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Rui Cunha Marques

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Working papers

  1. Yogita Mumssen & Gustavo Saltiel & Bill Kingdom & Norhan Sadik & Rui Marques, 2018. "Regulation of Water Supply and Sanitation in Bank Client Countries," World Bank Publications - Reports 30869, The World Bank Group.

    Cited by:

    1. Biggar, Darryl, 2022. "Seven outstanding issues in energy network regulation," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 115(C).

  2. Ferreira, S. & Cabral, M. & da Cruz, Nuno F. & Simões, P. & Marques, R. C., 2017. "The costs and benefits of packaging waste management systems in Europe: the perspective of local authorities," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 67484, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

    Cited by:

    1. Jakob T. Pruess, 2023. "Unraveling the complexity of extended producer responsibility policy mix design, implementation, and transfer dynamics in the European Union," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, vol. 27(6), pages 1500-1520, December.
    2. Deger Saygin & Dolf Gielen, 2021. "Zero-Emission Pathway for the Global Chemical and Petrochemical Sector," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(13), pages 1-28, June.
    3. Željko STEVIĆ & Dajana NUNIĆ & Ibrahim BADI & Darjan KARABAŠEVIĆ, 2022. "Evaluation of dimensions of SERVQUAL model for determining quality of processes in reverse logistics using a Delphi – Fuzzy PIPRECIA model," Journal for Economic Forecasting, Institute for Economic Forecasting, vol. 0(1), pages 139-159, April.
    4. Aiqin Wang & Linxiu Zhang & Yaojiang Shi & Scott Rozelle & Annie Osborn & Meredith Yang, 2017. "Rural Solid Waste Management in China: Status, Problems and Challenges," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(4), pages 1-18, March.
    5. Hirotaka Kumamaru & Kenji Takeuchi, 2023. "The recycled content of plastic products: estimating the impact of a recycling law on the input mix," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, vol. 25(3), pages 355-376, July.

  3. da Cruz, Nuno F. & Marques, Rui Cunha & Marra, A. & Pozzi, C., 2014. "Local mixed companies: the theory and practice in an international perspective," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 59794, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

    Cited by:

    1. Julie de Brux & Frédéric Marty, 2014. "IPPP – Risks and opportunities An economic perspective," Working Papers hal-03470399, HAL.
    2. Paolo Esposito & Spiridione Lucio Dicorato, 2020. "Sustainable Development, Governance and Performance Measurement in Public Private Partnerships (PPPs): A Methodological Proposal," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(14), pages 1-25, July.
    3. Germà Bel & Jordi Rosell, 2016. "Public and Private Production in a Mixed Delivery System: Regulation, Competition and Costs," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(3), pages 533-558, June.
    4. Dementiev, Andrei, 2016. "Strategic partnerships in local public transport," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 65-74.
    5. Antonio Massarutto & Andrea Garlatti & Stefano Miani & Ernesto Cassetta & Silvia Iacuzzi, 2021. "Evaluating the performance of local SoEs as output‐maximizing entities: The case of Friuli Venezia Giulia," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 92(2), pages 307-332, June.
    6. Bart Voorn & Marieke van Genugten & Sandra Van Thiel, 2020. "Performance of municipally owned corporations: Determinants and mechanisms," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 91(2), pages 191-212, June.
    7. Thomas KOSTAL & Verena MICHALITSCH & Gabriel OBERMANN, 2014. "Local Public Transport in Vienna by Wiener Linien - Governance and Provision of Services," CIRIEC Working Papers 1417, CIRIEC - Université de Liège.
    8. Carole RENTSCH & Matthias FINGER, 2015. "Yes, No, Maybe: The Ambiguous Relationships Between State-Owned Enterprises And The State," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 86(4), pages 617-640, December.
    9. Sanford V. Berg & Makoto Okamura & Haruka Yane & Shinji Yane, 2022. "Efficient performance by companies with mixed ownership: Privatization and divestiture of a vertically integrated public monopoly," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 93(3), pages 717-730, September.

  4. da Cruz, Nuno F. & Ferreira, Sandra & Cabral, Marta & Simões, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2014. "Packaging waste recycling in Europe: is the industry paying for it?," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 59755, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

    Cited by:

    1. Yanlu Guo & Gongli Luo & Guisheng Hou, 2021. "Research on the Evolution of the Express Packaging Recycling Strategy, Considering Government Subsidies and Synergy Benefits," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(3), pages 1-25, January.
    2. Caroline Orset & Nicolas Barret & Aurélien Lemaire, 2017. "How consumers of plastic water bottles are responding to environmental policies?," Post-Print hal-01500900, HAL.
    3. Jakob T. Pruess, 2023. "Unraveling the complexity of extended producer responsibility policy mix design, implementation, and transfer dynamics in the European Union," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, vol. 27(6), pages 1500-1520, December.
    4. Sisi Wu & Xuan Gong & Yunfei Wang & Jian Cao, 2022. "Consumer Cognition and Management Perspective on Express Packaging Pollution," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(8), pages 1-23, April.
    5. Liu, Guoquan & Li, Lei & Chen, Jianghang & Ma, Fei, 2020. "Inventory sharing strategy and optimization for reusable transport items," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 228(C).
    6. Deger Saygin & Dolf Gielen, 2021. "Zero-Emission Pathway for the Global Chemical and Petrochemical Sector," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(13), pages 1-28, June.
    7. Verena Radulovic, 2018. "Portrayals in Print: Media Depictions of the Informal Sector’s Involvement in Managing E-Waste in India," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-29, March.
    8. Lu Xiao & Rongrong Fan & Chaojie Wang & Jun Wang, 2020. "Policy Analyses on Promoting the Recycling of Express Packages," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(22), pages 1-12, November.
    9. Raymond Gradus & Rick van Koppen & Elbert Dijkgraaf & Paul Nillesen, 2016. "A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for Incineration or Recycling of Dutch Household Plastics," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 16-039/VI, Tinbergen Institute.
    10. Chimere May Ohajinwa & Peter M. Van Bodegom & Qing Xie & Jingwen Chen & Martina G. Vijver & Oladele O. Osibanjo & Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg, 2019. "Hydrophobic Organic Pollutants in Soils and Dusts at Electronic Waste Recycling Sites: Occurrence and Possible Impacts of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(3), pages 1-18, January.
    11. Eleonora Foschi & Alessandra Bonoli, 2019. "The Commitment of Packaging Industry in the Framework of the European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 9(1), pages 1-13, February.
    12. López-Mosquera, Natalia & Lera-López, Fernando & Sánchez, Mercedes, 2015. "Key factors to explain recycling, car use and environmentally responsible purchase behaviors: A comparative perspective," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 29-39.
    13. Aditya Vedantam & Nallan C. Suresh & Khadija Ajmal & Michael Shelly, 2022. "Impact of China’s National Sword Policy on the U.S. Landfill and Plastics Recycling Industry," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-14, February.
    14. Gradus, Raymond H.J.M. & Nillesen, Paul H.L. & Dijkgraaf, Elbert & van Koppen, Rick J., 2017. "A Cost-effectiveness Analysis for Incineration or Recycling of Dutch Household Plastic Waste," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 22-28.
    15. Škamlová Lucia & Klobučník Michal, 2021. "Recycling of municipal waste in Slovak cities," Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, Sciendo, vol. 53(53), pages 43-54, September.
    16. Navarro Ferronato & Carolina D’Avino & Marco Ragazzi & Vincenzo Torretta & Giovanni De Feo, 2017. "Social Surveys about Solid Waste Management within Higher Education Institutes: A Comparison," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(3), pages 1-17, March.
    17. Octavian-Dragomir Jora & Alexandru Pătruți & Mihaela Iacob & Delia-Raluca Șancariuc, 2020. "“Squaring the Circle”—The Disregarded Institutional Theory and the Distorted Practice of Packaging Waste Recycling in Romania," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(22), pages 1-22, November.
    18. 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.
    19. Ferreira, Sandra & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2015. "Contingent valuation method applied to waste management," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 111-117.
    20. Eugénie Joltreau, 2022. "Extended Producer Responsibility, Packaging Waste Reduction and Eco-design," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 83(3), pages 527-578, November.
    21. Cao, Jian & Lu, Bo & Chen, Yangyang & Zhang, Xuemei & Zhai, Guangshu & Zhou, Gengui & Jiang, Boxin & Schnoor, Jerald L., 2016. "Extended producer responsibility system in China improves e-waste recycling: Government policies, enterprise, and public awareness," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 882-894.
    22. Jui-Che Tu & Ting-Yun Lo & Yi-Jing Sie & Tsai-Feng Kao, 2021. "Key Factors for Involvement Degree and Perceived Value in Consumers’ Purchase Intention in Unpacked Stores," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-16, November.
    23. Marques, Rui Cunha & da Cruz, Nuno Ferreira & Simões, Pedro & Faria Ferreira, Sandra & Pereira, Marta Cabral & De Jaeger, Simon, 2014. "Economic viability of packaging waste recycling systems: A comparison between Belgium and Portugal," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 22-33.
    24. Rogge, Nicky & De Jaeger, Simon & Lavigne, Carolien, 2017. "Waste Performance of NUTS 2-regions in the EU: A Conditional Directional Distance Benefit-of-the-Doubt Model," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 19-32.
    25. Patrik Söderholm & Tomas Ekvall, 2020. "Metal markets and recycling policies: impacts and challenges," Mineral Economics, Springer;Raw Materials Group (RMG);Luleå University of Technology, vol. 33(1), pages 257-272, July.
    26. Carlo Bellavite Pellegrini & Laura Pellegrini & Claudia Cannas, 2021. "Circular Economy Approach: The benefits of a new business model for European Firms," DISCE - Quaderni del Dipartimento di Politica Economica dipe0018, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche (DISCE).
    27. Gonzalo Wandosell & María C. Parra-Meroño & Alfredo Alcayde & Raúl Baños, 2021. "Green Packaging from Consumer and Business Perspectives," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-19, January.
    28. Gaetano Musella & Massimiliano Agovino & Mariaconcetta Casaccia & Alessandro Crociata, 2019. "Evaluating waste collection management: the case of macro-areas and municipalities in Italy," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 21(6), pages 2857-2889, December.
    29. Wang, Yong & Peng, Shouguo & Zhou, Xuesong & Mahmoudi, Monirehalsadat & Zhen, Lu, 2020. "Green logistics location-routing problem with eco-packages," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 143(C).
    30. Soukopová, Jana & Vaceková, Gabriela & Klimovský, Daniel, 2017. "Local waste management in the Czech Republic: Limits and merits of public-private partnership and contracting out," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 201-209.
    31. Xiang Gao & Sandy Dall'erba & Brenna Ellison & Andre F. T. Avelino & Cuihong Yang, 2022. "When one cannot bypass the byproducts: Plastic packaging waste embedded in production and export," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, vol. 26(4), pages 1460-1474, August.

