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Luiza Badin

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Working papers

  1. Luiza Badin & Cinzia Daraio & Léopold Simar, 2018. "A Bootstrap Approach for Bandwidth Selection in Estimating Conditional Efficiency Measures," DIAG Technical Reports 2018-02, Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Universita' degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza".

    Cited by:

    1. Geraldo Souza & Eliane Gonçalves Gomes & Eliseu Roberto Alves, 2022. "Two-part fractional regression model with conditional FDH responses: an application to Brazilian agriculture," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 314(2), pages 393-409, July.
    2. Patricia Laurens & Pierluigi Toma & Antoine Schoen & Cinzia Daraio & Philippe Larédo, 2023. "How does Internationalisation affect the productivity of R&D activities in large innovative firms? A conditional nonparametric investigation," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 57(2), pages 1079-1100, April.
    3. Camilla Mastromarco & Léopold Simar & Valentin Zelenyuk, 2020. "Predicting Recessions with a Frontier Measure of Output Gap: An Application to Italian Economy," CEPA Working Papers Series WP102020, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    4. Yunguo Lu & Lin Zhang, 2023. "Environmental information disclosure and firm production: evidence from the estimated efficiency of publicly listed firms in China," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 59(1), pages 99-119, February.
    5. Noah J Miller & Jason S Bergtold & Allen M Featherstone, 2019. "Economic elasticities of input substitution using data envelopment analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(8), pages 1-15, August.
    6. Mastromarco, Camilla & Simar, Léopold, 2021. "Latent heterogeneity to evaluate the effect of human capital on world technology frontier," LIDAM Reprints ISBA 2021009, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    7. 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.
    8. Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Léopold & Wilson, Paul W., 2021. "Quality as a latent heterogeneity factor in the efficiency of universities," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    9. Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Leopold & Wilson, Paul, 2019. "Quality and its impact on efficiency," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2019004, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    10. Mastromarco, Camilla & Simar, Léopold & Van Keilegom, Ingrid, 2022. "Estimating Nonparametric Conditional Frontiers and Efficiencies: A New Approach," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2022035, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    11. Camilla Mastromarco & Léopold Simar & Valentin Zelenyuk, 2019. "Predicting Recessions: A New Measure of Output Gap as Predictor," CEPA Working Papers Series WP112019, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    12. Arabmaldar, A. & Sahoo, B.K. & Ghiyasi, M., 2023. "A generalized robust data envelopment analysis model based on directional distance function," Publications of Darmstadt Technical University, Institute for Business Studies (BWL) 138962, Darmstadt Technical University, Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law, Institute for Business Studies (BWL).
    13. 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).
    14. Ye Wang & Yunguo Lu & Lin Zhang, 2021. "Opportunity Cost of Environmental Regulation in China’s Industrial Sector," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(16), pages 1-19, August.
    15. Simar, Léopold & Wilson, Paul, 2022. "Modern Tools for Evaluating the Performance of Health-Care Providers," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2022006, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    16. Patricia Laurens & Pierluigi Toma & Antoine Schoen & Cinzia Daraio & Philippe Larédo, 2022. "How does Internationalisation affect the productivity of R&D activities in large innovative firms? A conditional nonparametric investigation," Post-Print hal-03840316, HAL.
    17. Polemis, Michael L. & Stengos, Thanasis & Tzeremes, Nickolaos G., 2020. "Advertising expenses and operational performance: Evidence from the global hotel industry," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 192(C).
    18. Sushanta Mallick & Aarti Rughoo & Nickolaos G. Tzeremes & Wei Xu, 2020. "Technological Change and Catching-Up in the Indian Banking Sector: A Time-Dependent Nonparametric Frontier Approach," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 56(1), pages 217-237, June.
    19. Guangshun Qiao & Zhan-ao Wang, 2021. "Vertical integration vs. specialization: a nonparametric conditional efficiency estimate for the global semiconductor industry," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 56(2), pages 139-150, December.
    20. Hongwei Liu & Chenchen Gao & Henry Tsai, 2024. "Spatial spillover and determinants of tourism efficiency: A low carbon emission perspective," Tourism Economics, , vol. 30(3), pages 543-566, May.
    21. Adel Hatami-Marbini & Aliasghar Arabmaldar & John Otu Asu, 2022. "Robust productivity growth and efficiency measurement with undesirable outputs: evidence from the oil industry," OR Spectrum: Quantitative Approaches in Management, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research e.V., vol. 44(4), pages 1213-1254, December.
    22. 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).
    23. da Silva e Souza, Geraldo & Gomes, Eliane Gonçalves, 2023. "Assessing the influence of external factors on agricultural production in Brazil," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    24. Nickolaos G. Tzeremes, 2019. "Technological change, technological catch-up and export orientation: evidence from Latin American Countries," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 52(1), pages 85-100, December.
    25. Agasisti, Tommaso & Egorov, Aleksei & Serebrennikov, Pavel, 2023. "Universities’ efficiency and the socioeconomic characteristics of their environment — Evidence from an empirical analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    26. Wang, Ching-Hsin & Chen, Kuen-Suan, 2020. "New process yield index of asymmetric tolerances for bootstrap method and six sigma approach," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 219(C), pages 216-223.
    27. Julian Ramajo & Miguel A. Marquez & Geoffrey J. D. Hewings, 2021. "Addressing spatial dependence in technical efficiency estimation: A Spatial DEA frontier approach," Papers 2103.14063, arXiv.org.
    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. Julián Ramajo & Miguel A. Márquez & Geoffrey J. D. Hewings, 2024. "Addressing spatial dependence when estimating technical efficiency: A spatialized data envelopment analysis of regional productive performance in the European Union," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 55(1), March.
    30. 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.

