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Giancarlo Ferrara

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First Name:Giancarlo
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Last Name:Ferrara
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Terminal Degree:2009 Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Aziendali e Statistiche; Università degli Studi di Palermo (from RePEc Genealogy)

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Sogei SpA

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Working papers

  1. bucci, valeria & ferrara, giancarlo & resce, giuliano, 2022. "Fiscal decentralization and efficiency: empirical evidence from Italian municipalities," MPRA Paper 111515, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  2. ferrara, giancarlo & campagna, arianna & bucci, valeria & atella, vincenzo, 2021. "Presumptive taxation and firms’ efficiency: an integrated approach for tax compliance analysis," MPRA Paper 111516, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  3. Federico Belotti & Giancarlo Ferrara, 2019. "Imposing monotonicity in stochastic frontier models: an iterative nonlinear least squares procedure," CEIS Research Paper 462, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 29 Jan 2021.
  4. Giancarlo Ferrara & Arianna Campagna & Vincenzo Atella, 2019. "Disentangling tax evasion from inefficiency in firms tax declaration: an integrated approach," CEIS Research Paper 468, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 06 Sep 2019.
  5. Ferrara, Giancarlo & Vidoli, Francesco & Canello, Jacopo & Campagna, Arianna, 2013. "Labour-use Efficiency in the Italian Machinery Industry: a Non-parametric Stochastic Frontier Perspective," MPRA Paper 94359, University Library of Munich, Germany.

Articles

  1. Valeria Bucci & Giancarlo Ferrara & Giuliano Resce, 2024. "Female presence in local government and cost efficiency: the case of Italian municipalities," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(1), pages 16-29, January.
  2. Eirini Stergiou & Nikos Rigas & Giancarlo Ferrara & Eleni Mantzari & Konstantinos Kounetas, 2024. "National Environmental Taxes and Industrial Waste in Countries across Europe," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(10), pages 1-13, May.
  3. Ferrara, Giancarlo & Kounetas, Konstantinos E., 2024. "US banks efficiency after global financial crisis: Transient and persistent decomposition," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
  4. Valeria Bucci & Giancarlo Ferrara & Giuliano Resce, 2024. "Local government spending efficiency and fiscal decentralization: evidence from Italian municipalities," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(5), pages 599-614, January.
  5. Atella, Vincenzo & Braione, Manuela & Ferrara, Giancarlo & Resce, Giuliano, 2023. "Cohesion Policy Funds and local government autonomy: Evidence from Italian municipalities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 87(PB).
  6. Ferrara, Giancarlo & Bucci, Valeria & Campagna, Arianna, 2023. "Audit, presumptive taxation and efficiency: An integrated approach for tax compliance analysis," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 47(3).
  7. Xiaoli L. Etienne & Giancarlo Ferrara & Douglas Mugabe, 2019. "How efficient is maize production among smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe? A comparison of semiparametric and parametric frontier efficiency analyses," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(26), pages 2855-2871, June.
  8. Ferrara, Giancarlo & Vidoli, Francesco, 2017. "Semiparametric stochastic frontier models: A generalized additive model approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 258(2), pages 761-777.
  9. Francesco Vidoli & Giancarlo Ferrara, 2015. "Analyzing Italian citrus sector by semi-nonparametric frontier efficiency models," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 49(2), pages 641-658, September.
  10. Muggeo, Vito M.R. & Ferrara, Giancarlo, 2008. "Fitting generalized linear models with unspecified link function: A P-spline approach," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 52(5), pages 2529-2537, January.

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Working papers

  1. Federico Belotti & Giancarlo Ferrara, 2019. "Imposing monotonicity in stochastic frontier models: an iterative nonlinear least squares procedure," CEIS Research Paper 462, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 29 Jan 2021.

    Cited by:

    1. Hou, Zheng & Roseta-Palma, Catarina & Ramalho, Joaquim J.S., 2024. "Can operational efficiency in the Portuguese electricity sector be improved? Yes, but..," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 190(C).

Articles

  1. Xiaoli L. Etienne & Giancarlo Ferrara & Douglas Mugabe, 2019. "How efficient is maize production among smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe? A comparison of semiparametric and parametric frontier efficiency analyses," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(26), pages 2855-2871, June.