  5. da Cruz, Nuno F. & Simões, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2013. "The hurdles of local governments with PPP contracts in the waste sector," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 59765, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

    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. Elvira Uyarra & Kieron Flanagan & Edurne Magro & Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, 2017. "Anchoring the innovation impacts of public procurement to place: The role of conversations," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 35(5), pages 828-848, August.
    3. Giuseppe F Gori & Patrizia Lattarulo & Marco Mariani, 2017. "Understanding the procurement performance of local governments: A duration analysis of public works," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 35(5), pages 809-827, August.
    4. Martijn van den Hurk & Marlies Hueskes, 2017. "Beyond the financial logic: Realizing valuable outcomes in public–private partnerships in Flanders and Ontario," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 35(5), pages 784-808, August.
    5. Daniel, Albalate & Germà, Bel & Albert, Gragera, 2019. "Politics, risk, and white elephants in infrastructure PPPs," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 158-165.
    6. 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).
    7. Sara Hughes & Jacqueline Peterson, 2018. "Transforming Municipal Services to Transform Cities: Understanding the Role and Influence of the Private Sector," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-9, January.
    8. Henry J Liu & Peter ED Love & Jim Smith & Michael CP Sing & Jane Matthews, 2018. "Evaluation of public–private partnerships: A life-cycle Performance Prism for ensuring value for money," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 36(6), pages 1133-1153, September.
    9. Annalisa Caloffi & Francesca Gambarotto, 2017. "Cognitive distance in public procurement and public–private partnerships: An analysis of the construction sector," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 35(5), pages 765-783, August.
    10. Antonella Lomoro & Giorgio Mossa & Roberta Pellegrino & Luigi Ranieri, 2020. "Optimizing Risk Allocation in Public-Private Partnership Projects by Project Finance Contracts. The Case of Put-or-Pay Contract for Stranded Posidonia Disposal in the Municipality of Bari," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-18, January.
    11. Martijn van den Hurk, 2016. "Bundling the procurement of sports infrastructure projects: How neither public nor private actors really benefit," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 34(8), pages 1369-1386, December.
    12. Marques, Rui Cunha & da Cruz, Nuno Ferreira & Simões, Pedro & Faria Ferreira, Sandra & Pereira, Marta Cabral & De Jaeger, Simon, 2014. "Economic viability of packaging waste recycling systems: A comparison between Belgium and Portugal," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 22-33.
    13. Annalisa Caloffi & Stephen Pryke & Silvia R Sedita & Matti Siemiatycki, 2017. "Public–private partnerships and beyond: Potential for innovation and sustainable development," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 35(5), pages 739-745, August.
    14. Vanesa Castán Broto & Domingos Augusto Macucule & Emily Boyd & Jonathan Ensor & Charlotte Allen, 2015. "Building Collaborative Partnerships for Climate Change Action in Maputo, Mozambique," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 47(3), pages 571-587, March.
    15. van Winden, Willem & Carvalho, Luís, 2019. "Intermediation in public procurement of innovation: How Amsterdam’s startup-in-residence programme connects startups to urban challenges," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(9), pages 1-1.

  6. da Cruz, Nuno F. & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2013. "Mixed companies as local utilities," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 59761, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

    Cited by:

    1. da Cruz, Nuno F. & Marques, Rui Cunha & Marra, A. & Pozzi, C., 2014. "Local mixed companies: the theory and practice in an international perspective," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 59794, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

  7. da Cruz, Nuno F. & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2012. "Mixed companies and local governance: no man can serve two masters," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 59778, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

    Cited by:

    1. Julie de Brux & Frédéric Marty, 2014. "IPPP – Risks and opportunities An economic perspective," Working Papers hal-03470399, HAL.
    2. Paolo Esposito & Spiridione Lucio Dicorato & Emanuele Doronzo, 2021. "The effect of ownership on sustainable development and environmental policy in urban waste management: An explicatory empirical analysis of Italian municipal corporations," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(2), pages 1067-1079, February.
    3. da Cruz, Nuno F. & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2013. "Mixed companies as local utilities," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 59761, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    4. Lima, Sónia & Brochado, Ana & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Public-private partnerships in the water sector: A review," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).
    5. García-Valiñas, Maria A. & Gonzales, Francisco & Suarez, Javier & Zaporozhets, Vera, 2015. "Private Sector Involvement in Water Services: Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Evidence," TSE Working Papers 15-590, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
    6. Romano, Giulia & Guerrini, Andrea, 2014. "The effects of ownership, board size and board composition on the performance of Italian water utilities," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 31(C), pages 18-28.
    7. Francisco González-Gómez & Miguel García‐Rubio & Francisco Alcalá-Olid & M. Ortega-Díaz, 2013. "Outsourcing and Efficiency in the Management of Rural Water Services," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 27(3), pages 731-747, February.
    8. Massimiliano Agovino & Massimiliano Cerciello & Antonio Garofalo & Loris Landriani & Luigi Lepore, 2021. "Corporate governance and sustainability in water utilities. The effects of decorporatisation in the city of Naples, Italy," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(2), pages 874-890, February.
    9. Peda, Peeter & Vinnari, Eija, 2020. "The discursive legitimation of profit in public-private service delivery," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).
    10. Daniel, Albalate & Germà, Bel & Albert, Gragera, 2019. "Politics, risk, and white elephants in infrastructure PPPs," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 158-165.
    11. García-Valiñas, María de los Ángeles & González-Gómez, Francisco & Picazo-Tadeo, Andrés J., 2013. "Is the price of water for residential use related to provider ownership? Empirical evidence from Spain," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 59-69.
    12. Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques & Hugo Consci?ncia Silvestre, 2019. "Does Regulation Really Work? A Principal-agent Approach to the Portuguese Waste Services," ECONOMIA PUBBLICA, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2019(1), pages 49-67.
    13. Cruz, Nuno Ferreira da & Carvalho, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2013. "Disentangling the cost efficiency of jointly provided water and wastewater services," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 70-77.
    14. Alberto Ruiz-Villaverde & Miguel A. García-Rubio, 2017. "Public Participation in European Water Management: from Theory to Practice," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 31(8), pages 2479-2495, June.
    15. 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.
    16. da Cruz, Nuno F. & Simões, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2013. "The hurdles of local governments with PPP contracts in the waste sector," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 59765, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    17. Moszoro, Marian, 2014. "Efficient Public-Private Capital Structures," MPRA Paper 102713, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    18. Aidan R. Vining & David L. Weimer, 2016. "The challenges of fractionalized property rights in public‐private hybrid organizations: The good, the bad, and the ugly," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 10(2), pages 161-178, June.
    19. Ruiz-Villaverde, Alberto & González-Gómez, Francisco & J. Picazo- Tadeo, Andrés, 2015. "The privatisation of urban water services: theory and empirical evidence in the case of Spain," INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, issue 31, pages 157-174.
    20. Huanming WANG & Mildred E. WARNER & Yuanhong TIAN & Dajian ZHU, 2014. "Public Owner With Business Delivery Mode In China: Case Study Of The Shanghai Public Bus System," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 85(1), pages 147-164, March.
    21. Chia-Lee Yang & Ming-Chang Shieh & Chi-Yo Huang & Ching-Pin Tung, 2018. "A Derivation of Factors Influencing the Successful Integration of Corporate Volunteers into Public Flood Disaster Inquiry and Notification Systems," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-31, June.
    22. 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.
    23. Aidan R. VINING & Anthony E. BOARDMAN & Mark A. MOORE, 2014. "The Theory And Evidence Pertaining To Local Government Mixed Enterprises," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 85(1), pages 53-86, March.
    24. Germà Bel & Francisco González-Gómez & Andrés J Picazo-Tadeo, 2015. "Does market concentration affect prices in the urban water industry?," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 33(6), pages 1546-1565, December.
    25. Roelich, Katy & Knoeri, Christof & Steinberger, Julia K. & Varga, Liz & Blythe, Phil T. & Butler, David & Gupta, Rajat & Harrison, Gareth P. & Martin, Chris & Purnell, Phil, 2015. "Towards resource-efficient and service-oriented integrated infrastructure operation," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 40-52.
    26. Di Giulio, Marco & Galanti, Maria Tullia & Moro, Francesco Niccolò, 2016. "Political coalitions, local leaders and the internationalization of local public services in Italy," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 144-151.
    27. Guerrini, A. & Romano, G., 2017. "Contract renegotiation by an Italian wastewater utility: Action research to promote effective tariff revision," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 176-183.
    28. Bel, Germà & Bel-Piñana, Paula & Rosell, Jordi, 2017. "Myopic PPPs: Risk allocation and hidden liabilities for taxpayers and users," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 147-156.
    29. da Cruz, Nuno F. & Marques, Rui Cunha & Marra, A. & Pozzi, C., 2014. "Local mixed companies: the theory and practice in an international perspective," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 59794, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    30. 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.
    31. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Albert Gragera, 2018. "“When politics and lobbyism combine to promote white elephants by using PPPs”," IREA Working Papers 201823, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Oct 2018.
    32. Alberto Ruiz-Villaverde & Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo & Francisco González-Gómez, 2013. "The “social choice” of privatising urban water services: a case study of Madrid in Spain," Working Papers 1322, Department of Applied Economics II, Universidad de Valencia.
    33. Charmaine B. Distor & Odkhuu Khaltar, 2022. "What Motivates Local Governments to Be Efficient? Evidence from Philippine Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-19, August.
    34. Jin, Haizhen, 2023. "Effects of decentralization on firm performance: Evidence from Chinese county-level quasi-experiments," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    35. Sanford V. Berg & Makoto Okamura & Haruka Yane & Shinji Yane, 2022. "Efficient performance by companies with mixed ownership: Privatization and divestiture of a vertically integrated public monopoly," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 93(3), pages 717-730, September.
    36. Soukopová, Jana & Vaceková, Gabriela & Klimovský, Daniel, 2017. "Local waste management in the Czech Republic: Limits and merits of public-private partnership and contracting out," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 201-209.
    37. Joanna Williams, 2019. "Circular Cities: Challenges to Implementing Looping Actions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-22, January.
    38. Guerrini, Andrea & Romano, Giulia, 2013. "The process of tariff setting in an unstable legal framework: An Italian case study," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 78-85.
    39. Landriani, Loris & Lepore, Luigi & D'Amore, Gabriella & Pozzoli, Stefano & Alvino, Federico, 2019. "Decorporatization of a municipal water utility: A case study from Italy," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 43-47.

  8. Pedro Simões & Nuno Cruz & Rui Marques, 2012. "Systems of Packaging Waste Recycling in the EU: Comparing Five Different Case-Studies," ERSA conference papers ersa12p1013, European Regional Science Association.

    Cited by:

    1. Carlo Bellavite Pellegrini & Laura Pellegrini & Claudia Cannas, 2021. "Circular Economy Approach: The benefits of a new business model for European Firms," DISCE - Quaderni del Dipartimento di Politica Economica dipe0018, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche (DISCE).