  2. Badin, Luiza & Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Leopold, 2011. "Explaining Inefficiency in Nonparametric Production Models: the State of the Art," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2011033, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).

    Cited by:

    1. Yauheniya Varabyova & Carl Rudolf Blankart & Aleksandra Torbica & Jonas Schreyögg, 2017. "Comparing the Efficiency of Hospitals in Italy and Germany: Nonparametric Conditional Approach Based on Partial Frontier," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 20(3), pages 379-394, September.
    2. Jean Joseph Minviel & Kristof De Witte, 2016. "The influence of public subsidies on farm technical efficiency: A robust conditional nonparametric approach," Working Papers SMART 16-10, INRAE UMR SMART.
    3. 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).
    4. Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Léopold, 2014. "Directional distances and their robust versions: Computational and testing issues," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 237(1), pages 358-369.
    5. Geraldo Souza & Eliane Gonçalves Gomes & Eliseu Roberto Alves, 2022. "Two-part fractional regression model with conditional FDH responses: an application to Brazilian agriculture," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 314(2), pages 393-409, July.
    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. Daraio, Cinzia & Bonaccorsi, Andrea & Simar, Léopold, 2015. "Efficiency and economies of scale and specialization in European universities: A directional distance approach," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 9(3), pages 430-448.
    8. Badin, Luiza & Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Leopold, 2018. "A Bootstrap Approach for Bandwidth Selection in Estimating Conditional Efficiency Measures," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2018007, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    9. Guerrini, Andrea & Romano, Giulia & Mancuso, Fabrizio & Carosi, Laura, 2016. "Identifying the performance drivers of wastewater treatment plants through conditional order-m efficiency analysis," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 20-31.
    10. 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.
    11. Hongjun Guan & Yu Wang & Liye Dong & Aiwu Zhao, 2022. "Efficiency Decomposition Analysis of the Marine Ship Industry Chain Based on Three-Stage Super-Efficiency SBM Model—Evidence from Chinese A-Share-Listed Companies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-20, September.
    12. Massimo Finocchiaro Castro & Calogero Guccio & Giacomo Pignataro & Ilde Rizzo, 2018. "Is competition able to counteract the inefficiency of corruption? The case of Italian public works," Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Springer;Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale, vol. 45(1), pages 55-84, March.
    13. Yunguo Lu & Lin Zhang, 2023. "Environmental information disclosure and firm production: evidence from the estimated efficiency of publicly listed firms in China," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 59(1), pages 99-119, February.
    14. Jose M. Cordero & Cristina Polo & Daniel Santín, 2020. "Assessment of new methods for incorporating contextual variables into efficiency measures: a Monte Carlo simulation," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 20(4), pages 2245-2265, December.
    15. José Manuel Cordero & Carlos Díaz Caro & Francisco Pedraja Chaparro & Cristina Polo Fernández, 2020. "Tributos cedidos y eficiencia en la gestión tributaria de las Comunidades Autónomas," Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF, vol. 232(1), pages 75-112, March.
    16. 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.
    17. Finocchiaro Castro, Massimo & Guccio, Calogero, 2021. "Does greater discretion improve the performance in the execution of public works? Evidence from the reform of discretionary thresholds in Italy," EconStor Preprints 247648, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    18. Bostian, Moriah & Färe, Rolf & Grosskopf, Shawna & Lundgren, Tommy, 2016. "Environmental investment and firm performance: A network approach," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 243-255.
    19. Cordero, Jose M. & Polo, Cristina & Santín, Daniel & Simancas, Rosa, 2018. "Efficiency measurement and cross-country differences among schools: A robust conditional nonparametric analysis," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 45-60.
    20. Maria Giovanna Brandano & Claudio Detotto & Marco Vannini, 2019. "Comparative Efficiency Of Agricultural Cooperatives And Conventional Firms In A Sample Of Quasi-Twin Companies," Post-Print hal-01974512, HAL.
    21. 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.