    Cited by:

    1. Elton G. Aráujo & Julio C. S. Vasconcelos & Denize P. Santos & Edwin M. M. Ortega & Dalton Souza & João P. F. Zanetoni, 2023. "The Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Semiparametric Regression Model: Application to Number of Failing Grades Data," Annals of Data Science, Springer, vol. 10(4), pages 991-1006, August.
    2. Federico Belotti & Giancarlo Ferrara, 2019. "Imposing monotonicity in stochastic frontier models: an iterative nonlinear least squares procedure," CEIS Research Paper 462, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 29 Jan 2021.
    3. Fujia Sui & Yinsheng Yang & Shizhen Zhao, 2022. "Labor Structure, Land Fragmentation, and Land-Use Efficiency from the Perspective of Mediation Effect: Based on a Survey of Garlic Growers in Lanling, China," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-17, June.

  2. Ferrara, Giancarlo & Vidoli, Francesco, 2017. "Semiparametric stochastic frontier models: A generalized additive model approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 258(2), pages 761-777.

    Cited by:

    1. Cristina Polo & Julián Ramajo & Alejandro Ricci‐Risquete, 2021. "A stochastic semi‐non‐parametric analysis of regional efficiency in the European Union," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 13(1), pages 7-24, February.
    2. Tsionas, Mike G. & Mallick, Sushanta K., 2019. "A Bayesian semiparametric approach to stochastic frontiers and productivity," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 274(1), pages 391-402.
    3. Mohammed, Sadick & Abdulai, Awudu, 2021. "Extension Participation and Improved Technology Adoption: Impact on Efficiency and Welfare of Farmers in Ghana," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315362, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    4. Hohsuk Noh & Seong J. Yang, 2020. "Comparing Groups of Decision-Making Units in Efficiency Based on Semiparametric Regression," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 8(2), pages 1-16, February.
    5. Berner, Anne & Lange, Steffen & Silbersdorff, Alexander, 2022. "Firm-level energy rebound effects and relative efficiency in the German manufacturing sector," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    6. Hazarika, Gautam & Khraiche, Maroula & Kutlu, Levent, 2023. "Gender Equity in Labor Market Opportunities and Aggregate Technical Efficiency: A Case of Equity Promoting Efficiency," IZA Discussion Papers 16096, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    7. Schmidt, Rouven & Kneib, Thomas, 2023. "Multivariate distributional stochastic frontier models," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 187(C).
    8. Zainab Bibi & Dilawar Khan & Ihtisham ul Haq, 2021. "Technical and environmental efficiency of agriculture sector in South Asia: a stochastic frontier analysis approach," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 23(6), pages 9260-9279, June.
    9. Benini, Giacomo & Cattani, Gilles, 2022. "Measuring the long run technical efficiency of offshore wind farms," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 308(C).
    10. Wanke, Peter & Araujo, Claudia & Tan, Yong & Antunes, Jorge & Pimenta, Roberto, 2023. "Efficiency in university hospitals: A genetic optimized semi-parametric production function," Operations Research Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 10(C).
    11. 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.
    12. Dilawar Khan & Muhammad Nouman & Arif Ullah, 2023. "Assessing the impact of technological innovation on technically derived energy efficiency: a multivariate co-integration analysis of the agricultural sector in South Asia," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 25(4), pages 3723-3745, April.
    13. Giancarlo Ferrara & Arianna Campagna & Vincenzo Atella, 2019. "Disentangling tax evasion from inefficiency in firms tax declaration: an integrated approach," CEIS Research Paper 468, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 06 Sep 2019.
    14. Sargis Karavardanyan, 2024. "Economic Development, Inequality and Dynamics of Social Movements in the United States: Theory and Quantitative Analysis," Journal of Quantitative Economics, Springer;The Indian Econometric Society (TIES), vol. 22(2), pages 421-474, June.
    15. Michael L. Polemis & Mike G. Tsionas, 2022. "Endogenous productivity: a new Bayesian perspective," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 318(1), pages 425-451, November.
    16. ferrara, giancarlo & campagna, arianna & bucci, valeria & atella, vincenzo, 2021. "Presumptive taxation and firms’ efficiency: an integrated approach for tax compliance analysis," MPRA Paper 111516, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    17. Lin, Winston T. & Chen, Yueh H. & Hung, TingShu, 2019. "A partial adjustment valuation approach with stochastic and dynamic speeds of partial adjustment to measuring and evaluating the business value of information technology," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 272(2), pages 766-779.
    18. Federico Belotti & Giancarlo Ferrara, 2019. "Imposing monotonicity in stochastic frontier models: an iterative nonlinear least squares procedure," CEIS Research Paper 462, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 29 Jan 2021.
    19. Dilawar Khan & Muhammad Nouman & József Popp & Muhammad Asif Khan & Faheem Ur Rehman & Judit Oláh, 2021. "Link between Technically Derived Energy Efficiency and Ecological Footprint: Empirical Evidence from the ASEAN Region," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(13), pages 1-16, June.
    20. 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).