  9. Carvalho, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha & Berg, Sanford, 2011. "A meta-regression analysis of benchmarking studies on water utilities market structure," MPRA Paper 32894, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Salvador Bertomeu & Daniel Camos-Daurella & Antonio Estache, 2017. "Do Private Water Utilities Operators Care about Regulatory Agencies in Developing Countries ?," Working Papers ECARES ECARES 2017-18, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    2. Holger MAHLENKAMP, 2015. "From State To Market Revisited: A Reassessment Of The Empirical Evidence On The Efficiency Of Public (And Privately-Owned) Enterprises," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 86(4), pages 535-557, December.
    3. Venturelli, Andrea & Ligorio, Lorenzo & de Nuccio, Elbano, 2023. "Biodiversity accountability in water utilities: A case study," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    4. Reynaud, Arnaud & Thomas, Alban, 2013. "Firm's profitability and regulation in water and network industries: An empirical analysis," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 48-58.
    5. Maria Molinos-Senante & Alexandros Maziotis, 2022. "Decomposition of Cost Efficiency Into Persistent and Transient Efficiency in the Provision of Water Services: Evidence from England and Wales," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 36(6), pages 1849-1862, April.
    6. Francisco González-Gómez & Miguel García‐Rubio & Francisco Alcalá-Olid & M. Ortega-Díaz, 2013. "Outsourcing and Efficiency in the Management of Rural Water Services," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 27(3), pages 731-747, February.
    7. See, Kok Fong & Ma, Zhanxin, 2018. "Does non-revenue water affect Malaysia's water services industry productivity?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 125-131.
    8. Sala-Garrido, Ramon & Mocholi-Arce, Manuel & Maziotis, Alexandros & Molinos-Senante, María, 2023. "The carbon and production performance of water utilities: Evidence from the English and Welsh water industry," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 292-300.
    9. Ferro, Gustavo & Mercadier, Augusto C., 2016. "Technical efficiency in Chile's water and sanitation providers," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 43(PA), pages 97-106.
    10. Liu, Junqing & Fukushige, Mototsugu, 2020. "Efficiency and pricing of water supply and sewerage services in Japan," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 62(C).
    11. Elham Erfanian & Alan R. Collins, 2018. "Charges for Water and Access: What Explains the Differences Among West Virginian Municipalities?," Water Economics and Policy (WEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 4(04), pages 1-27, October.
    12. Cruz, Nuno Ferreira da & Carvalho, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2013. "Disentangling the cost efficiency of jointly provided water and wastewater services," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 70-77.
    13. Urakami, Takuya & Saal, David S. & Nieswand, Maria, 2021. "Industry Fragmentation and Wastewater Efficiency: A Case Study of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan," ADBI Working Papers 1218, Asian Development Bank Institute.
    14. Mocholi-Arce, Manuel & Sala-Garrido, Ramon & Molinos-Senante, Maria & Maziotis, Alexandros, 2022. "Performance assessment of the Chilean water sector: A network data envelopment analysis approach," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
    15. FuloP ARPAD ZOLTAN & BAKO KINGA ERZSEBET, 2017. "The Analysis Structures Of The Costs And Of The Relationship Between Costs And Revenues In The Sector Of Sewerage And Wastewater Treatment In Romania," Annals - Economy Series, Constantin Brancusi University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 2, pages 188-196, December.
    16. Ruiz-Villaverde, Alberto & González-Gómez, Francisco & J. Picazo- Tadeo, Andrés, 2015. "The privatisation of urban water services: theory and empirical evidence in the case of Spain," INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, issue 31, pages 157-174.
    17. Germà Bel & Mildred E. Warner, 2015. "“Factors Explaining Inter-municipal Cooperation in Service Delivery: A Meta-Regression Analysis”," IREA Working Papers 201521, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Sep 2015.
    18. Elham Erfanian & Alan R. Collins, 2017. "Charges for Water and Access: What Explains the Differences in West Virginia Municipalities?," Working Papers Working Paper 2017-02, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University.
    19. Molinos-Senante, María & Villegas, Andres & Maziotis, Alexandros, 2019. "Are water tariffs sufficient incentives to reduce water leakages? An empirical approach for Chile," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 61(C).
    20. Nyathikala, Sai Amulya & Jamasb, Tooraj & Llorca, Manuel & Kulshrestha, Mukul, 2023. "Utility governance, incentives, and performance: Evidence from India's urban water sector," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    21. Molinos-Senante, María & Maziotis, Alexandros & Sala-Garrido, Ramón, 2020. "Changes in the total costs of the English and Welsh water and sewerage industry: The decomposed effect of price and quantity inputs on efficiency," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
    22. Anne-Kathrin Faust & Andrea Baranzini, 2014. "The economic performance of Swiss drinking water utilities," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 41(3), pages 383-397, June.
    23. Mühlenkamp, Holger, 2013. "From state to market revisited: more empirical evidence on the efficiency of public (and privately-owned) enterprises," MPRA Paper 47570, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    24. Eiji Satoh, 2019. "Water Demand Fluctuations, Non-Transferable Water Rights, and Technical Inefficiency in Japan’s Water Sector," Water Economics and Policy (WEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 5(03), pages 1-27, July.
    25. Suárez-Varela, Marta & Martínez-Espiñeira, Roberto & González-Gómez, Francisco, 2015. "An analysis of the price escalation of non-linear water tariffs for domestic uses in Spain," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 82-93.
    26. Maria Molinos-Senante & Alexandros Maziotis, 2021. "Productivity growth, economies of scale and scope in the water and sewerage industry: The Chilean case," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(5), pages 1-16, May.
    27. María Molinos-Senante & Alexandros Maziotis & Ramon Sala-Garrido, 2017. "Assessment of the Total Factor Productivity Change in the English and Welsh Water Industry: a Färe-Primont Productivity Index Approach," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 31(8), pages 2389-2405, June.
    28. Ángel M. Prieto & José L. Zofío & Inmaculada Álvarez, 2015. "Cost economies, urban patterns and population density: The case of public infrastructure for basic utilities," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 94(4), pages 795-816, November.
    29. Liang-Cheng Zhang & Andrew C Worthington, 2016. "Explaining estimated economies of scale and scope in higher education: A meta-regression analysis," Discussion Papers in Economics economics:201604, Griffith University, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics.
    30. Sowby, Robert B., 2018. "Comparison of operational energy requirements in publicly and privately owned U.S. water utilities," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 92-95.
    31. Daniel Camos-Daurella & Antonio Estache, 2017. "Regulating Water an Sanitation Network Services. Accounting for Institutional and Informational Constraints," Working Papers ECARES ECARES 2017-28, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    32. Marta Suárez-Varela & María los Ángeles García-Valiñas & Francisco González-Gómez & Andrés J Picazo-Tadeo, 2017. "Ownership and Performance in Water Services Revisited: Does Private Management Really Outperform Public?," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 31(8), pages 2355-2373, June.
    33. Carvalho, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2014. "Computing economies of vertical integration, economies of scope and economies of scale using partial frontier nonparametric methods," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 234(1), pages 292-307.
    34. Maziotis, Alexandros & Molinos-Senante, Maria, 2022. "The impact of model specification and environmental variables on measuring the overall technical efficiency of water and sewerage services: Evidence from Chile," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 191-198.
    35. Maziotis, Alexandros & Villegas, Andrés & Molinos-Senante, María & Sala-Garrido, Ramon, 2020. "Impact of external costs of unplanned supply interruptions on water company efficiency: Evidence from Chile," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
    36. Bako Kinga-Erzsebet & Fulop Arpad-Zoltan, 2021. "The Efficiency Equation For Water And Wastewater Operators In Romania," Annals - Economy Series, Constantin Brancusi University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1, pages 168-175, February.
    37. Yuan, Jingfeng & Ding, Hongxing & Huang, Zeyuan & Deng, Binchao & Li, Shuai & Huang, Wei, 2021. "Influence of market structures on concession pricing in Public-Private-Partnership utilities with asymmetric information," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).
    38. Mande Buafua, Patrick, 2015. "Efficiency of urban water supply in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do organization and regulation matter?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(C), pages 13-22.
    39. Romano, Giulia & Molinos-Senante, María & Guerrini, Andrea, 2017. "Water utility efficiency assessment in Italy by accounting for service quality: An empirical investigation," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 97-108.
    40. Fátima Pérez & Laura Delgado-Antequera & Trinidad Gómez, 2019. "A Two-Phase Method to Assess the Sustainability of Water Companies," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(13), pages 1-19, July.
    41. Alberto Ruiz-Villaverde & Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo & Francisco González-Gómez, 2013. "The “social choice” of privatising urban water services: a case study of Madrid in Spain," Working Papers 1322, Department of Applied Economics II, Universidad de Valencia.
    42. Salvador Bertomeu & Daniel Camos & Antonio Estache, 2018. "Do economic regulatory agencies matter to private-sector involvement in water utilities in developing countries?," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/272561, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    43. Andrea Guerrini & Giulia Romano & Bettina Campedelli, 2013. "Economies of Scale, Scope, and Density in the Italian Water Sector: A Two-Stage Data Envelopment Analysis Approach," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 27(13), pages 4559-4578, October.
    44. Klien, Michael & Michaud, David, 2019. "Water utility consolidation: Are economies of scale realized?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 61(C).
    45. Anna Bottasso & Maurizio Conti, 2021. "Economie di integrazione verticale ed economie di scopo nel settore idrico e fognario: alcune considerazioni alla luce dell?evidenza empirica internazionale," ECONOMIA PUBBLICA, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2021(3), pages 89-128.
    46. Massarutto, Antonio, 2020. "Servant of too many masters: Residential water pricing and the challenge of sustainability," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).
    47. Ramón Sala-Garrido & Manuel Mocholí-Arce & María Molinos-Senante & Alexandros Maziotis, 2021. "Comparing Operational, Environmental and Eco-Efficiency of Water Companies in England and Wales," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-14, June.
    48. D'Amore, Gabriella & Landriani, Loris & Lepore, Luigi, 2021. "Ownership and sustainability of Italian water utilities: The stakeholder role," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    49. Pedrini, Giulio & Cappiello, Giuseppe, 2022. "The impact of training on labour productivity in the European utilities sector: An empirical analysis," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).

  10. Marques, Rui Cunha & Berg, Sanford V, 2010. "Revisiting the strengths and limitations of regulatory contracts in infrastructure industries," MPRA Paper 32890, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. da Cruz, Nuno F. & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2012. "Mixed companies and local governance: no man can serve two masters," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 59778, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    2. da Cruz, Nuno F. & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2013. "Mixed companies as local utilities," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 59761, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    3. Andrey Berezin & Bruno S. Sergi & Natalia Gorodnova, 2018. "Efficiency Assessment of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Projects: The Case of Russia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-18, October.
    4. Ruiz Diaz, Gonzalo, 2017. "The contractual and administrative regulation of public-private partnership," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 109-121.
    5. Carvalho, João & Cruz, Nuno & Cunha Marques, Rui, 2010. "Local governments opting for PPPs in the schools sector," MPRA Paper 22558, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Miranda Sarmento, J. & Renneboog, L.D.R., 2014. "The Portuguese Experience with Public-Private Partnerships," Other publications TiSEM f25ddc4d-e3e6-4812-b527-3, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    7. Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques & Hugo Consci?ncia Silvestre, 2019. "Does Regulation Really Work? A Principal-agent Approach to the Portuguese Waste Services," ECONOMIA PUBBLICA, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2019(1), pages 49-67.
    8. Barroco, Jose, 2021. "Designing financeable ancillary services revenue contracts in developing economies: Learnings from the Philippines," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 152(C).
    9. Bruno Eustaquio Carvalho & Rui Cunha Marques & Oscar Cordeiro Netto, 2018. "Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA): an Ex-Post Analysis of Water Services by the Legal Review in Portugal," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 32(2), pages 675-699, January.
    10. da Cruz, Nuno F. & Simões, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2013. "The hurdles of local governments with PPP contracts in the waste sector," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 59765, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    11. 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).
    12. Ahmadabadi, Ali Akbari & Heravi, Gholamreza, 2019. "The effect of critical success factors on project success in Public-Private Partnership projects: A case study of highway projects in Iran," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 152-161.
    13. Edwin Thomas Banobi & Wooyong Jung, 2019. "Causes and Mitigation Strategies of Delay in Power Construction Projects: Gaps between Owners and Contractors in Successful and Unsuccessful Projects," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(21), pages 1-16, October.
    14. Berg, Sanford V. & Phillips, Michelle A., 2017. "Data availability as a key tool for regulating government-owned water utilities," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 30-37.
    15. Wang, Nannan & Gong, Zheng & Liu, Yunfei & Thomson, Craig, 2020. "The influence of governance on the implementation of Public-Private Partnerships in the United Kingdom and China: A systematic comparison," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).
    16. Marques, Rui Cunha, 2017. "Why not regulate PPPs?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 141-146.