    22. Bonaccorsi, Andrea & Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Leopold, 2014. "Efficiency and economies of scale and scope in European universities: a directional distance approach," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2014020, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    23. Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Léopold & Wilson, Paul W., 2021. "Quality as a latent heterogeneity factor in the efficiency of universities," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    24. Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Leopold & Wilson, Paul, 2019. "Quality and its impact on efficiency," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2019004, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    25. Andrea Bonaccorsi & Cinzia Daraio & Léopold Simar, 2014. "Scale and research specialization in European universities: a directional distance approach to teaching efficiency," Chapters, in: Andrea Bonaccorsi (ed.), Knowledge, Diversity and Performance in European Higher Education, chapter 10, pages iii-iii, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    26. 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.
    27. Jiaqi Chang & Qingxin Lan & Wan Tang & Hailong Chen & Jun Liu & Yunpeng Duan, 2023. "Research on the Impact of Digital Economy on Manufacturing Total Factor Productivity," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-21, March.
    28. 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.
    29. Hampf, Benjamin & Rødseth, Kenneth Løvold, 2015. "Carbon dioxide emission standards for U.S. power plants: An efficiency analysis perspective," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 140-153.
    30. Mariarosaria Agostino & Emanuele Brancati & Anna Giunta & Domenico Scalera & Francesco Trivieri, 2020. "Firms' efficiency and global value chains: An empirical investigation on Italian industry," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 43(4), pages 1000-1033, April.
    31. Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Leopold & Wilson, Paul W., 2019. "Fast and efficient computation of directional distance estimators," LIDAM Reprints ISBA 2019022, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    32. Vilarinho, Hermilio & D’Inverno, Giovanna & Nóvoa, Henriqueta & Camanho, Ana S., 2023. "The measurement of asset management performance of water companies," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 87(PA).
    33. Ye Wang & Yunguo Lu & Lin Zhang, 2021. "Opportunity Cost of Environmental Regulation in China’s Industrial Sector," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(16), pages 1-19, August.
    34. Polemis, Michael L. & Stengos, Thanasis & Tzeremes, Nickolaos G., 2020. "Advertising expenses and operational performance: Evidence from the global hotel industry," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 192(C).
    35. David C. Broadstock & Shunsuke Managi & Roman Matousek & Nickolaos G. Tzeremes, 2019. "Does doing “good” always translate into doing “well”? An eco‐efficiency perspective," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(6), pages 1199-1217, September.
    36. 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.
    37. Gearhart, Richard S. & Michieka, Nyakundi M., 2018. "A comparison of the robust conditional order-m estimation and two stage DEA in measuring healthcare efficiency among California counties," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 395-406.
    38. López-Torres, Laura & Johnes, Jill & Elliott, Caroline & Polo, Cristina, 2021. "The effects of competition and collaboration on efficiency in the UK independent school sector," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 40-53.
    39. 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).
    40. Marina Cavalieri & Calogero Guccio & Domenico Lisi & Ilde Rizzo, 2020. "Does Institutional Quality Matter for Infrastructure Provision? A Non-parametric Analysis for Italian Municipalities," Italian Economic Journal: A Continuation of Rivista Italiana degli Economisti and Giornale degli Economisti, Springer;Società Italiana degli Economisti (Italian Economic Association), vol. 6(3), pages 521-562, November.
    41. Guangshun Qiao & Zhan-ao Wang, 2021. "Vertical integration vs. specialization: a nonparametric conditional efficiency estimate for the global semiconductor industry," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 56(2), pages 139-150, December.
    42. Hongwei Liu & Chenchen Gao & Henry Tsai, 2024. "Spatial spillover and determinants of tourism efficiency: A low carbon emission perspective," Tourism Economics, , vol. 30(3), pages 543-566, May.
    43. Daraio, Cinzia & Diana, Marco & Di Costa, Flavia & Leporelli, Claudio & Matteucci, Giorgio & Nastasi, Alberto, 2016. "Efficiency and effectiveness in the urban public transport sector: A critical review with directions for future research," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 248(1), pages 1-20.
    44. Julián Ramajo & José Manuel Cordero & Miguel Ángel Márquez, 2017. "European regional efficiency and geographical externalities: a spatial nonparametric frontier analysis," Journal of Geographical Systems, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 319-348, October.
    45. Jo, Ah-Hyun & Chang, Young-Tae, 2023. "The effect of airport efficiency on air traffic, using DEA and multilateral resistance terms gravity models," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    46. Varabyova, Yauheniya & Müller, Julia-Maria, 2016. "The efficiency of health care production in OECD countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-country comparisons," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 120(3), pages 252-263.