  3. Francesco Vidoli & Giancarlo Ferrara, 2015. "Analyzing Italian citrus sector by semi-nonparametric frontier efficiency models," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 49(2), pages 641-658, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Maria Raimondo & Francesco Caracciolo & Concetta Nazzaro & Giuseppe Marotta, 2021. "Organic Farming Increases the Technical Efficiency of Olive Farms in Italy," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-15, March.
    2. Cristina Polo & Julián Ramajo & Alejandro Ricci‐Risquete, 2021. "A stochastic semi‐non‐parametric analysis of regional efficiency in the European Union," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 13(1), pages 7-24, February.
    3. Ferrara, Giancarlo & Bucci, Valeria & Campagna, Arianna, 2023. "Audit, presumptive taxation and efficiency: An integrated approach for tax compliance analysis," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 47(3).
    4. 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.
    5. Mohammed, Sadick & Abdulai, Awudu, 2021. "Extension Participation and Improved Technology Adoption: Impact on Efficiency and Welfare of Farmers in Ghana," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315362, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    6. Fabio Pammolli & Francesco Porcelli & Francesco Vidoli & Guido Borà, 2014. "La spesa sanitaria delle Regioni in Italia - Saniregio 3," Working Papers CERM 02-2014, Competitività, Regole, Mercati (CERM).
    7. Ferrara, Giancarlo & Vidoli, Francesco & Canello, Jacopo & Campagna, Arianna, 2013. "Labour-use Efficiency in the Italian Machinery Industry: a Non-parametric Stochastic Frontier Perspective," MPRA Paper 94359, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    8. Fabio Pammolli & Francesco Porcelli & Francesco Vidoli & Guido Borà, 2015. "La spesa sanitaria delle Regioni in Italia - Saniregio 2015," Working Papers CERM 01-2015, Competitività, Regole, Mercati (CERM), revised 04 Jan 2016.
    9. ferrara, giancarlo & campagna, arianna & bucci, valeria & atella, vincenzo, 2021. "Presumptive taxation and firms’ efficiency: an integrated approach for tax compliance analysis," MPRA Paper 111516, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    10. Federico Belotti & Giancarlo Ferrara, 2019. "Imposing monotonicity in stochastic frontier models: an iterative nonlinear least squares procedure," CEIS Research Paper 462, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 29 Jan 2021.
    11. Ferrara, Giancarlo & Vidoli, Francesco, 2017. "Semiparametric stochastic frontier models: A generalized additive model approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 258(2), pages 761-777.

  4. Muggeo, Vito M.R. & Ferrara, Giancarlo, 2008. "Fitting generalized linear models with unspecified link function: A P-spline approach," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 52(5), pages 2529-2537, January.

    Cited by:

    1. Stoklosa, Jakub & Huggins, Richard M., 2012. "A robust P-spline approach to closed population capture–recapture models with time dependence and heterogeneity," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 56(2), pages 408-417.
    2. Guilherme Pumi & Cristine Rauber & Fábio M. Bayer, 2020. "Kumaraswamy regression model with Aranda-Ordaz link function," TEST: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, Springer;Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, vol. 29(4), pages 1051-1071, December.
    3. Giancarlo Ferrara & Arianna Campagna & Vincenzo Atella, 2019. "Disentangling tax evasion from inefficiency in firms tax declaration: an integrated approach," CEIS Research Paper 468, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 06 Sep 2019.
    4. ferrara, giancarlo & campagna, arianna & bucci, valeria & atella, vincenzo, 2021. "Presumptive taxation and firms’ efficiency: an integrated approach for tax compliance analysis," MPRA Paper 111516, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Federico Belotti & Giancarlo Ferrara, 2019. "Imposing monotonicity in stochastic frontier models: an iterative nonlinear least squares procedure," CEIS Research Paper 462, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 29 Jan 2021.
    6. Ferrara, Giancarlo & Vidoli, Francesco, 2017. "Semiparametric stochastic frontier models: A generalized additive model approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 258(2), pages 761-777.

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  1. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (3) 2019-07-08 2022-02-21 2022-02-21
  2. NEP-ORE: Operations Research (3) 2019-07-08 2022-02-21 2022-02-21
  3. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (3) 2019-09-09 2022-02-21 2022-02-21
  4. NEP-ACC: Accounting and Auditing (2) 2019-09-09 2022-02-21
  5. NEP-IUE: Informal and Underground Economics (2) 2019-09-09 2022-02-21
  6. NEP-CWA: Central and Western Asia (1) 2022-02-21
  7. NEP-ECM: Econometrics (1) 2019-07-08
  8. NEP-PUB: Public Finance (1) 2022-02-21
  9. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (1) 2022-02-21

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