  11. Berg, Sanford V & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2010. "Quantitative studies of water and sanitation utilities: a literature survey," MPRA Paper 32891, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Carvalho, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha & Berg, Sanford, 2011. "A meta-regression analysis of benchmarking studies on water utilities market structure," MPRA Paper 32894, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Fabre, Anaïs & Straub, Stéphane, 2019. "The Impact of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Infrastructure, Health and Education: A Review," TSE Working Papers 19-986, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), revised Sep 2021.
    3. Francisco González-Gómez & Miguel García‐Rubio & Francisco Alcalá-Olid & M. Ortega-Díaz, 2013. "Outsourcing and Efficiency in the Management of Rural Water Services," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 27(3), pages 731-747, February.
    4. Ferro, Gustavo & Lentini, Emilio J. & Mercadier, Augusto C. & Romero, Carlos A., 2013. "Eficiencia en la prestación de agua y saneamiento y su vinculación con regiones, propiedad e independencia de los prestadores en Brasil [Efficiency in water and sanitation providers and its links w," MPRA Paper 48247, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Laurens Cherchye & Thomas Demuynck & Bram Rock & Kristof Witte, 2014. "Non‐parametric Analysis of Multi‐output Production with Joint Inputs," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 124(577), pages 735-775, June.
    6. 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.
    7. Giulia Romano & Andrea Guerrini & Silvia Vernizzi, 2013. "Ownership, Investment Policies and Funding Choices of Italian Water Utilities: An Empirical Analysis," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 27(9), pages 3409-3419, July.
    8. Marques, Rui Cunha & De Witte, Kristof, 2011. "Is big better? On scale and scope economies in the Portuguese water sector," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 28(3), pages 1009-1016, May.
    9. Anne-Kathrin Faust & Andrea Baranzini, 2014. "The economic performance of Swiss drinking water utilities," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 41(3), pages 383-397, June.
    10. Romano, Giulia & Guerrini, Andrea, 2011. "Measuring and comparing the efficiency of water utility companies: A data envelopment analysis approach," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 19(3), pages 202-209.
    11. Ferro, Gustavo & Romero, Carlos A. & Covelli, María Paula, 2011. "Regulation and performance: A production frontier estimate for the Latin American water and sanitation sector," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 19(4), pages 211-217.
    12. Andrea Guerrini & Giulia Romano & Bettina Campedelli, 2013. "Economies of Scale, Scope, and Density in the Italian Water Sector: A Two-Stage Data Envelopment Analysis Approach," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 27(13), pages 4559-4578, October.
    13. 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).

  12. Cruz, Carlos & Marques, Rui, 2010. "Contribution to the study of PPP arrangements in airport development, management and operation," MPRA Paper 24623, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Markus Helfen & Jörg Sydow & Carsten Wirth, 2020. "Service Delivery Networks and Employment Relations at German Airports: Jeopardizing Industrial Peace on the Ground?," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 58(1), pages 168-198, March.
    2. Vettas, Nikolaos & Danchev, Svetoslav & Paratsiokas, Nikos, 2021. "The impact of the concession of 14 regional Greek airports on passenger traffic," CEPR Discussion Papers 16435, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    3. Das, Amit Kumar & Bardhan, Amit Kumar & Fageda, Xavier, 2020. "New regional aviation policy in India: Early indicators and lessons learnt," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 88(C).
    4. Yu, Ming-Miin & Rakshit, Ipsita, 2023. "Assessing the dynamic efficiency and technology gap of airports under different ownerships: A union dynamic NDEA approach," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    5. Kelesego Mmolainyane, 2020. "Financing Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Botswana Through the Capital Market," Working Papers 75, Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis.
    6. Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha & Pedro, Maria Isabel, 2016. "Comparing efficiency of holding business model and individual management model of airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 168-183.
    7. Aguirre, Julio & Mateu, Pedro & Pantoja, Chrissie, 2019. "Granting airport concessions for regional development: Evidence from Peru," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 138-152.
    8. Graham, Prof Anne, 2020. "Airport privatisation: A successful journey?," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    9. Sand, Jan Y., 2012. "Infrastructure quality regulation," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 310-319.
    10. Chia-Lee Yang & Ming-Chang Shieh & Chi-Yo Huang & Ching-Pin Tung, 2018. "A Derivation of Factors Influencing the Successful Integration of Corporate Volunteers into Public Flood Disaster Inquiry and Notification Systems," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-31, June.
    11. D’Alfonso, Tiziana & Daraio, Cinzia & Nastasi, Alberto, 2015. "Competition and efficiency in the Italian airport system: new insights from a conditional nonparametric frontier analysis," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 20-38.
    12. Xu, Meng & Grant-Muller, Susan & Gao, Ziyou, 2015. "Evolution and assessment of economic regulatory policies for expressway infrastructure in China," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 42-49.
    13. lo Storto, Corrado, 2018. "Ownership structure and the technical, cost, and revenue efficiency of Italian airports," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 175-193.
    14. Bel, Germà & Bel-Piñana, Paula & Rosell, Jordi, 2017. "Myopic PPPs: Risk allocation and hidden liabilities for taxpayers and users," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 147-156.

  13. De Witte, Kristof & Marques, Rui, 2009. "Gaming in a benchmarking environment. A non-parametric analysis of benchmarking in the water sector," MPRA Paper 14679, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Molinos-Senante, María & Hernández-Sancho, Francesc & Mocholí-Arce, Manuel & Sala-Garrido, Ramón, 2014. "Economic and environmental performance of wastewater treatment plants: Potential reductions in greenhouse gases emissions," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 125-140.
    2. Konstantinos Tsagarakis, 2013. "Does Size Matter? Operating Cost Coverage for Water Utilities," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 27(5), pages 1551-1562, March.
    3. Santos, Joana & Simões, Pedro & Costa, Álvaro & Cunha Marques, Rui, 2010. "Efficiency of the Portuguese metros. is it different from other European metros?," MPRA Paper 34904, University Library of Munich, Germany.

  14. Bernardino, Pedro & Marques, Rui, 2009. "Academic rankings: an approach to a Portuguese ranking," MPRA Paper 17297, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. ZAHARIEV, Boyan & BOYADJIEVA, Pepka, 2012. "The Impact Of Weighting Preferences On University Rankings: The Example Of Bulgaria," Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 12(3).

  15. Simões, Pedro & Cunha Marques, Rui, 2009. "Performance and Congestion Analysis of the Portuguese Hospital Services," MPRA Paper 16940, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Zhang, Yue-Jun & Liu, Jing-Yue & Su, Bin, 2020. "Carbon congestion effects in China's industry: Evidence from provincial and sectoral levels," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    2. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques, 2020. "A step forward on order-α robust nonparametric method: inclusion of weight restrictions, convexity and non-variable returns to scale," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 20(2), pages 1011-1046, June.
    3. Duen-Yian Yeh & Ching-Hsue Cheng, 2016. "Performance Management of Taiwan’s National Hospitals," International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 15(01), pages 187-213, January.
    4. Sebastian Kohl & Jan Schoenfelder & Andreas Fügener & Jens O. Brunner, 2019. "The use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in healthcare with a focus on hospitals," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 22(2), pages 245-286, June.
    5. Henriques, C.O. & Gouveia, M.C., 2022. "Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the efficiency of Portuguese state-owned enterprise hospitals," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    6. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Figueira, José Rui & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2020. "Using a Choquet integral-based approach for incorporating decision-maker’s preference judgments in a Data Envelopment Analysis model," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 284(3), pages 1016-1030.
    7. Simona Cohen-Kadosh & Zilla Sinuany-Stern, 2020. "Hip fracture surgery efficiency in Israeli hospitals via a network data envelopment analysis," 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. 28(1), pages 251-277, March.
    8. : Álvaro Almeida & José Pedro Fique, 2011. "Evaluating Hospital Efficiency Adjusting for Quality Indicators: an Application to Portuguese NHS Hospitals," FEP Working Papers 435, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Economia do Porto.
    9. Agovino, Massimiliano & Musella, Gaetano & Scaletti, Alessandro, 2022. "Equilibrium and efficiency in the first aid services market: The case of the emergency department of Sorrento," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 82(PB).
    10. 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.
    11. Sung-hun Park & Joong Hoon Ko & Eun-song Bae & Meehyang Chang & Daecheol Kim, 2019. "The Impact of Hospital Specialization on Congestion and Efficiency," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-14, March.
    12. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Alexandre Morais Nunes & Rui Cunha Marques, 2020. "Operational efficiency vs clinical safety, care appropriateness, timeliness, and access to health care," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 53(3), pages 355-375, June.
    13. Y. J. F. M. Krabbe-Alkemade & T. L. C. M. Groot & M. Lindeboom, 2017. "Competition in the Dutch hospital sector: an analysis of health care volume and cost," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 18(2), pages 139-153, March.
    14. Chen, Zhenling & Li, Jinkai & Zhao, Weigang & Yuan, Xiao-Chen & Yang, Guo-liang, 2019. "Undesirable and desirable energy congestion measurements for regional coal-fired power generation industry in China," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 122-134.
    15. Diogo Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques, 2018. "Identifying congestion levels, sources and determinants on intensive care units: the Portuguese case," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 348-375, September.
    16. Zilla Sinuany-Stern & Simona Cohen-Kadosh & Lea Friedman, 2016. "The relationship between the efficiency of orthopedic wards and the socio-economic status of their patients," 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. 24(4), pages 853-876, December.
    17. Jernej Agrež & Nadja Damij, 2015. "Knowledge dynamics assessment in complex organizational systems: a missing person investigation case study," 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. 23(3), pages 527-545, September.
    18. George Fragkiadakis & Michael Doumpos & Constantin Zopounidis & Christophe Germain, 2016. "Operational and economic efficiency analysis of public hospitals in Greece," Post-Print hal-01414677, HAL.
    19. Diogo Ferreira & Rui Marques, 2015. "Did the corporatization of Portuguese hospitals significantly change their productivity?," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 16(3), pages 289-303, April.
    20. Matranga, Domenica & Sapienza, Francesca, 2015. "Congestion analysis to evaluate the efficiency and appropriateness of hospitals in Sicily," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 119(3), pages 324-332.
    21. 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.
    22. María Molinos-Senante & Ramón Sala-Garrido, 2019. "Assessment of Energy Efficiency and Its Determinants for Drinking Water Treatment Plants Using A Double-Bootstrap Approach," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-11, February.
    23. Josefa Mula & Marija Bogataj, 2021. "OR in the industrial engineering of Industry 4.0: experiences from the Iberian Peninsula mirrored in CJOR," 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. 29(4), pages 1163-1184, December.
    24. George Fragkiadakis & Michael Doumpos & Constantin Zopounidis & Christophe Germain, 2016. "Operational and economic efficiency analysis of public hospitals in Greece," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 247(2), pages 787-806, December.
    25. F. Wu & P. Zhou & D. Zhou, 2015. "Measuring Energy Congestion in Chinese Industrial Sectors: A Slacks-Based DEA Approach," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 46(3), pages 479-494, October.
    26. 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.
    27. Yongjun Li & Xiyang Lei & Alec Morton, 2019. "Performance evaluation of nonhomogeneous hospitals: the case of Hong Kong hospitals," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 22(2), pages 215-228, June.
    28. Jun Wang & Yong Zha, 2014. "Distinguishing Technical Inefficiency from Desirable and Undesirable Congestion with an Application to Regional Industries in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 6(12), pages 1-19, December.

  16. Marques, Rui & Simões, Pedro, 2009. "How far are Portuguese prisons inefficient? A non-parametric approach," MPRA Paper 19565, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Hall, Maximilian J.B. & Liu, Wenbin B. & Simper, Richard & Zhou, Zhongbao, 2013. "The economic efficiency of rehabilitative management in young offender institutions in England and Wales," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 47(1), pages 38-49.

  17. Kristof De Witte & Rui C. Marques, 2008. "Capturing the environment, a metafrontier approach to the drinking water sector," Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven ces0804, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven.