    47. da Silva e Souza, Geraldo & Gomes, Eliane Gonçalves, 2023. "Assessing the influence of external factors on agricultural production in Brazil," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    48. Andrea Bonaccorsi (ed.), 2014. "Knowledge, Diversity and Performance in European Higher Education," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 15266.
    49. Nickolaos G. Tzeremes, 2019. "Technological change, technological catch-up and export orientation: evidence from Latin American Countries," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 52(1), pages 85-100, December.
    50. da Silva, Aline Veronese & Costa, Marcelo Azevedo & Lopes, Ana Lúcia Miranda & do Carmo, Gabriela Miranda, 2019. "A close look at second stage data envelopment analysis using compound error models and the Tobit model," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 65(C), pages 111-126.
    51. Yao, Xin & Huang, Ruting & Du, Kerui, 2019. "The impacts of market power on power grid efficiency: Evidence from China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 99-110.
    52. Salazar-Adams, Alejandro & Ramirez-Figueroa, Cecilia, 2024. "Organization, capital, and human resource factors influencing waste collection efficiency in Mexico," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 88(C).
    53. 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.
    54. 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.
    55. 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).
    56. Camilla Mastromarco & Lenka Stastna & Jana Votapkova, 2019. "Efficiency of hospitals in the Czech Republic: Conditional efficiency approach," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 51(1), pages 73-89, February.
    57. Henriques, Alda A. & Camanho, Ana S. & Amorim, Pedro & Silva, Jaime G., 2020. "Performance benchmarking using composite indicators to support regulation of the Portuguese wastewater sector," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
    58. Cordero, José Manuel & Salinas-Jiménez, Javier & Salinas-Jiménez, M Mar, 2017. "Exploring factors affecting the level of happiness across countries: A conditional robust nonparametric frontier analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 256(2), pages 663-672.
    59. Ramon Sala-Garrido & Manuel Mocholí-Arce & María Molinos-Senante, 2021. "Assessing the Quality of Service of Water Companies: a ‘Benefit of the Doubt’ Composite Indicator," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 155(1), pages 371-387, May.
    60. Francisco Germano Carvalho Lucio & Jhorland Ayala‐García, 2022. "Public sector efficiency in Brazil," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 14(6), pages 308-321, December.
    61. Broadstock, David C. & Matousek, Roman & Meyer, Martin & Tzeremes, Nickolaos G., 2020. "Does corporate social responsibility impact firms' innovation capacity? The indirect link between environmental & social governance implementation and innovation performance," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 99-110.
    62. George E. Halkos & Christina Bampatsou, 2019. "Economic growth and environmental degradation: a conditional nonparametric frontier analysis," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, vol. 21(2), pages 325-347, April.
    63. Manh D. Pham & Valentin Zelenyuk, 2018. "Slack-based directional distance function in the presence of bad outputs: theory and application to Vietnamese banking," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 54(1), pages 153-187, February.
    64. Chau Le & Aleksandar Šević & Panayiotis G. Tzeremes & Trong Ngo, 2022. "Bank efficiency in Vietnam: Do scale expansion strategies and non‐performing loans matter?," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 27(1), pages 822-843, January.
    65. Omneya Abdelsalam & Sabur Mollah & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2018. "Political connection and bank in(efficiency)," Working Papers 2018-11, Swansea University, School of Management.
    66. Gearhart, Richard & Michieka, Nyakundi, 2019. "Natural resource abundance and healthcare efficiency in Appalachia: A robust conditional approach," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 985-996.
    67. 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.
    68. Wolszczak-Derlacz, Joanna, 2017. "An evaluation and explanation of (in)efficiency in higher education institutions in Europe and the U.S. with the application of two-stage semi-parametric DEA," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(9), pages 1595-1605.
    69. Mariarosaria Agostino & Sabrina Ruberto & Francesco Trivieri, 2018. "Lasting lending relationships and technical efficiency. Evidence on European SMEs," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 50(1), pages 25-40, October.
    70. López-Herrera, Carmen & Cordero, José M. & Pedraja-Chaparro, Francisco & Polo, Cristina, 2023. "Fiscal rules and their influence on public sector efficiency," MPRA Paper 119018, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    71. 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.

