsharian, Mohsen & Ahn, Heinz & Thanassoulis, Emmanuel, 2019. "A frontier-based system of incentives for units in organisations with varying degrees of decentralisation," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 275(1), pages 224-237.
    19. Cesaroni, Giovanni, 2018. "Industry cost efficiency in data envelopment analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 37-43.
    20. Kristiaan KERSTENS & Jafar SADEGHI & Ignace VAN DE WOESTYNE & John WALDEN, 2020. "Short-Run Johansen Frontier-Based Industry Models: Methodological Refinements and Empirical Illustration on Fisheries," Working Papers 2020-EQM-01, IESEG School of Management.
    21. Mostafa Davtalab-Olyaie & Hadis Mahmudi-Baram & Masoud Asgharian, 2023. "Measuring individual efficiency and unit influence in centrally managed systems," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 321(1), pages 139-164, February.
    22. Amirteimoori, Alireza & Kazemi Matin, Reza & Yadollahi, Amir Hossein, 2024. "Stochastic resource reallocation in two-stage production processes with undesirable outputs: An empirical study on the power industry," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    23. Tao Ding & Ya Chen & Huaqing Wu & Yuqi Wei, 2018. "Centralized fixed cost and resource allocation considering technology heterogeneity: a DEA approach," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 268(1), pages 497-511, September.
    24. Lozano, Sebastián, 2023. "Bargaining approach for efficiency assessment and target setting with fixed-sum variables," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
    25. Ane Elixabete Ripoll-Zarraga & Sebastián Lozano, 2020. "A centralised DEA approach to resource reallocation in Spanish airports," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 288(2), pages 701-732, May.
    26. Contreras, I. & Lozano, S., 2020. "Allocating additional resources to public universities. A DEA bargaining approach," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    27. Lozano, Sebastián & Contreras, Ignacio, 2022. "Centralised resource allocation using Lexicographic Goal Programming. Application to the Spanish public university system," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    28. Fang, Lei & Li, Hecheng, 2013. "A comment on “solving the puzzles of structural efficiency”," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 230(2), pages 444-446.
    29. Afsharian, Mohsen & Ahn, Heinz & Harms, Sören Guntram, 2019. "Performance comparison of management groups under centralised management," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 278(3), pages 845-854.
    30. Francis L. Dougherty & Nathaniel P. Ambler & Konstantinos P. Triantis, 2017. "A complex adaptive systems approach for productive efficiency analysis: building blocks and associative inferences," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 250(1), pages 45-63, March.
    31. Antonio Peyrache & Maria C. A. Silva, 2022. "Efficiency and Productivity Analysis from a System Perspective: Historical Overview," Springer Books, in: Duangkamon Chotikapanich & Alicia N. Rambaldi & Nicholas Rohde (ed.), Advances in Economic Measurement, chapter 0, pages 173-230, Springer.
    32. Li, Xiaoyan & Xu, Hengzhou, 2020. "The Energy-conservation and Emission-reduction Paths of Industrial sectors: Evidence from Chinas 35 industrial sectors," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    33. Afsharian, Mohsen & Ahn, Heinz & Harms, Sören Guntram, 2021. "A review of DEA approaches applying a common set of weights: The perspective of centralized management," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 294(1), pages 3-15.
    34. Arocena, Pablo & Cabasés, Fermín & Pascual, Pedro, 2022. "A centralized directional distance model for efficient and horizontally equitable grants allocation to local governments," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    35. Walheer, Barnabe & Hudik, Marek, 2019. "Reallocation of resources in multidivisional firms: A nonparametric approach," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 214(C), pages 196-205.
    36. Yu, Ming-Miin & Chen, Li-Hsueh, 2016. "Centralized resource allocation with emission resistance in a two-stage production system: Evidence from a Taiwan’s container shipping company," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 650-671.
    37. Jie Wu & Qingyuan Zhu & Wade D Cook & Joe Zhu, 2016. "Best cooperative partner selection and input resource reallocation using DEA," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 67(9), pages 1221-1237, September.
    38. Mohsen Afsharian & Heinz Ahn, 2017. "Multi-period productivity measurement under centralized management with an empirical illustration to German saving banks," OR Spectrum: Quantitative Approaches in Management, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research e.V., vol. 39(3), pages 881-911, July.
    39. Giannis Karagiannis, 2015. "On structural and average technical efficiency," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 43(3), pages 259-267, June.

  30. Maria Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2013. "Output complexity, environmental conditions, and the efficiency of municipalities," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 39(3), pages 303-324, June.