    Cited by:

    1. Kristof Witte & David Saal, 2010. "Is a little sunshine all we need? On the impact of sunshine regulation on profits, productivity and prices in the Dutch drinking water sector," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 37(3), pages 219-242, June.
    2. Kristof De Witte & Wim Groot & Henri?tte Maassen van den Brink, 2012. "The Efficiency of Education in Generating Literacy: A Stochastic Frontier Approach," Review of Economics & Finance, Better Advances Press, Canada, vol. 2, pages 25-37, February.
    3. Steven Renzetti & Diane Dupont, 2009. "Measuring the Technical Efficiency of Municipal Water Suppliers: the Role of Environmental Factors," Working Papers 0901, Brock University, Department of Economics, revised Jan 2009.
    4. Shinji Yane & Sanford Berg, 2013. "Sensitivity analysis of efficiency rankings to distributional assumptions: applications to Japanese water utilities," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(17), pages 2337-2348, June.
    5. Mercedes Beltrán-Esteve & José A. Gómez-Limón & Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo & Ernest Reig-Martínez, 2012. "A metafrontier directional distance function approach to assessing eco-efficiency," Working Papers 1206, Department of Applied Economics II, Universidad de Valencia.
    6. Giulia Romano & Nicola Salvati & Andrea Guerrini, 2014. "Factors Affecting Water Utility Companies’ Decision to Promote the Reduction of Household Water Consumption," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 28(15), pages 5491-5505, December.
    7. Graziano Abrate & Fabrizio Erbetta & Giovanni Fraquelli, 2011. "Public utility planning and cost efficiency in a decentralized regulation context: the case of the Italian integrated water service," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 35(3), pages 227-242, June.

  18. Rui Cunha Marques & Ana Oliveira-Brochado, 2007. "Comparing Airport regulation in Europe: Is there need for a European Regulator?," FEP Working Papers 259, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Economia do Porto.

    Cited by:

    1. Martin Iltis, 2010. "A brief overview of airport regulation in Europe," Ekonomika a Management, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2010(3).

  19. Kristof De Witte & Rui C. Marques, 2007. "Designing incenttives in local public utilities, an international comparison of the drinking water sector," Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven ces0732, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven.

    Cited by:

    1. Halkos, George & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2011. "A conditional full frontier approach for investigating the Averch-Johnson effect," MPRA Paper 35491, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. De Witte, Kristof & Marques, Rui, 2009. "Gaming in a benchmarking environment. A non-parametric analysis of benchmarking in the water sector," MPRA Paper 14679, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Rita Martins & Fernando Coelho & Adelino Fortunato, 2012. "Water losses and hydrographical regions influence on the cost structure of the Portuguese water industry," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 38(1), pages 81-94, August.
    4. George Halkos & Nickolaos Tzeremes, 2014. "Measuring the effect of Kyoto protocol agreement on countries’ environmental efficiency in CO 2 emissions: an application of conditional full frontiers," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 41(3), pages 367-382, June.
    5. Halkos, George & Tzeremes, Nickolaos, 2011. "A conditional full frontier modelling for analyzing environmental efficiency and economic growth," MPRA Paper 32839, University Library of Munich, Germany.

  20. Ana Oliveira-Brochado & Rui Cunha Marques, 2007. "Comparing alternative instruments to measure service quality in higher education," FEP Working Papers 258, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Economia do Porto.

    Cited by:

Articles

  1. Fagundes, Thalita Salgado & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2023. "Challenges of recycled water pricing," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).

    Cited by:

    1. James, Christina Anne & Kavanagh, Marie & Manton, Carl & Soar, Jeffrey, 2023. "Revisiting recycled water for the next drought; a case study of South East Queensland, Australia," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).

  2. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2022. "Is sunshine regulation the new prescription to brighten up public hospitals in Portugal?," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Kees, M. Celeste & Bandoni, J. Alberto & Moreno, M. Susana, 2022. "A multi-period fuzzy optimization strategy for managing a centralized blood supply chain," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    2. Lobo, Maria Stella de Castro & Estellita Lins, Marcos Pereira & Rodrigues, Henrique de Castro & Soares, Gabriel Martins, 2022. "Planning feasible and efficient operational scenarios for a university hospital through multimethodology," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    3. Arantes, Amílcar & Alhais, Andreia Frias & Ferreira, Luis Miguel D.F., 2022. "Application of a purchasing portfolio model to define medicine purchasing strategies: An empirical study," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    4. Färe, Rolf & Karagiannis, Giannis, 2022. "Aggregating Farrell efficiencies without value data: The case of hospitals," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    5. Pereira, André Alves & Pereira, Miguel Alves, 2023. "Energy storage strategy analysis based on the Choquet multi-criteria preference aggregation model: The Portuguese case," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    6. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Vilarinho, Hermilio & D’Inverno, Giovanna & Camanho, Ana S., 2023. "A regulatory robust conditional approach to measuring the efficiency of wholesale water supply and wastewater treatment services," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).

  3. Paulo Caldas & Brian Dollery & Rui Cunha Marques, 2022. "Measuring what matters in local government: a Municipality Sustainability Index," Policy Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(4), pages 738-758, July.

    Cited by:

    1. Rymarzak Małgorzata & Siemińska Ewa & Sakierski Krzysztof, 2022. "Reflecting Sustainability in the Analysis of Highest and Best Use: Evidence from Polish Municipalities," Real Estate Management and Valuation, Sciendo, vol. 30(4), pages 103-115, December.
    2. Francesca Bartolacci & Rosanna Salvia & Giovanni Quaranta & Luca Salvati, 2022. "Seeking the Optimal Dimension of Local Administrative Units: A Reflection on Urban Concentration and Changes in Municipal Size," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-17, November.

  4. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2022. "The ‘Sustainable Public Health Index’: What if public health and sustainable development are compatible?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Samieinasab, Mina & Hamid, Mahdi & Rabbani, Masoud, 2022. "An integrated resilience engineering-lean management approach to performance assessment and improvement of clinical departments," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).

  5. Carlos Novaes & Rui Marques, 2022. "Stormwater Utilities: A Sustainable Answer to Many Questions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-15, May.

    Cited by:

    1. Carlos Novaes & Rui Marques, 2023. "Are Rainwater and Stormwater Part of the Urban CE Efficiency?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-14, July.

  6. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques & Alexandre Morais Nunes, 2021. "Correction to: Pay for performance in health care: a new best practice tariff-based tool using a log-linear piecewise frontier function and a dual–primal approach for unique solutions," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 2147-2148, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Alexandre Nunes, 2024. "Vertical Integration in Healthcare and Patient Satisfaction: An Exploratory Analysis of Portuguese Reforms," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(3), pages 1-16, January.

  7. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Camanho, Ana Santos & Marques, Rui Cunha & Figueira, José Rui, 2021. "The convergence of the World Health Organization Member States regarding the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal ‘Good health and well-being’," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Elorza, María Eugenia & Moscoso, Nebel Silvana & Blanco, Anibal Manuel, 2022. "Assessing performance in health care: A mathematical programming approach for the re-design of primary health care networks," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    2. Vidoli, F.; & Fusco, E.; & Pignataro, G.; & Guccio, C.;, 2023. "Multi-directional Robust Benefit of the Doubt model: a comprehensive measure for the quality of health care in OECD countries," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 23/14, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
    3. Gideon Ndubuisi & Solomon Owusu, 2023. "Trade for catch-up: examining how global value chains participation affects productive efficiency," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 59(2), pages 195-215, April.
    4. Ekinci, Esra & Mangla, Sachin Kumar & Kazancoglu, Yigit & Sarma, P.R.S. & Sezer, Muruvvet Deniz & Ozbiltekin-Pala, Melisa, 2022. "Resilience and complexity measurement for energy efficient global supply chains in disruptive events," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 179(C).
    5. Lobo, Maria Stella de Castro & Estellita Lins, Marcos Pereira & Rodrigues, Henrique de Castro & Soares, Gabriel Martins, 2022. "Planning feasible and efficient operational scenarios for a university hospital through multimethodology," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    6. 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.
    7. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2022. "The ‘Sustainable Public Health Index’: What if public health and sustainable development are compatible?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
    8. Gilani, Hani & Sahebi, Hadi, 2022. "A data-driven robust optimization model by cutting hyperplanes on vaccine access uncertainty in COVID-19 vaccine supply chain," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).

  8. Narzetti, Daniel Antonio & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Isomorphic mimicry and the effectiveness of water-sector reforms in Brazil," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).

    Cited by:

    1. González, Camilo Ignacio, 2022. "Can we have it all? The evolution of regulatory frameworks in Latin America," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
    2. Surachman, Eko Nur & Perwitasari, Sevi Wening & Suhendra, Maman, 2022. "Stakeholder management mapping to improve public-private partnership success in emerging country water projects: Indonesia’s experience," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    3. Albalate, Daniel & Bel, Germà & González-Gómez, Francisco & Picazo-Tadeo, Andrés J., 2022. "Legislative reforms and market dynamics in the provision of urban water service by private contract operators in Spain," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).

  9. Wang Pu & Fei Xu & Rui Cunha Marques, 2021. "A bibliometric and meta-analysis of studies on public–private partnership in China," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(9), pages 773-789, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Jin, Haizhen, 2023. "Effects of decentralization on firm performance: Evidence from Chinese county-level quasi-experiments," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).

  10. Rocha, António & Costa, Ana Sara & Figueira, José Rui & Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Quality assessment of the Portuguese public hospitals: A multiple criteria approach," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Zhao, Heng & Liu, Zixian & Li, Mei & Liang, Lijun, 2022. "Optimal monitoring policies for chronic diseases under healthcare warranty," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    2. Pinho, Margarida & Costa, Ana Sara & Meneses, Marta & Manso, Joana, 2023. "A multiple criteria sorting method for supporting the maintenance management of medical ventilators: The case of Hospital da Luz Lisboa," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    3. Jaros{l}aw Wk{a}tr'obski & Aleksandra Bk{a}czkiewicz & Iga Rudawska, 2023. "A Strong Sustainability Paradigm Based Analytical Hierarchy Process (SSP-AHP) Method to Evaluate Sustainable Healthcare Systems," Papers 2306.00718, arXiv.org.
    4. Pereira, Javier & Contreras, Pedro & Morais, Danielle C. & Arroyo-López, Pilar, 2022. "Multi-criteria ordered clustering of countries in the Global Health Security Index," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    5. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2022. "Is sunshine regulation the new prescription to brighten up public hospitals in Portugal?," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    6. Shaker Ardakani, Elham & Gilani Larimi, Niloofar & Oveysi Nejad, Maryam & Madani Hosseini, Mahsa & Zargoush, Manaf, 2023. "A resilient, robust transformation of healthcare systems to cope with COVID-19 through alternative resources," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
    7. Paulo Caldas & Miguel Varela, 2023. "The Portuguese Public Hospitals Performance Evolution before and during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (2017–2022)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-31, July.
    8. Fernández, Eduardo & Figueira, José Rui & Navarro, Jorge & Solares, Efrain, 2022. "Handling imperfect information in multiple criteria decision-making through a comprehensive interval outranking approach," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 82(PB).

  11. Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Public interest and early termination of PPP contracts. Can fair and reasonable compensations be determined?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Nur, Suardi & Burton, Bruce & Bergmann, Ariel, 2023. "Evidence on optimal risk allocation models for Indonesian geothermal projects under PPP contracts," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    2. Bao, Fengyu & Martek, Igor & Chan, Albert P.C. & Chen, Chuan & Yang, Yang & Yu, Heng, 2023. "Assessing the public-private partnership handover: Experience from China's water sector," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).

  12. Lima, Sónia & Brochado, Ana & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Public-private partnerships in the water sector: A review," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Xinshuo Hou, 2022. "Can Public–Private Partnership Wastewater Treatment Projects Help Reduce Urban Sewage Disposal? Empirical Evidence from 267 Cities in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(12), pages 1-24, June.
    2. George Shambaugh & Shareen Joshi, 2021. "Bridges over Troubled Waters? The Political Economy of Public-Private Partnerships in the Water Sector," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(18), pages 1-14, September.
    3. Surachman, Eko Nur & Perwitasari, Sevi Wening & Suhendra, Maman, 2022. "Stakeholder management mapping to improve public-private partnership success in emerging country water projects: Indonesia’s experience," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    4. Albalate, Daniel & Bel, Germà & González-Gómez, Francisco & Picazo-Tadeo, Andrés J., 2022. "Legislative reforms and market dynamics in the provision of urban water service by private contract operators in Spain," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
    5. Bao, Fengyu & Martek, Igor & Chan, Albert P.C. & Chen, Chuan & Yang, Yang & Yu, Heng, 2023. "Assessing the public-private partnership handover: Experience from China's water sector," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
    6. Cahn, Amir & Katz, David & Ghermandi, Andrea & Prevos, Peter, 2023. "Adoption of data-as-a-service by water and wastewater utilities," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    7. Surbhi Gupta & Anil Kumar Sharma, 2022. "Evolution of infrastructure as an asset class: a systematic literature review and thematic analysis," Journal of Asset Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 23(3), pages 173-200, May.
    8. Yong Jiang, 2023. "Financing water investment for global sustainable development: Challenges, innovation, and governance strategies," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 31(2), pages 600-611, April.
    9. D'Amore, Gabriella & Landriani, Loris & Lepore, Luigi, 2021. "Ownership and sustainability of Italian water utilities: The stakeholder role," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).