  3. Badin, Luiza & Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Leopold, 2010. "Optimal bandwidth selection for conditional efficiency measures: A data-driven approach," LIDAM Reprints ISBA 2010003, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).

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    1. Laura López Torres & Diego Prior, 2014. "Measuring school demand in the presence of spatial dependence. A conditional approach," Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación volume 9, in: Adela García Aracil & Isabel Neira Gómez (ed.), Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación 9, edition 1, volume 9, chapter 4, pages 117-141, Asociación de Economía de la Educación.
    2. Yauheniya Varabyova & Carl Rudolf Blankart & Aleksandra Torbica & Jonas Schreyögg, 2017. "Comparing the Efficiency of Hospitals in Italy and Germany: Nonparametric Conditional Approach Based on Partial Frontier," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 20(3), pages 379-394, September.
    3. Halkos, George & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2012. "Public sector transparency and countries’ environmental performance: A nonparametric analysis," MPRA Paper 39553, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Jean Joseph Minviel & Kristof De Witte, 2016. "The influence of public subsidies on farm technical efficiency: A robust conditional nonparametric approach," Working Papers SMART 16-10, INRAE UMR SMART.
    5. 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).
    6. Daraio, Cinzia & Simar, Léopold, 2014. "Directional distances and their robust versions: Computational and testing issues," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 237(1), pages 358-369.
    7. Geraldo Souza & Eliane Gonçalves Gomes & Eliseu Roberto Alves, 2022. "Two-part fractional regression model with conditional FDH responses: an application to Brazilian agriculture," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 314(2), pages 393-409, July.
    8. Jean Pierre Huiban & Camille Mastromarco & Antonio Musolesi & Michel Simioni, 2016. "The impact of pollution abatement investments on production technology: new insights from frontier analysis," Working Papers hal-01512154, HAL.
    9. Matousek, Roman & Tzeremes, Nickolaos G., 2016. "CEO compensation and bank efficiency: An application of conditional nonparametric frontiers," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 251(1), pages 264-273.
    10. Cordero Ferrera, Jose Manuel & Alonso Morán, Edurne & Nuño Solís, Roberto & Orueta, Juan F. & Souto Arce, Regina, 2013. "Efficiency assessment of primary care providers: A conditional nonparametric approach," MPRA Paper 51926, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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