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    1. Pérez-López, Gemma & Prior, Diego & Zafra-Gómez, José Luis & Plata-Díaz, Ana María, 2016. "Cost efficiency in municipal solid waste service delivery. Alternative management forms in relation to local population size," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 255(2), pages 583-592.
    2. Giménez, Víctor & Prieto, William & Prior, Diego & Tortosa-Ausina, Emili, 2019. "Evaluation of efficiency in Colombian hospitals: An analysis for the post-reform period," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 65(C), pages 20-35.
    3. Meleddu, Marta & Pulina, Manuela, 2018. "Public spending on renewable energy in Italian regions," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 1086-1098.
    4. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Maria Balaguer-Coll & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2019. "Evaluating local government performance in times of crisis," Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(1), pages 64-100, January.
    5. Shi, Jiangang & Dai, Xingying & Duan, Kaifeng & Li, Jiajia, 2023. "Exploring the performances and determinants of public service provision in 35 major cities in China from the perspectives of efficiency and effectiveness," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    6. Jose M. Cordero & Francisco Pedraja-Chaparro & Elsa C. Pisaflores & Cristina Polo, 2017. "Efficiency assessment of Portuguese municipalities using a conditional nonparametric approach," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 48(1), pages 1-24, August.
    7. José Luis Zafra-Gómez & Victor Giménez-García & Cristina María Campos-Alba & Emilio José Higuera-Molina, 2020. "Direct Management or Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Smaller Municipalities? Exploring Cost Efficiency and Installed Capacity in Drinking Water Supply," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 34(13), pages 4289-4302, October.
    8. OA Carboni & P. Russu, 2014. "Measuring Environmental and Economic Efficiency in Italy: an Application of the Malmquist-DEA and Grey Forecasting Model," Working Paper CRENoS 201401, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia.
    9. Maria Teresa Balaguer‐Coll & Isabel Narbón‐Perpiñá & Jesús Peiró‐Palomino & Emili Tortosa‐Ausina, 2022. "Quality of government and economic growth at the municipal level: Evidence from Spain," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 62(1), pages 96-124, January.
    10. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Diego Prior & Mª Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2019. "Searching for the optimal territorial structure: The case of Spanish provincial councils," Working Papers 2019/03, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    11. José Solana‐Ibáñez & Manuel Caravaca‐Garratón, 2021. "Stakeholder engagement and corporate social reputation: The influence of exogenous factors on efficiency performance (stakeholder engagement and exogenous factors): Stakeholder engagement and exogenou," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 28(6), pages 1891-1905, November.
    12. lo Storto, Corrado, 2020. "Performance evaluation of social service provision in Italian major municipalities using Network Data Envelopment Analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    13. Enrique J. Buch‐Gómez & Roberto Cabaleiro‐Casal, 2020. "Turnout, political strength, and cost efficiency in Spanish municipalities of the autonomous region of Galicia: Evidence from an alternative stochastic frontier approach," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 99(3), pages 533-553, June.
    14. de la Higuera-Molina, Emilio José & Campos-Alba, Cristina María & López-Pérez, Germán & Zafra-Gómez, José Luis, 2023. "Efficiency of water service management alternatives in Spain considering environmental factors," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    15. Legenzova Renata & Gaigalienė Asta & Rudytė Dalia & Skunčikienė Solveiga & Kazlauskienė Vilma, 2023. "Assessment of public education expenditure efficiency across Lithuanian municipalities," Financial Internet Quarterly (formerly e-Finanse), Sciendo, vol. 19(4), pages 63-79, December.
    16. Juan Piedra-Peña & Diego Prior, 2023. "Analyzing the effect of health reforms on the efficiency of Ecuadorian public hospitals," International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer, vol. 23(3), pages 361-392, September.
    17. Vidoli, Francesco & Auteri, Monica & Marinuzzi, Giorgia & Tortorella, Walter, 2023. "Spatial interdependence in cost efficiency and local government optimal size: The case of Italian municipalities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    18. Faten Ben Bouheni & Hassan Obeid & Elena Margarint, 2022. "Nonperforming loan of European Islamic banks over the economic cycle," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 313(2), pages 773-808, June.
    19. Javier Díaz Castro & Justo de Jorge Moreno, 2017. "Análisis de la eficiencia y factores explicativos de la gestión de los municipios del Meta, Colombia," Revista Finanzas y Politica Economica, Universidad Católica de Colombia, vol. 10(1), pages 211-234, November.
    20. D'Inverno, Giovanna & Carosi, Laura & Ravagli, Letizia, 2018. "Global public spending efficiency in Tuscan municipalities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 102-113.
    21. Cordero, José Manuel & Pedraja-Chaparro, Francisco & Pisaflores, Elsa C. & Polo, Cristina, 2016. "Efficiency assessment of Portuguese municipalities using a conditional nonparametric approach," MPRA Paper 70674, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    22. Lee, Chi-Chuan & Huang, Tai-Hsin, 2017. "Cost efficiency and technological gap in Western European banks: A stochastic metafrontier analysis," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 161-178.
    23. Israel Garcia & Bernd Hayo, 2020. "Political Budget Cycles Revisited: Testing the Signalling Process," MAGKS Papers on Economics 202014, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).
    24. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Kristof De Witte, 2016. "Local governments’ efficiency: A systematic literature review – Part I," Working Papers 2016/20, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    25. Javier Díaz Castro & Justo de Jorge Moreno, 2018. "Análisis de la eficiencia y factores explicativos de la gestión de los municipios del Meta, Colombia," Revista Finanzas y Politica Economica, Universidad Católica de Colombia, vol. 10(1), pages 211-234, March.
    26. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Marko Petrović & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2020. "Which estimator to measure local governments’ cost efficiency? The case of Spanish municipalities," SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Springer;Spanish Economic Association, vol. 11(1), pages 51-82, March.
    27. Israel Garcia & Bernd Hayo, 2022. "The Influence of Politicians’ Sex on Political Budget Cycles: An Empirical Analysis of Spanish Municipalities," MAGKS Papers on Economics 202223, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).
    28. Michael L. Polemis & Thanasis Stengos & Nickolaos G. Tzeremes, 2020. "Modeling the effect of competition on US manufacturing sectors’ efficiency: an order-m frontier analysis," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 54(1), pages 27-41, August.
    29. Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2013. "On the determinants of local government debt: Does one size fit all?," Working Papers 2013/16, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    30. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2023. "Vertical transfers, political alignment, and efficiency in local government," Working Papers 2023/08, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    31. Oliviero A. Carboni & Paolo Russu, 2018. "Measuring and forecasting regional environmental and economic efficiency in Italy," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(4), pages 335-353, January.
    32. Meryem Duygun & Silvia Pazzi & Emili Tortosa-Ausina & Simona Zambelli, 2014. "Does local public ownership matter for the efficiency of water utilities? Evidence from Italy," Working Papers 2014/21, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    33. Thien-Vu Tran & Hosomi Shoichiro & Masayoshi Noguchi, 2023. "Inter-Jurisdictional Comparison of Public Asset Utilization in Tokyo Metropolitan Local Governments," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 23(1), pages 197-218, March.