  13. Mai Wardeh & Rui Cunha Marques, 2021. "Sustainability in Refugee Camps: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(14), pages 1-24, July.

    Cited by:

    1. Mai Wardeh & Rui Cunha Marques, 2023. "Measuring the SDGs in Refugee Camps: An Insight into Arab States Bordering Syria," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-26, January.
    2. Reem Alkharouf & Ali Shehadeh & Khaled Khazaleh & Azzam Al-Azzam & Muneer Khalayleh, 2023. "Assessing Refugee Preferences for SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) Solutions in Irbid Camp and Sakhra Region: Cultivated Roofs and Refrigerators as Food Banks Interventions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-27, August.

  14. Miguel A. Pereira & Diogo C. Ferreira & Rui C. Marques, 2021. "A critical look at the Portuguese public–private partnerships in healthcare," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(2), pages 302-315, March.

    Cited by:

    1. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2022. "Is sunshine regulation the new prescription to brighten up public hospitals in Portugal?," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).

  15. Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha & Nunes, Alexandre Morais & Figueira, José Rui, 2021. "Customers satisfaction in pediatric inpatient services: A multiple criteria satisfaction analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Liu, Hongda & Wu, Wangqiang & Yao, Pinbo, 2022. "A study on the efficiency of pediatric healthcare services and its influencing factors in China ——estimation of a three-stage DEA model based on provincial-level data," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).

  16. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Camanho, Ana Santos & Figueira, José Rui & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Incorporating preference information in a range directional composite indicator: The case of Portuguese public hospitals," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 294(2), pages 633-650.

    Cited by:

    1. Elorza, María Eugenia & Moscoso, Nebel Silvana & Blanco, Anibal Manuel, 2022. "Assessing performance in health care: A mathematical programming approach for the re-design of primary health care networks," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    2. Agovino, Massimiliano & Musella, Gaetano & Scaletti, Alessandro, 2022. "Equilibrium and efficiency in the first aid services market: The case of the emergency department of Sorrento," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 82(PB).
    3. 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).
    4. Vilarinho, Hermilio & D’Inverno, Giovanna & Nóvoa, Henriqueta & Camanho, Ana S., 2023. "Performance analytics for regulation in retail water utilities: Guiding asset management by identifying peers and targets," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    5. 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).
    6. Vidoli, F.; & Fusco, E.; & Pignataro, G.; & Guccio, C.;, 2023. "Multi-directional Robust Benefit of the Doubt model: a comprehensive measure for the quality of health care in OECD countries," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 23/14, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
    7. 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).
    8. Wang, Qingyi & Liu, Zhuomeng & Jiang, Peng & Luo, Li, 2022. "A stochastic programming model for emergency supplies pre-positioning, transshipment and procurement in a regional healthcare coalition," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 82(PB).
    9. Jiménez-Fernández, Eduardo & Sánchez, Angeles & Ortega-Pérez, Mario, 2022. "Dealing with weighting scheme in composite indicators: An unsupervised distance-machine learning proposal for quantitative data," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    10. 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.
    11. Zhang, Cai Wen & Yang, Yuanhui, 2023. "Appraisal of regional hospital efficiency and healthcare quality in China: Impacts of subsidies and marketization," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    12. Tourinho, Marco & Barbosa, Flávia & Santos, Paulo Rosa & Pinto, Francisco Taveira & Camanho, Ana S., 2023. "Productivity change in Brazilian water services: A benchmarking study of national and regional trends," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    13. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2022. "Is sunshine regulation the new prescription to brighten up public hospitals in Portugal?," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    14. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2022. "The ‘Sustainable Public Health Index’: What if public health and sustainable development are compatible?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
    15. Yu, Haiyan & Yang, Ching-Chi & Yu, Ping, 2023. "Constrained optimization for stratified treatment rules in reducing hospital readmission rates of diabetic patients," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 308(3), pages 1355-1364.
    16. Färe, Rolf & Karagiannis, Giannis, 2022. "Aggregating Farrell efficiencies without value data: The case of hospitals," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    17. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Camanho, Ana Santos & Marques, Rui Cunha & Figueira, José Rui, 2021. "The convergence of the World Health Organization Member States regarding the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal ‘Good health and well-being’," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    18. Samieinasab, Mina & Hamid, Mahdi & Rabbani, Masoud, 2022. "An integrated resilience engineering-lean management approach to performance assessment and improvement of clinical departments," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).

  17. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Paulo Caldas & Rui Cunha Marques, 2021. "Ageing as a determinant of local government performance: myth or reality? the Portuguese experience," Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(3), pages 475-497, May.

    Cited by:

    1. Paulo Caldas & Miguel Varela, 2023. "The Portuguese Public Hospitals Performance Evolution before and during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (2017–2022)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-31, July.

  18. 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).

    Cited by:

    1. Kehinde Oni & Mukaila Ayanda Aremu & Taiwo Ogunniran, 2022. "Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Microfinance Banks' Performance in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria," Technium Social Sciences Journal, Technium Science, vol. 31(1), pages 553-574, May.
    2. Natalia R. Potoczek, 2021. "The use of process benchmarking in the water industry to introduce changes in the digitization of the company’s value chain," Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, Fundacja Upowszechniająca Wiedzę i Naukę "Cognitione", vol. 17(4), pages 51-89.
    3. Agovino, Massimiliano & Musella, Gaetano & Scaletti, Alessandro, 2022. "Equilibrium and efficiency in the first aid services market: The case of the emergency department of Sorrento," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 82(PB).
    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. Abbas, Hafiz Syed Mohsin & Xu, Xiaodong & Sun, Chunxia, 2022. "The role of state capacity and socio-economic determinants on health quality and its access in Pakistan (1990–2019)," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    6. Pereira, Javier & Contreras, Pedro & Morais, Danielle C. & Arroyo-López, Pilar, 2022. "Multi-criteria ordered clustering of countries in the Global Health Security Index," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    7. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2022. "Is sunshine regulation the new prescription to brighten up public hospitals in Portugal?," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    8. Paulo Caldas & Miguel Varela, 2023. "The Portuguese Public Hospitals Performance Evolution before and during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (2017–2022)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-31, July.
    9. Cuoghi, Kaio Guilherme & Leoneti, Alexandre Bevilacqua & Passador, João Luiz, 2022. "On the choice of public or private management models in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS)," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).

  19. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques & Alexandre Morais Nunes, 2021. "Pay for performance in health care: a new best practice tariff-based tool using a log-linear piecewise frontier function and a dual–primal approach for unique solutions," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 2101-2146, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2022. "Is sunshine regulation the new prescription to brighten up public hospitals in Portugal?," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    2. Alexandre Nunes, 2024. "Vertical Integration in Healthcare and Patient Satisfaction: An Exploratory Analysis of Portuguese Reforms," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(3), pages 1-16, January.

  20. Miguel Alves Pereira & Rui Cunha Marques, 2021. "Technical and Scale Efficiency of the Brazilian Municipalities’ Water and Sanitation Services: A Two-Stage Data Envelopment Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-17, December.

    Cited by:

    1. Samieinasab, Mina & Hamid, Mahdi & Rabbani, Masoud, 2022. "An integrated resilience engineering-lean management approach to performance assessment and improvement of clinical departments," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).

  21. Carvalho, Bruno & Rondon, Rodrigo & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2020. "Better utility regulation through RIA? Merits and implications based on the Brazilian case," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Massarutto, Antonio & Roder, G. & Troiano, S., 2022. "Better safe than sorry? Stated preferences and the precautionary principle for securing drinking water quality in an Italian district," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
    2. Silva, Jeovan Assis & Guimaraes, Tomas Aquino, 2021. "Factors affecting judicial review of regulatory appeals," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).

  22. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Figueira, José Rui & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2020. "Using a Choquet integral-based approach for incorporating decision-maker’s preference judgments in a Data Envelopment Analysis model," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 284(3), pages 1016-1030.

    Cited by:

    1. Agovino, Massimiliano & Musella, Gaetano & Scaletti, Alessandro, 2022. "Equilibrium and efficiency in the first aid services market: The case of the emergency department of Sorrento," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 82(PB).
    2. Torra, Vicenç, 2023. "The transport problem for non-additive measures," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 311(2), pages 679-689.
    3. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Machete, Inês Freire & Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2020. "Using multi-criteria decision analysis to rank European health systems: The Beveridgian financing case," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    4. Zhang, Cai Wen & Yang, Yuanhui, 2023. "Appraisal of regional hospital efficiency and healthcare quality in China: Impacts of subsidies and marketization," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    5. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2022. "Is sunshine regulation the new prescription to brighten up public hospitals in Portugal?," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    6. Gong, Zaiwu & Guo, Weiwei & Słowiński, Roman, 2021. "Transaction and interaction behavior-based consensus model and its application to optimal carbon emission reduction," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    7. Pereira, André Alves & Pereira, Miguel Alves, 2023. "Energy storage strategy analysis based on the Choquet multi-criteria preference aggregation model: The Portuguese case," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    8. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Camanho, Ana Santos & Figueira, José Rui & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Incorporating preference information in a range directional composite indicator: The case of Portuguese public hospitals," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 294(2), pages 633-650.

  23. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Alexandre Morais Nunes & Rui Cunha Marques, 2020. "Operational efficiency vs clinical safety, care appropriateness, timeliness, and access to health care," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 53(3), pages 355-375, June.

    Cited by:

    1. Xinxin Peng & Xiaolei Tang & Yijun Chen & Jinghua Zhang, 2021. "Ranking the Healthcare Resource Factors for Public Satisfaction with Health System in China—Based on the Grey Relational Analysis Models," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(3), pages 1-13, January.
    2. Vardanyan, Michael & Valdmanis, Vivian G. & Leleu, Hervé & Ferrier, Gary D., 2022. "Estimating technology characteristics of the U.S. hospital industry using directional distance functions with optimal directions," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
    3. Rocha, António & Costa, Ana Sara & Figueira, José Rui & Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Quality assessment of the Portuguese public hospitals: A multiple criteria approach," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    4. Xinxin Peng & Xiaolei Tang & Jing Hua Zhang & Yijun Chen, 2023. "Smoking Bans and Circulatory System Disease Mortality Reduction in Macao (China): Using GRA Models," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(5), pages 1-14, March.
    5. 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.
    6. Alicia Ramírez-Orellana & María del Carmen Valls Martínez & Mayra Soledad Grasso, 2021. "Using Higher-Order Constructs to Estimate Health-Disease Status: The Effect of Health System Performance and Sustainability," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-23, May.
    7. Paulo Caldas & Miguel Varela, 2023. "The Portuguese Public Hospitals Performance Evolution before and during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (2017–2022)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-31, July.