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    2. Kristof de Witte & Laura López-Torres, 2015. "Efficiency in Education. A Review of Literature and a Way Forward," Working Papers 1501, Departament Empresa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, revised Apr 2015.
    3. Aparicio, Juan & López-Torres, Laura & Santín, Daniel, 2018. "Economic crisis and public education. A productivity analysis using a Hicks-Moorsteen index," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 34-44.
    4. Masci, Chiara & Ieva, Francesca & Agasisti, Tommaso & Paganoni, Anna Maria, 2016. "Does class matter more than school? Evidence from a multilevel statistical analysis on Italian junior secondary school students," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 47-57.
    5. Figlio, David & Karbownik, Krzysztof & Salvanes, Kjell G., 2015. "Education Research and Administrative Data," Discussion Paper Series in Economics 24/2015, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics.
    6. Azar, Paola & Sicilia, Gabriela, 2023. "Assessing potential improvement in education: Unravelling pupils' and schools’ inefficiencies using a multi-level metafrontier approach," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).
    7. 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.
    8. Cordero, José Manuel & Prior, Diego & Simancas Rodríguez, Rosa, 2013. "A comparison of public and private schools in Spain using robust nonparametric frontier methods," MPRA Paper 51375, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    9. Agasisti, Tommaso & de Oliveira Ribeiro, Celma & Montemor, Daniel Sanches, 2022. "The efficiency of Brazilian elementary public schools," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    10. Arbona, Alexei & Giménez, Víctor & López-Estrada, Sebastián & Prior, Diego, 2022. "Efficiency and quality in Colombian education: An application of the metafrontier Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    11. Aparicio, Juan & Cordero, Jose M. & Ortiz, Lidia, 2019. "Measuring efficiency in education: The influence of imprecision and variability in data on DEA estimates," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
    12. Qianying Jin & Kristiaan Kerstens & Ignace van de Woestyne, 2020. "Metafrontier productivity indices: Questioning the common convexification strategy," Post-Print hal-02496997, HAL.
    13. Castro Aristizabal, Geovanny & Giménez, Gregorio & Pérez Ximénez-de-Embún, Domingo, 2018. "Estimation of factors conditioning the acquisition of academic skills in Latin America in the presence of endogeneity," Revista CEPAL, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), April.
    14. Paolo Liberati & Raffaele Lagravinese & Giuliano Resce, 2017. "How Does Economic Social And Cultural Status Affect The Efficiency Of Educational Attainments? A Comparative Analysis On Pisa Results," Departmental Working Papers of Economics - University 'Roma Tre' 0217, Department of Economics - University Roma Tre.
    15. 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.
    16. Antonio Peyrache & Maria C. A. Silva, 2019. "The Inefficiency of Production Systems and its decomposition," CEPA Working Papers Series WP052019, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    17. Jin, Qianying & Basso, Antonella & Funari, Stefania & Kerstens, Kristiaan & Van de Woestyne, Ignace, 2024. "Evaluating different groups of mutual funds using a metafrontier approach: Ethical vs. non-ethical funds," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 312(3), pages 1134-1145.
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    19. Camanho, Ana S. & Varriale, Luisa & Barbosa, Flávia & Sobral, Thiago, 2021. "Performance assessment of upper secondary schools in Italian regions using a circular pseudo-Malmquist index," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 289(3), pages 1188-1208.
    20. 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).
    21. Roberto Gómez-Calvet & David Conesa & Ana Rosa Gómez-Calvet & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2013. "Energy efficiency in the European Union: What can be learned from the joint application of directional distance functions and slacks-based measures?," Working Papers 2013/17, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    22. Fu-Hsiang KUO & Hsiang-Hsi LIU, 2017. "Upgrading school efficiencies and learning interests through innovative teaching of digital mobile e-learning," Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences, KSP Journals, vol. 4(4), pages 382-397, December.
    23. Lagravinese, Raffaele & Liberati, Paolo & Resce, Giuliano, 2020. "The impact of economic, social and cultural conditions on educational attainments," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 42(1), pages 112-132.
    24. Ming-Miin Yu & Li-Hsueh Chen, 2020. "A meta-frontier network data envelopment analysis approach for the measurement of technological bias with network production structure," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 287(1), pages 495-514, April.
    25. Ren, Tiantian & Wang, Na & Xiao, Helu & Zhou, Zhongbao, 2024. "Efficiency of funding to rural revitalization and regional heterogeneity of technologies in China: Dynamic network nonconvex metafrontiers," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
    26. Jesús Peiró-Palomino, 2016. "European regional convergence revisited: the role of intangible assets," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 57(1), pages 165-194, July.
    27. Kerstens, Kristiaan & O’Donnell, Christopher & Van de Woestyne, Ignace, 2019. "Metatechnology frontier and convexity: A restatement," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 275(2), pages 780-792.
    28. 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).
    29. Paola Azar & Federico González & Leonel Muinelo-Gallo, 2018. "The efficiency of Uruguayan secondary schools: Evidence based on PISA 2015 data," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 18-14, Instituto de Economía - IECON.
    30. Juan Aparicio & Jose M. Cordero & Lidia Ortiz, 2021. "Efficiency Analysis with Educational Data: How to Deal with Plausible Values from International Large-Scale Assessments," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(13), pages 1-16, July.
    31. Kalinca Léia Becker, 2023. "An analysis of Fundeb's contribution to the quality of public education in Brazilian municipalities," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(2), pages 879-896, May.
    32. 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).
    33. López-Torres, Laura & Prior, Diego, 2013. "Do Parents Perceive The Technical Quality Of Public Schools? An Activity Analysis Approach," Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 13(3), pages 39-60.
    34. Aparicio, Juan & Cordero, Jose M. & Gonzalez, Martin & Lopez-Espin, Jose J., 2018. "Using non-radial DEA to assess school efficiency in a cross-country perspective: An empirical analysis of OECD countries," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 9-20.
    35. Alexander Arévalo S & Víctor Giménez G & Diego Prior J, 2022. "Análisis de eficiencia en educación: una aplicación del método StoNED," Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, Universidad de los Andes,Facultad de Economía, CEDE, vol. 92(2), pages 45-91, October.
    36. López-Torres, Laura & Nicolini, Rosella & Prior, Diego, 2017. "Does strategic interaction affect demand for school places? A conditional efficiency approach," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 65(C), pages 89-103.
    37. Meryem Duygun & Huseyin Ozturk & Mohamed Shaban & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2014. "Quo Vadis, raters? A frontier approach to identify misratings in sovereign credit risk," Working Papers 2014/10, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).