  24. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Machete, Inês Freire & Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2020. "Using multi-criteria decision analysis to rank European health systems: The Beveridgian financing case," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Vidoli, Francesco & Auteri, Monica, 2022. "Health-care demand and supply at municipal level: A spatial disaggregation approach," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    2. Elorza, María Eugenia & Moscoso, Nebel Silvana & Blanco, Anibal Manuel, 2022. "Assessing performance in health care: A mathematical programming approach for the re-design of primary health care networks," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    3. Torkayesh, Ali Ebadi & Pamucar, Dragan & Ecer, Fatih & Chatterjee, Prasenjit, 2021. "An integrated BWM-LBWA-CoCoSo framework for evaluation of healthcare sectors in Eastern Europe," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    4. Popkova, Elena G. & Sergi, Bruno S., 2022. "Digital public health: Automation based on new datasets and the Internet of Things," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
    5. Jaros{l}aw Wk{a}tr'obski & Aleksandra Bk{a}czkiewicz & Iga Rudawska, 2023. "A Strong Sustainability Paradigm Based Analytical Hierarchy Process (SSP-AHP) Method to Evaluate Sustainable Healthcare Systems," Papers 2306.00718, arXiv.org.
    6. Rocha, António & Costa, Ana Sara & Figueira, José Rui & Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Quality assessment of the Portuguese public hospitals: A multiple criteria approach," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    7. Pereira, Javier & Contreras, Pedro & Morais, Danielle C. & Arroyo-López, Pilar, 2022. "Multi-criteria ordered clustering of countries in the Global Health Security Index," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    8. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2022. "Is sunshine regulation the new prescription to brighten up public hospitals in Portugal?," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    9. Pereira, André Alves & Pereira, Miguel Alves, 2023. "Energy storage strategy analysis based on the Choquet multi-criteria preference aggregation model: The Portuguese case," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    10. Paulo Caldas & Miguel Varela, 2023. "The Portuguese Public Hospitals Performance Evolution before and during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (2017–2022)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-31, July.
    11. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Camanho, Ana Santos & Figueira, José Rui & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Incorporating preference information in a range directional composite indicator: The case of Portuguese public hospitals," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 294(2), pages 633-650.
    12. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Camanho, Ana Santos & Marques, Rui Cunha & Figueira, José Rui, 2021. "The convergence of the World Health Organization Member States regarding the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal ‘Good health and well-being’," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    13. Zhao, Meng & Wang, Yajun & Zhang, Xueyi & Xu, Chang, 2023. "Online doctor-patient dynamic stable matching model based on regret theory under incomplete information," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 87(PB).

  25. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques & Maria Isabel Pedro & Carolina Amaral, 2020. "Economic Inefficiency Levels of Urban Solid Waste Management Services in Portugal," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-29, May.

    Cited by:

    1. Alena Harbiankova & Sławomir Kalinowski, 2023. "MSW Management to Zero Waste: Challenges and Perspectives in Belarus," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-22, January.

  26. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques, 2020. "A step forward on order-α robust nonparametric method: inclusion of weight restrictions, convexity and non-variable returns to scale," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 20(2), pages 1011-1046, June.

    Cited by:

    1. Zohreh Moghaddas & Alireza Amirteimoori & Reza Kazemi Matin, 2022. "Selective proportionality and integer-valued data in DEA: an application to performance evaluation of high schools," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 22(4), pages 3435-3459, September.
    2. Sala-Garrido, Ramon & Mocholi-Arce, Manuel & Maziotis, Alexandros & Molinos-Senante, María, 2023. "The carbon and production performance of water utilities: Evidence from the English and Welsh water industry," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 292-300.
    3. Dai, Sheng & Kuosmanen, Timo & Zhou, Xun, 2023. "Generalized quantile and expectile properties for shape constrained nonparametric estimation," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 310(2), pages 914-927.
    4. Raith, Andrea & Ehrgott, Matthias & Fauzi, Fariza & Lin, Kuan-Min & Macann, Andrew & Rouse, Paul & Simpson, John, 2022. "Integrating Data Envelopment Analysis into radiotherapy treatment planning for head and neck cancer patients," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 296(1), pages 289-303.

  27. Wang Pu & Fei Xu & Ruoxun Chen & Rui Cunha Marques, 2020. "PPP project procurement model selection in China: does it matter?," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(2), pages 126-139, February.

    Cited by:

    1. Zhao, Jianfeng & Greenwood, David & Thurairajah, Niraj & Liu, Henry J. & Haigh, Richard, 2022. "Value for money in transport infrastructure investment: An enhanced model for better procurement decisions," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 118(C), pages 68-78.
    2. Lima, Sónia & Brochado, Ana & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Public-private partnerships in the water sector: A review," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).
    3. Takano, Guillermo, 2021. "The competitive performance of public-private partnership markets. The case of unsolicited proposals in Peru," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    4. Tavana, Madjid & Khalili Nasr, Arash & Mina, Hassan & Michnik, Jerzy, 2022. "A private sustainable partner selection model for green public-private partnerships and regional economic development," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    5. Majeed, Muhammad Ansar & Yan, Chao & Zhong, Huijie, 2022. "Do firms manipulate earnings after winning public-private partnership bids? Evidence from China," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 51(PB).
    6. Wang, Nannan & Gong, Zheng & Liu, Yunfei & Thomson, Craig, 2020. "The influence of governance on the implementation of Public-Private Partnerships in the United Kingdom and China: A systematic comparison," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).

  28. 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.

    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. Richard Gearhart & Nyakundi Michieka, 2020. "A non-parametric investigation of supply side factors and healthcare efficiency in the U.S," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 54(1), pages 59-74, August.
    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. Henriques, C.O. & Gouveia, M.C., 2022. "Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the efficiency of Portuguese state-owned enterprise hospitals," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    5. Robert John Kolesar & Peter Bogetoft & Vanara Chea & Guido Erreygers & Sambo Pheakdey, 2022. "Advancing universal health coverage in the COVID-19 era: an assessment of public health services technical efficiency and applied cost allocation in Cambodia," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 1-20, December.
    6. Lobo, Maria Stella de Castro & Estellita Lins, Marcos Pereira & Rodrigues, Henrique de Castro & Soares, Gabriel Martins, 2022. "Planning feasible and efficient operational scenarios for a university hospital through multimethodology," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    7. Arantes, Amílcar & Alhais, Andreia Frias & Ferreira, Luis Miguel D.F., 2022. "Application of a purchasing portfolio model to define medicine purchasing strategies: An empirical study," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    8. Gualano, Maria Rosaria & Corradi, Alessio & Voglino, Gianluca & Bert, Fabrizio & Siliquini, Roberta, 2021. "Beyond COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in Italy exploring the covid collateral impacts on healthcare services," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 125(7), pages 869-876.
    9. Rocha, António & Costa, Ana Sara & Figueira, José Rui & Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Quality assessment of the Portuguese public hospitals: A multiple criteria approach," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    10. Abadie, Amelie & Roux, Mélanie & Chowdhury, Soumyadeb & Dey, Prasanta, 2023. "Interlinking organisational resources, AI adoption and omnichannel integration quality in Ghana’s healthcare supply chain," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
    11. Färe, Rolf & Karagiannis, Giannis, 2022. "Aggregating Farrell efficiencies without value data: The case of hospitals," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    12. Rita Matos & Diogo Ferreira & Maria Isabel Pedro, 2021. "Economic Analysis of Portuguese Public Hospitals Through the Construction of Quality, Efficiency, Access, and Financial Related Composite Indicators," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 157(1), pages 361-392, August.
    13. 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.
    14. Alicia Ramírez-Orellana & María del Carmen Valls Martínez & Mayra Soledad Grasso, 2021. "Using Higher-Order Constructs to Estimate Health-Disease Status: The Effect of Health System Performance and Sustainability," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-23, May.
    15. Paulo Caldas & Miguel Varela, 2023. "The Portuguese Public Hospitals Performance Evolution before and during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (2017–2022)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-31, July.

  29. Paulo Caldas & Diogo Ferreira & Brian Dollery & Rui Marques, 2019. "Economies of scope in Portuguese local government using an augmented Hicks–Moorsteen approach," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(7), pages 963-976, July.

    Cited by:

    1. Tourinho, Marco & Santos, Paulo Rosa & Pinto, Francisco Taveira & Camanho, Ana S., 2022. "Performance assessment of water services in Brazilian municipalities: An integrated view of efficiency and access," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    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. Vardanyan, Michael & Valdmanis, Vivian G. & Leleu, Hervé & Ferrier, Gary D., 2022. "Estimating technology characteristics of the U.S. hospital industry using directional distance functions with optimal directions," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).

  30. Marques, Rui Cunha & Pinto, Francisco Silva, 2018. "How to watch the watchmen? The role and measurement of regulatory governance," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 73-81.

    Cited by:

    1. SERVIN JUAREZ, ROSELIA & Trejo-Pech, Carlos O. & ALMA YANET, PÉREZ-VÁSQUEZ S., 2020. "Specialty Coffee Shops in Mexico: Factors Influencing the Likelihood of Purchasing High-Quality Coffee," 2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri 304594, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    2. Maryati, Sri & Humaira, An Nisaa Siti & Afriana, Anita & Roekmi, Raden Ajeng Koesoemo & Suhartini, Ninik, 2021. "Developer behavior in local infrastructure provision in Indonesia: Implications for policy," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    3. Vilarinho, Hermilio & D’Inverno, Giovanna & Nóvoa, Henriqueta & Camanho, Ana S., 2023. "Performance analytics for regulation in retail water utilities: Guiding asset management by identifying peers and targets," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    4. 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).
    5. 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).
    6. Lee, Changyen & Cheng, Chun-Fa & Chuang, Min-Ta & Hsu, Wei-Chieh & Chen, Yen-Hung & Cheng, Kuo-Tai, 2018. "How transparency and accountability matter in regulating the Taiwan Water Supply Corporation," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 50-58.
    7. Aquila, Giancarlo & de Oliveira Pamplona, Edson & Ferreira Filho, José Alberto & da Silva, Antônio Sergio & de Azevedo Mataveli, João Victor & Correa, João Ederson & de Maria, Mateus Sanches & Garcia,, 2019. "Quantitative regulatory impact analysis: Experience of regulatory agencies in Brazil," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 1-1.
    8. González, Camilo Ignacio, 2022. "Can we have it all? The evolution of regulatory frameworks in Latin America," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
    9. Barbosa, Ailson de Souza & Shayani, Rafael Amaral & Oliveira, Marco Aurélio Gonçalves de, 2018. "A multi-criteria decision analysis method for regulatory evaluation of electricity distribution service quality," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 38-48.

  31. Diogo Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques, 2018. "Identifying congestion levels, sources and determinants on intensive care units: the Portuguese case," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 348-375, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Bianca B P Antunes & Leonardo S L Bastos & Silvio Hamacher & Fernando A Bozza, 2021. "Using data envelopment analysis to perform benchmarking in intensive care units," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(11), pages 1-13, November.

  32. Bruno Eustaquio Carvalho & Rui Cunha Marques & Oscar Cordeiro Netto, 2018. "Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA): an Ex-Post Analysis of Water Services by the Legal Review in Portugal," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 32(2), pages 675-699, January.

    Cited by:

    1. Lima, Sónia & Brochado, Ana & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Public-private partnerships in the water sector: A review," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).
    2. Yubo Guo & Igor Martek & Chuan Chen, 2019. "Policy Evolution in the Chinese PPP Market: The Shifting Strategies of Governmental Support Measures," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(18), pages 1-24, September.