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    2. Cordero, José Manuel & Prior, Diego & Simancas Rodríguez, Rosa, 2013. "A comparison of public and private schools in Spain using robust nonparametric frontier methods," MPRA Paper 51375, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. López-Torres, Laura & Nicolini, Rosella & Prior, Diego, 2017. "Does strategic interaction affect demand for school places? A conditional efficiency approach," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 65(C), pages 89-103.

  33. Gerald Granderson & Diego Prior, 2013. "Environmental externalities and regulation constrained cost productivity growth in the US electric utility industry," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 39(3), pages 243-257, June.

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    2. Fangqing Wei & Junfei Chu & Jiayun Song & Feng Yang, 2019. "A cross-bargaining game approach for direction selection in the directional distance function," OR Spectrum: Quantitative Approaches in Management, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research e.V., vol. 41(3), pages 787-807, September.
    3. Hao Cai & Ling Liang & Jing Tang & Qianxian Wang & Lihong Wei & Jiaping Xie, 2019. "An Empirical Study on the Efficiency and Influencing Factors of the Photovoltaic Industry in China and an Analysis of Its Influencing Factors," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(23), pages 1-22, November.
    4. Arabi, Behrouz & Munisamy, Susila & Emrouznejad, Ali & Toloo, Mehdi & Ghazizadeh, Mohammad Sadegh, 2016. "Eco-efficiency considering the issue of heterogeneity among power plants," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 111(C), pages 722-735.
    5. Balk, B.M. & Zofío, J.L., 2018. "The Many Decompositions of Total Factor Productivity Change," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2018-003-LIS, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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    7. Kenneth Løvold Rødseth, 2017. "Environmental regulations and allocative efficiency: application to coal-to-gas substitution in the U.S. electricity sector," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 47(2), pages 129-142, April.
    8. Jinhuang Mao & Qiong Wu & Meihong Zhu & Chengpeng Lu, 2022. "Effects of Environmental Regulation on Green Total Factor Productivity: An Evidence from the Yellow River Basin, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-21, February.

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    2. Briec, Walter & Kerstens, Kristiaan & Prior, Diego & Van de Woestyne, Ignace, 2018. "Testing general and special Färe-Primont indices: A proposal for public and private sector synthetic indices of European regional expenditures and tourism," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 271(2), pages 756-768.
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    4. Marijn Verschelde & Michel Dumont & Glenn Rayp & Bruno Merlevede, 2016. "Semiparametric stochastic metafrontier efficiency of European manufacturing firms," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 45(1), pages 53-69, February.
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    7. Mad Ithnin Salleh & Shariffah Nur Illiana Syed Ismail & Nurul Fadly Habidin & Nor Azrin Md Latip, 2016. "Efficiency and Productivity Changes of the Malaysian Community Colleges," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 6(12), pages 407-424, December.
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    11. Amir Arjomandi & Mad Ithnin Salleh & Abbas Mohammadzadeh, 2015. "Measuring productivity change in higher education: an application of Hicks–Moorsteen total factor productivity index to Malaysian public universities," Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(4), pages 630-643, October.
    12. Ang, Frederic & Kerstens, Pieter Jan, 2020. "A superlative indicator for the Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen productivity indicator: Theory and application," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 285(3), pages 1161-1173.
    13. Valentin Zelenyuk, 2021. "Performance Analysis: Economic Foundations & Trends," CEPA Working Papers Series WP162021, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
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  38. Claudio Thieme & Diego Prior & Víctor Giménez & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2011. "Desempeño de los centros educativos: ¿un problema de recursos o capacidades organizativas?," Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF, vol. 199(4), pages 81-118, December.

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  39. Maria Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2010. "Decentralization and efficiency of local government," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 45(3), pages 571-601, December.

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    9. Maria Nieswand & Stefan Seifert, 2011. "Some Determinants of Intermediate Local Governments' Spending Efficiency: The Case of French Départements," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1130, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
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    16. Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Diego Prior & Mª Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2019. "Searching for the optimal territorial structure: The case of Spanish provincial councils," Working Papers 2019/03, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    17. Aiello, Francesco & Bonanno, Graziella & Capristo, Luigi, 2018. "Explaining differences in efficiency. A meta-study on local government literature," MPRA Paper 88982, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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  42. M. Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior, 2009. "Short- and long-term evaluation of efficiency and quality. An application to Spanish municipalities," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(23), pages 2991-3002.

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    29. Alexander Arévalo S & Víctor Giménez G & Diego Prior J, 2022. "Análisis de eficiencia en educación: una aplicación del método StoNED," Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, Universidad de los Andes,Facultad de Economía, CEDE, vol. 92(2), pages 45-91, October.
    30. Jill Johnes & Maria Portela & Emmanuel Thanassoulis, 2017. "Efficiency in education," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 68(4), pages 331-338, April.
    31. Tommaso Agasisti & Pablo Zoido, 2015. "The Efficiency of Secondary Schools in an International Perspective: Preliminary Results from PISA 2012," OECD Education Working Papers 117, OECD Publishing.
    32. T Ncanywa, 2016. "The Dinaledi Intervention Program," Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, AMH International, vol. 8(4), pages 144-155.

  47. Prior, Diego & Surroca, Jordi, 2006. "Strategic groups based on marginal rates: An application to the Spanish banking industry," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 170(1), pages 293-314, April.

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    1. Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina & Manuel Illueca & Mª Pilar Garcí­a-Alcober, 2014. "Earnings quality and performance in the banking industry: A profit frontier approach," Working Papers 2014/11, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    2. Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina & María Pilar García-Alcober & Manuel Illueca, 2019. "Profit efficiency and earnings quality: Evidence from the Spanish banking industry," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 51(2), pages 153-174, June.
    3. Epure, Mircea & Kerstens, Kristiaan & Prior, Diego, 2011. "Bank productivity and performance groups: A decomposition approach based upon the Luenberger productivity indicator," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 211(3), pages 630-641, June.
    4. Matteo Farnè & Angelos T. Vouldis, 2021. "Banks’ business models in the euro area: a cluster analysis in high dimensions," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 305(1), pages 23-57, October.
    5. Fazlollahi, Ariyan & Franke, Ulrik, 2018. "Measuring the impact of enterprise integration on firm performance using data envelopment analysis," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 200(C), pages 119-129.
    6. Paradi, Joseph C. & Zhu, Haiyan & Edelstein, Barak, 2012. "Identifying managerial groups in a large Canadian bank branch network with a DEA approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 219(1), pages 178-187.
    7. A. Ghazi & F. Hosseinzadeh Lotfi, 2023. "Marginal rates in DEA using defining hyperplanes of PPS with CRS technology," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 23(1), pages 1-37, March.
    8. Epure, Mircea & Kerstens, Kristiaan & Prior, Diego, 2008. "Benchmarking and Total Factor Productivity: A Luenberger Decomposition within the Banking Sector," Efficiency Series Papers 2008/03, University of Oviedo, Department of Economics, Oviedo Efficiency Group (OEG).
    9. Jordi Surroca & Diego Prior & Josep A. Tribó Giné, 2016. "Using panel data dea to measure CEOs' focus of attention: An application to the study of cognitive group membership and performance," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(2), pages 370-388, February.
    10. Travassos Rosário, Albérico & Carrizo Moreira, António & Macedo, Pedro, 2021. "Competitive dynamics of strategic groups in the Portuguese banking industry," Cuadernos de Gestión, Universidad del País Vasco - Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa (IEAE).

  48. Diego Prior, 2006. "Efficiency and total quality management in health care organizations: A dynamic frontier approach," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 145(1), pages 281-299, July.

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    1. Giménez, Víctor & Prieto, William & Prior, Diego & Tortosa-Ausina, Emili, 2019. "Evaluation of efficiency in Colombian hospitals: An analysis for the post-reform period," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 65(C), pages 20-35.
    2. Varabyova, Yauheniya & Blankart, Carl Rudolf Berchtold & Schreyögg, Jonas, 2016. "Using nonparametric conditional approach to integrate quality into efficiency analysis: Empirical evidence from cardiology departments," hche Research Papers 11, University of Hamburg, Hamburg Center for Health Economics (hche).
    3. Dinesh R. Pai & Fatma Pakdil & Nasibeh Azadeh-Fard, 2024. "Applications of data envelopment analysis in acute care hospitals: a systematic literature review, 1984–2022," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 27(2), pages 284-312, June.
    4. Guilan Kong & Lili Jiang & Xiaofeng Yin & Tianbing Wang & Dong-Ling Xu & Jian-Bo Yang & Yonghua Hu, 2018. "Combining principal component analysis and the evidential reasoning approach for healthcare quality assessment," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 271(2), pages 679-699, December.
    5. Georgios Digkas & Konstantinos Petridis & Alexander Chatzigeorgiou & Emmanouil Stiakakis & Ali Emrouznejad, 2020. "Measuring Spatio-temporal Efficiency: An R Implementation for Time-Evolving Units," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 56(4), pages 843-864, December.
    6. Dakpo, K & Jeanneaux, Philippe & Latruffee, Laure, 2015. "Empirical comparison of pollution generating technologies in nonparametric modelling: The case of greenhouse gas emissions in French sheep meat farming," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 211557, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    7. Greta Falavigna & Roberto Ippoliti & Alessandro Manello, 2013. "Hospital organization and performance: a directional distance function approach," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 16(2), pages 139-151, June.
    8. Yauheniya Varabyova & Jonas Schreyögg, 2018. "Integrating quality into the nonparametric analysis of efficiency: a simulation comparison of popular methods," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 261(1), pages 365-392, February.
    9. Pourmahmoud, Jafar & Bagheri, Narges, 2023. "Uncertain Malmquist productivity index: An application to evaluate healthcare systems during COVID-19 pandemic," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 87(PA).
    10. Margit Sommersguter-Reichmann, 2022. "Health care quality in nonparametric efficiency studies: a review," Central European Journal of Operations Research, Springer;Slovak Society for Operations Research;Hungarian Operational Research Society;Czech Society for Operations Research;Österr. Gesellschaft für Operations Research (ÖGOR);Slovenian Society Informatika - Section for Operational Research;Croatian Operational Research Society, vol. 30(1), pages 67-131, March.
    11. Cheng, Gang & Zervopoulos, Panagiotis D., 2014. "Estimating the technical efficiency of health care systems: A cross-country comparison using the directional distance function," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 238(3), pages 899-910.
    12. Soledad Moya & Jordi Perramon & Anselm Constans, 2005. "IFRS Adoption in Europe: The Case of Germany," Working Papers 0501, Departament Empresa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, revised Feb 2005.
    13. Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo & Francisco J. Sáez-Fernández & Francisco González-Gómez, 2007. "Does Service Quality Matter In Measuring Performance Of Water Utilities?," FEG Working Paper Series 07/04, Faculty of Economics and Business (University of Granada).
    14. Yiting Xing & Ling Li & Zhuming Bi & Marzena Wilamowska‐Korsak & Li Zhang, 2013. "Operations Research (OR) in Service Industries: A Comprehensive Review," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(3), pages 300-353, May.
    15. Falavigna, Greta & Ippoliti, Roberto & Ramello, Giovanni B., 2018. "DEA-based Malmquist productivity indexes for understanding courts reform," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 31-43.
    16. Ferreira, D.C. & Marques, R.C., 2021. "Public-private partnerships in health care services: Do they outperform public hospitals regarding quality and access? Evidence from Portugal," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).
    17. Calogero Guccio & Domenico Lisi & Marco Ferdinando Martorana & Giacomo Pignataro, 2020. "Incorporating quality in the efficiency assessment of hospitals using a generalized directional distance function approach," Working papers 96, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica.
    18. Huang, Fei & Zhou, Dequn & Hu, Jin-Li & Wang, Qunwei, 2020. "Integrated airline productivity performance evaluation with CO2 emissions and flight delays," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    19. Anne, Hvenegaard & Nielsen Arendt, Jacob & Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte & Street, Andrew, 2010. "Exploring the relationship between costs and quality - Does the joint evaluation of costs and quality alter the ranking of Danish hospital departments?," DaCHE discussion papers 2009:6, University of Southern Denmark, Dache - Danish Centre for Health Economics.
    20. García-Alonso, Carlos R. & Salvador-Carulla, Luis & Fernández-Rodríguez, Vicente, 2015. "Evaluation of system efficiency using the Monte Carlo DEA: The case of small health areasAuthor-Name: Torres-Jiménez, Mercedes," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 242(2), pages 525-535.
    21. Juan Aparicio & Fernando Borras & Lidia Ortiz & Jesus T. Pastor & Fernando Vidal, 2019. "Luenberger-type indicators based on the weighted additive distance function," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 278(1), pages 195-213, July.
    22. Alessandro Petretto, 2008. "The impact of productive efficiency and quality of a regulated local public utility on final goods prices and consumers welfare," Working Papers - Economics wp2008_10.rdf, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa.
    23. Seijas Díaz , Amparo & Iglesias Gómez , Guillermo, 2013. "Evolution of productivity and relation with satisfaction in hospital care and specialized care of Autonomous Communities Health Systems," INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, issue 27, pages 7-32.
    24. Kanghwa Choi & DonHee Lee & David Olson, 2015. "Service quality and productivity in the U.S. airline industry: a service quality-adjusted DEA model," Service Business, Springer;Pan-Pacific Business Association, vol. 9(1), pages 137-160, March.
    25. Simon Eckermann & Tim Coelli, 2008. "Including quality attributes in a model of health care efficiency: A net benefit approach," CEPA Working Papers Series WP032008, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    26. Ferreira, D.C. & Marques, R.C., 2019. "Do quality and access to hospital services impact on their technical efficiency?," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 218-236.
    27. Kim-Huong Nguyen & Tim Coelli, 2009. "Quantifying the effects of modelling choices on hospital efficiency measures: A meta-regression analysis," CEPA Working Papers Series WP072009, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    28. Garcia-Lacalle, Javier & Martin, Emilio, 2010. "Rural vs urban hospital performance in a 'competitive' public health service," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 71(6), pages 1131-1140, September.
    29. Wendong Lv & Xiaoxin Hong & Kuangnan Fang, 2015. "Chinese regional energy efficiency change and its determinants analysis: Malmquist index and Tobit model," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 228(1), pages 9-22, May.
    30. Eckermann, Simon & Coelli, Tim, 2013. "Including quality attributes in efficiency measures consistent with net benefit: Creating incentives for evidence based medicine in practice," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 159-168.
    31. Chang, Shyr-Juh & Hsiao, Hsing-Chin & Huang, Li-Hua & Chang, Hsihui, 2011. "Taiwan quality indicator project and hospital productivity growth," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 39(1), pages 14-22, January.
    32. Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo & Diego Prior, 2005. "Efficiency and Environmental Regulation: A "Complex Situation"," Working Papers 0502, Departament Empresa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, revised Feb 2005.
    33. Alessandro Petretto, 2009. "On the Impact of Productive Efficiency and Quality of a Regulated Local Public Utility Upon Final Goods Prices and Consumer's Welfare," Giornale degli Economisti, GDE (Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia), Bocconi University, vol. 68(3), pages 311-339, July.
    34. Xiyang Lei & Yongjun Li & Qiwei Xie & Liang Liang, 2015. "Measuring Olympics achievements based on a parallel DEA approach," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 226(1), pages 379-396, March.
    35. Mehdi Toloo & Mona Barat & Atefeh Masoumzadeh, 2015. "Selective measures in data envelopment analysis," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 226(1), pages 623-642, March.
    36. Arnaud Eve & Pierre-Antoine Sprimont, 2013. "Etude exploratoire sur la perception de la Etude exploratoire sur la perception de la norme de management de la qualité par les opérationnels, et son impact sur leur attitude au travail : le cas de l'," Post-Print hal-01574344, HAL.
    37. Claudio Pinto, 2014. "Efficiency comparison for directly managed public hospitals for different geographical area in Italy," Working papers 5, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica.

  49. Prior, Diego, 2003. "Long- and short-run non-parametric cost frontier efficiency: An application to Spanish savings banks," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 27(4), pages 655-671, April.

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    1. Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina & Manuel Illueca & Mª Pilar Garcí­a-Alcober, 2014. "Earnings quality and performance in the banking industry: A profit frontier approach," Working Papers 2014/11, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    2. Kerstens, Kristiaan & Bouye, Ahmed Moulaye Hachem & Van de Woestyne, Ignace & Vestergaard, Niels, 2008. "Optimal capacity utilization and reallocation in a German bank branch network: Exploring some strategic scenarios," Working Papers 2008/59, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Faculteit Economie en Management.
    3. Aiello, Francesco & Bonanno, Graziella, 2014. "On the Sources of Heterogeneity in Banking Efficiency Literature," MPRA Paper 58591, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Briec, Walter & Kerstens, Kristiaan & Prior, Diego & Van de Woestyne, Ignace, 2010. "Tangency capacity notions based upon the profit and cost functions: A non-parametric approach and a general comparison," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 27(5), pages 1156-1166, September.
    5. Francesco Aiello & Graziella Bonanno, 2016. "Efficiency in banking: a meta-regression analysis," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(1), pages 112-149, January.
    6. Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina & María Pilar García-Alcober & Manuel Illueca, 2019. "Profit efficiency and earnings quality: Evidence from the Spanish banking industry," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 51(2), pages 153-174, June.
    7. Yang, Guo-liang & Fukuyama, Hirofumi, 2018. "Measuring the Chinese regional production potential using a generalized capacity utilization indicator," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 112-127.
    8. J. F. Juliá-Igual & R. Cervelló-Royo & I. Berné-Lafuente, 2017. "Market value analysis of a Chinese e-commerce holding group: a multicriteria approach," Service Business, Springer;Pan-Pacific Business Association, vol. 11(3), pages 475-490, September.
    9. Epure, Mircea & Kerstens, Kristiaan & Prior, Diego, 2011. "Bank productivity and performance groups: A decomposition approach based upon the Luenberger productivity indicator," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 211(3), pages 630-641, June.
    10. Vaneet Bhatia & Sankarshan Basu & Subrata Kumar Mitra & Pradyumna Dash, 2018. "A review of bank efficiency and productivity," OPSEARCH, Springer;Operational Research Society of India, vol. 55(3), pages 557-600, November.
    11. Fethi, Meryem Duygun & Pasiouras, Fotios, 2010. "Assessing bank efficiency and performance with operational research and artificial intelligence techniques: A survey," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 204(2), pages 189-198, July.
    12. Kauko, Karlo, 2007. "Managers and efficiency in banking," Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 11/2007, Bank of Finland.
    13. Friesner, Daniel L. & McPherson, Matthew Q. & Rosenman, Robert, 2006. "Are Hospitals Seasonally Inefficient? Evidence from Washington State Hospitals," Working Papers 12957, Washington State University, School of Economic Sciences.
    14. Dale Squires & Kathleen Segerson, 2022. "Capacity and Capacity Utilization in Production Economics," Springer Books, in: Subhash C. Ray & Robert G. Chambers & Subal C. Kumbhakar (ed.), Handbook of Production Economics, chapter 24, pages 1001-1037, Springer.
    15. Catarina Figueira & Joseph Nellis & David Parker, 2009. "Banking performance and technological change in non‐core EU countries," Studies in Economics and Finance, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 26(3), pages 155-170, July.
    16. Emili Tortosa Ausina, 2002. "Sensitivity Analysis Of Efficiency And Malmquist Productivity Indices: An Application To Spanish Savings Banks," Working Papers. Serie EC 2002-30, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    17. Epure, Mircea & Kerstens, Kristiaan & Prior, Diego, 2008. "Benchmarking and Total Factor Productivity: A Luenberger Decomposition within the Banking Sector," Efficiency Series Papers 2008/03, University of Oviedo, Department of Economics, Oviedo Efficiency Group (OEG).
    18. Kerstens, Kristiaan & Sadeghi, Jafar & Van de Woestyne, Ignace, 2019. "Convex and nonconvex input-oriented technical and economic capacity measures: An empirical comparison," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 276(2), pages 699-709.
    19. Prior, Diego & Surroca, Jordi, 2006. "Strategic groups based on marginal rates: An application to the Spanish banking industry," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 170(1), pages 293-314, April.
    20. Maha Kalai, 2019. "Nonparametric Measures of Capacity Utilization of the Tunisian Manufacturing Industry: Short- and Long-Run Dual Approach," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 10(1), pages 318-334, March.
    21. Pascoe, Sean & Tingley, Diana, 2006. "Economic capacity estimation in fisheries: A non-parametric ray approach," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(2), pages 124-138, May.
    22. Walter Briec & Kristiaan Kerstens & Diego Prior, 2009. "Tangency Capacity Notions Based upon the Pro?t and Cost Functions: A Non-Parametric Approach and a Comparison," Working Papers 2009-ECO-05, IESEG School of Management.
    23. Sahoo, Biresh K. & Tone, Kaoru, 2009. "Decomposing capacity utilization in data envelopment analysis: An application to banks in India," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 195(2), pages 575-594, June.

  50. Diego Prior & Magda Solà, 2000. "Technical efficiency and economies of diversification in health care," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 3(4), pages 299-307, September.

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    1. Dinesh R. Pai & Fatma Pakdil & Nasibeh Azadeh-Fard, 2024. "Applications of data envelopment analysis in acute care hospitals: a systematic literature review, 1984–2022," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 27(2), pages 284-312, June.
    2. Kao, Chiang & Pang, Rui-Zhi & Liu, Shiang-Tai & Bai, Xue-Jie, 2021. "Optimal expansion paths for hospitals of different types: Viewpoint of scope economies and evidence from Chinese hospitals," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 289(2), pages 628-638.
    3. Guillem López & Joan Costa-Font & Ivan Planas, 2004. "Diversity and regional inequalities: Assessing the outcomes of the Spanish 'System of Health Care Services'," Economics Working Papers 745, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
    4. Emili Tortosa Ausina & Diego Prior & María Teresa Balaguer-Coll, 2006. "Decentralization And Effiency In Spanish Local Goverment," Working Papers. Serie EC 2006-02, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    5. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Alexandre Morais Nunes, 2019. "Technical efficiency of Portuguese public hospitals: A comparative analysis across the five regions of Portugal," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(1), pages 411-422, January.
    6. Pablo Arocena, 2005. "The measurement of scope, scale and diversification economies: How (in)efficient is electricity restructuring and unbundling?," Working Papers 2005/1, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).
    7. O'Neill, Liam & Rauner, Marion & Heidenberger, Kurt & Kraus, Markus, 2008. "A cross-national comparison and taxonomy of DEA-based hospital efficiency studies," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 42(3), pages 158-189, September.
    8. Monica Giancotti & Annamaria Guglielmo & Marianna Mauro, 2017. "Efficiency and optimal size of hospitals: Results of a systematic search," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(3), pages 1-40, March.
    9. Ferreira, D.C. & Marques, R.C. & Nunes, A.M., 2018. "Economies of scope in the health sector: The case of Portuguese hospitals," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 266(2), pages 716-735.
    10. G. Ferrier & H. Leleu & J. Moises & V. Valdmanis, 2013. "The focus efficiency of U.S. Hospitals," Post-Print hal-01052726, HAL.
    11. Maria Balaguer-Coll & Diego Prior & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2010. "Decentralization and efficiency of local government," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 45(3), pages 571-601, December.
    12. Anne, Hvenegaard & Nielsen Arendt, Jacob & Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte & Street, Andrew, 2010. "Exploring the relationship between costs and quality - Does the joint evaluation of costs and quality alter the ranking of Danish hospital departments?," DaCHE discussion papers 2009:6, University of Southern Denmark, Dache - Danish Centre for Health Economics.
    13. Blank, Jos L. T. & Vogelaar, Iris, 2004. "Specifying technical change: a research on the nature of technical change in Dutch hospital industry," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 44(3), pages 448-463, July.
    14. Christian Growitsch & Heike Wetzel, 2006. "Economies of Scope in European Railways: An Efficiency Analysis," Working Paper Series in Economics 29, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics.
    15. Kittelsen, Sverre A.C. & Magnussen, Jon, 2009. "Economies of scope in Norwegian hospital production - A DEA analysis," HERO Online Working Paper Series 2003:8, University of Oslo, Health Economics Research Programme.
    16. Mydland, Ørjan & Kumbhakar, Subal C. & Lien, Gudbrand & Amundsveen, Roar & Kvile, Hilde Marit, 2020. "Economies of scope and scale in the Norwegian electricity industry," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 39-46.
    17. Shanmugam, Ramalingam & Johnson, Charles, 2007. "At a crossroad of data envelopment and principal component analyses," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 35(4), pages 351-364, August.
    18. Kim-Huong Nguyen & Tim Coelli, 2009. "Quantifying the effects of modelling choices on hospital efficiency measures: A meta-regression analysis," CEPA Working Papers Series WP072009, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    19. Arocena, Pablo, 2008. "Cost and quality gains from diversification and vertical integration in the electricity industry: A DEA approach," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 30(1), pages 39-58, January.
    20. Jos L. T. Blank & Bart L. Van Hulst, 2009. "Productive innovations in hospitals: an empirical research on the relation between technology and productivity in the Dutch hospital industry," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 18(6), pages 665-679, June.

  51. C. Lovell & Shawna Grosskopf & Eduardo Ley & Jesús Pastor & Diego Prior & Philippe Eeckaut, 1994. "Linear programming approaches to the measurement and analysis of productive efficiency," TOP: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, Springer;Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, vol. 2(2), pages 175-248, December.

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    2. Syrjanen, Mikko J., 2004. "Non-discretionary and discretionary factors and scale in data envelopment analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 158(1), pages 20-33, October.
    3. Abdel Latef Anouze & Imad Bou-Hamad, 2021. "Inefficiency source tracking: evidence from data envelopment analysis and random forests," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 306(1), pages 273-293, November.
    4. Jaume Puig, 1999. "Radial measures of public services deficit for regional allocation of public funds," Working Papers, Research Center on Health and Economics 439, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
    5. 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.
    6. Charyulu, D. Kumara, 2010. "Technical, Allocative and Economic Efficiency of Organic Input Units in India," Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, vol. 65(4), pages 1-17.
    7. Grifell-Tatje, E. & Lovell, C. A. K., 1997. "The sources of productivity change in Spanish banking," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 98(2), pages 364-380, April.
    8. Kao, Chiang & Liu, Shiang-Tai, 2009. "Stochastic data envelopment analysis in measuring the efficiency of Taiwan commercial banks," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 196(1), pages 312-322, July.
    9. Liu, Can & Yin, Runsheng, 2004. "Poverty dynamics revealed in production performance and forestry in improving livelihoods: the case of West Anhui, China," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 6(3-4), pages 391-401, June.
    10. Aparicio, J. & Zofío, J.L., 2019. "Economic Cross-Efficiency," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2019-001-LIS, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
    11. Cooper, W.W. & Pastor, Jesus T. & Aparicio, Juan & Borras, Fernando, 2011. "Decomposing profit inefficiency in DEA through the weighted additive model," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 212(2), pages 411-416, July.
    12. Trevor Fitzpatrick & Kieran McQuinn, 2005. "Labour Cost Efficiency in UK and Irish Credit Institutions," The Economic and Social Review, Economic and Social Studies, vol. 36(1), pages 45-66.
    13. Thu Trang Tran Nguyen & Hai Ha Le & Thi Minh Hop Ho & Thomas Dogot & Philippe Burny & Thi Nga Bui & Philippe Lebailly, 2020. "Efficiency Analysis of the Progress of Orange Farms in Tuyen Quang Province, Vietnam towards Sustainable Development," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-15, April.
    14. Viet-Ngu Hoang & Tim Coelli, 2009. "Measurement Of Agricultural Total Factor Productivity Growth Incorporating Environmental Factors- A Nutrients Balance Approach," CEPA Working Papers Series WP032009, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    15. Arocena, Pablo & Waddams Price, Catherine, 2002. "Generating efficiency: economic and environmental regulation of public and private electricity generators in Spain," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 20(1), pages 41-69, January.
    16. Weibin Lin & Bin Chen & Lina Xie & Haoran Pan, 2015. "Estimating Energy Consumption of Transport Modes in China Using DEA," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(4), pages 1-15, April.
    17. Löber, Gerrit & Staat, Matthias, 2010. "Integrating categorical variables in Data Envelopment Analysis models: A simple solution technique," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 202(3), pages 810-818, May.
    18. William Cooper & Zhimin Huang & Vedran Lelas & Susan Li & Ole Olesen, 1998. "Chance Constrained Programming Formulations for Stochastic Characterizations of Efficiency and Dominance in DEA," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 9(1), pages 53-79, January.
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