  33. Hugo Consciência Silvestre & Rui Cunha Marques & Ricardo Corrêa Gomes, 2018. "Joined-up Government of utilities: a meta-review on a public–public partnership and inter-municipal cooperation in the water and wastewater industries," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(4), pages 607-631, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Jiangang Shi & Kaifeng Duan & Shiping Wen & Rui Zhang, 2019. "Investment Valuation Model of Public Rental Housing PPP Project for Private Sector: A Real Option Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-18, March.
    2. Bel, Germà, 2020. "Public versus private water delivery, remunicipalization and water tariffs," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 62(C).
    3. Germà Bel & Thomas Elston, 2022. ""When the Time is Right: Testing for Dynamic Effects in Collaborative Performance"," IREA Working Papers 202212, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jul 2022.
    4. Morris, Jonathan & McGuinness, Martina, 2019. "Liberalisation of the English water industry: What implications for consumer engagement, environmental protection, and water security?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 1-1.
    5. Germà Bel & Thomas Elston, 2023. ""Disentangling the separate and combined effects of privatization and cooperation on local government service delivery"," IREA Working Papers 202311, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Oct 2023.
    6. Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques & Hugo Consci?ncia Silvestre, 2019. "Does Regulation Really Work? A Principal-agent Approach to the Portuguese Waste Services," ECONOMIA PUBBLICA, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2019(1), pages 49-67.
    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. 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.
    9. Eva Lieberherr & Karin Ingold, 2022. "Public, Private, or Inter-Municipal Organizations: Actors’ Preferences in the Swiss Water Sector," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(13), pages 1-12, June.

  34. Ferreira, D.C. & Marques, R.C. & Nunes, A.M. & Figueira, J.R., 2018. "Patients’ satisfaction: The medical appointments valence in Portuguese public hospitals," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 58-76.

    Cited by:

    1. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Figueira, José Rui & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2020. "Using a Choquet integral-based approach for incorporating decision-maker’s preference judgments in a Data Envelopment Analysis model," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 284(3), pages 1016-1030.
    2. Ghaderi, Mohammad & Kadziński, Miłosz, 2021. "Incorporating uncovered structural patterns in value functions construction," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    3. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Machete, Inês Freire & Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2020. "Using multi-criteria decision analysis to rank European health systems: The Beveridgian financing case," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    4. Rocha, António & Costa, Ana Sara & Figueira, José Rui & Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Quality assessment of the Portuguese public hospitals: A multiple criteria approach," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    5. Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha & Nunes, Alexandre Morais & Figueira, José Rui, 2021. "Customers satisfaction in pediatric inpatient services: A multiple criteria satisfaction analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    6. Chih-Ming Tsai & Shih-Peng Hsin, 2023. "The Influence of Influencer Marketing on the Consumers’ Desire to Travel in the Post-Pandemic Era: The Mediation Effect of Influencer Fitness of Destination," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(20), pages 1-16, October.
    7. Zihayat, Morteza & Ayanso, Anteneh & Davoudi, Heidar & Kargar, Mehdi & Mengesha, Nigussie, 2021. "Leveraging non-respondent data in customer satisfaction modeling," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 112-126.
    8. Paulo Caldas & Miguel Varela, 2023. "The Portuguese Public Hospitals Performance Evolution before and during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (2017–2022)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-31, July.

  35. Paulo Caldas & Brian Dollery & Rui Cunha Marques, 2018. "European Cohesion Policy impact on development and convergence: a local empirical analysis in Portugal between 2000 and 2014," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(6), pages 1081-1098, June.

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    1. Guzmán A. Muñoz-Fernández & Angela Bertucci & José E. Ramos-Ruiz & Maria Luisa Garo, 2023. "The Dynamics of Fund Absorption: Evaluating the Efficacy of EU Structural Funds in Mitigating Regional Inequalities—Calabrian Case," Economies, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-17, December.
    2. Ionela Gavrila-Paven, 2021. "Results And Perspectives In Implementing Regional Operational Program," Annals of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1(1), pages 308-316, July.
    3. Zoltán Bakucs & Imre Fertő & Zsófia Benedek, 2019. "Success or Waste of Taxpayer Money? Impact Assessment of Rural Development Programs in Hungary," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-23, April.
    4. Eirini Aivazidou & Giovanni Cunico & Edoardo Mollona, 2020. "Beyond the EU Structural Funds’ Absorption Rate: How Do Regions Really Perform?," Economies, MDPI, vol. 8(3), pages 1-24, July.
    5. Martina Vukašina & Ines Kersan-Škabiæ & Edvard Orliæ, 2022. "Impact of European structural and investment funds absorption on the regional development in the EU–12 (new member states)," Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy, Institute of Economic Research, vol. 17(4), pages 857-880, December.
    6. Bolea, Lucía & Duarte, Rosa & Hewings, Geoffrey J.D. & Sánchez-Chóliz, Julio, 2021. "Disintegration scenarios in the European Union: A case study of Eastern European economies," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 95(C), pages 1-12.
    7. Łukasz Komorowski & Agata Mróz & Monika Stanny, 2020. "The Spatial Pattern of the Absorption of Cohesion Policy Funds in Polish Rural Areas," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-16, December.
    8. Wanda Biedka & Mikołaj Herbst & Jakub Rok & Piotr Wójcik, 2022. "The local‐level impact of human capital investment within the EU cohesion policy in Poland," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 101(2), pages 303-325, April.

  36. Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha & Pedro, Maria Isabel, 2018. "Explanatory variables driving the technical efficiency of European seaports: An order-α approach dealing with imperfect knowledge," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 41-62.

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    1. Claudio Quintano & Paolo Mazzocchi & Antonella Rocca, 2020. "A competitive analysis of EU ports by fixing spatial and economic dimensions," Journal of Shipping and Trade, Springer, vol. 5(1), pages 1-19, December.
    2. Thi Quynh Mai Pham & Gunwoo Lee & Hwayoung Kim, 2020. "Toward Sustainable Ferry Routes in Korea: Analysis of Operational Efficiency Considering Passenger Mobility Burdens," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(21), pages 1-22, October.
    3. Ngui Min Fui Tom, 2019. "Strategy to Build a Transshipment Port as a Catalyst to Achieving Critical Mass for Sabah’s Economic Growth," International Business Research, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 12(7), pages 141-166, July.
    4. Kenneth Løvold Rødseth & Rasmus Bøgh Holmen & Timo Kuosmanen & Halvor Schøyen, 2023. "Market access and seaport efficiency: the case of container handling in Norway," Journal of Shipping and Trade, Springer, vol. 8(1), pages 1-25, December.

  37. Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Nunes, Alexandre Morais & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2018. "Doctors, nurses, and the optimal scale size in the Portuguese public hospitals," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 122(10), pages 1093-1100.

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    1. 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.
    2. Matthias Klumpp & Dominic Loske & Silvio Bicciato, 2022. "COVID-19 health policy evaluation: integrating health and economic perspectives with a data envelopment analysis approach," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 23(8), pages 1263-1285, November.
    3. Ferreira, Pedro L. & Raposo, Vitor & Tavares, Aida Isabel & Correia, Tiago, 2020. "Drivers for emigration among healthcare professionals: Testing an analytical model in a primary healthcare setting," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 124(7), pages 751-757.
    4. Liu, Hongda & Wu, Wangqiang & Yao, Pinbo, 2022. "A study on the efficiency of pediatric healthcare services and its influencing factors in China ——estimation of a three-stage DEA model based on provincial-level data," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    5. Arantes, Amílcar & Alhais, Andreia Frias & Ferreira, Luis Miguel D.F., 2022. "Application of a purchasing portfolio model to define medicine purchasing strategies: An empirical study," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    6. Alexandre Morais Nunes & Diogo Cunha Ferreira, 2019. "Reforms in the Portuguese health care sector: Challenges and proposals," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(1), pages 21-33, January.
    7. Gualano, Maria Rosaria & Corradi, Alessio & Voglino, Gianluca & Bert, Fabrizio & Siliquini, Roberta, 2021. "Beyond COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in Italy exploring the covid collateral impacts on healthcare services," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 125(7), pages 869-876.
    8. Laura Botega & Mônica Viegas Andrade & Gilvan Ramalho Guedes, 2020. "Brazilian hospitals’ performance: an assessment of the unified health system (SUS)," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 23(3), pages 443-452, September.
    9. Paulo Caldas & Miguel Varela, 2023. "The Portuguese Public Hospitals Performance Evolution before and during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (2017–2022)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-31, July.
    10. I. Contreras & S. Lozano & M. A. Hinojosa, 2021. "A bargaining approach to determine common weights in DEA," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 2181-2201, September.

  38. Paulo Caldas & Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Brian Dollery & Rui Cunha Marques, 2018. "Municipal Sustainability Influence by European Union Investment Programs on the Portuguese Local Government," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-23, March.

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    2. Adriana Z. F. C. Nishimura & Ana Moreira & Manuel Au-Yong-Oliveira & Maria José Sousa, 2021. "Effectiveness of the Portugal 2020 Programme: A Study from the Citizens’ Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-21, May.
    3. Francesca Bartolacci & Rosanna Salvia & Giovanni Quaranta & Luca Salvati, 2022. "Seeking the Optimal Dimension of Local Administrative Units: A Reflection on Urban Concentration and Changes in Municipal Size," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-17, November.
    4. Justyna Przywojska, 2021. "Polish Local Government’s Perspective on Revitalisation: A Framework for Future Socially Sustainable Solutions," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(16), pages 1-19, August.

  39. 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.

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    1. Richard Gearhart & Nyakundi Michieka, 2020. "A non-parametric investigation of supply side factors and healthcare efficiency in the U.S," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 54(1), pages 59-74, August.
    2. Cinzia Daraio & Leopold Simar & Paul W. Wilson, 2018. "Fast and Efficient Computation of Directional Distance Estimators," LEM Papers Series 2018/21, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.
    3. Zohreh Moghaddas & Alireza Amirteimoori & Reza Kazemi Matin, 2022. "Selective proportionality and integer-valued data in DEA: an application to performance evaluation of high schools," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 22(4), pages 3435-3459, September.
    4. Ester Gutiérrez & Sebastián Lozano, 2020. "Benchmarking Formula One auto racing circuits: a two stage DEA approach," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 20(4), pages 2059-2083, December.
    5. André Madeira & Victor Moutinho & José Alberto Fuinhas, 2021. "Does waiting times decrease or increase operational costs in short and long-term? Evidence from Portuguese public hospitals," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 22(8), pages 1195-1216, November.
    6. 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.
    7. 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.
    8. 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.
    9. Liu, Hongda & Wu, Wangqiang & Yao, Pinbo, 2022. "A study on the efficiency of pediatric healthcare services and its influencing factors in China ——estimation of a three-stage DEA model based on provincial-level data," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    10. Mustapha D. Ibrahim & Sahand Daneshvar & Mevhibe B. Hocaoğlu & Olasehinde-Williams G. Oluseye, 2019. "An Estimation of the Efficiency and Productivity of Healthcare Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Health-Centred Millennium Development Goal-Based Evidence," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 143(1), pages 371-389, May.
    11. Raith, Andrea & Ehrgott, Matthias & Fauzi, Fariza & Lin, Kuan-Min & Macann, Andrew & Rouse, Paul & Simpson, John, 2022. "Integrating Data Envelopment Analysis into radiotherapy treatment planning for head and neck cancer patients," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 296(1), pages 289-303.
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    14. Rocha, António & Costa, Ana Sara & Figueira, José Rui & Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Quality assessment of the Portuguese public hospitals: A multiple criteria approach," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    15. Rita Matos & Diogo Ferreira & Maria Isabel Pedro, 2021. "Economic Analysis of Portuguese Public Hospitals Through the Construction of Quality, Efficiency, Access, and Financial Related Composite Indicators," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 157(1), pages 361-392, August.
    16. Paulo Caldas & Miguel Varela, 2023. "The Portuguese Public Hospitals Performance Evolution before and during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (2017–2022)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-31, July.

  40. S. Ferreira & M. Cabral & N.F. da Cruz & P. Simões & R.C. Marques, 2017. "The costs and benefits of packaging waste management systems in Europe: the perspective of local authorities," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 60(5), pages 773-791, May.
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  41. Pinto, Francisco Silva & Simões, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2017. "Raising the bar: The role of governance in performance assessments," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 38-47.

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    2. Fabio De Matteis & Alessandra Tafuro & Fabrizio Striani & Daniela Preite, 2023. "Totally Publicly-Owned (TPO) Utilities and Financial Performance: What is the role of some aspects of governance?," MANAGEMENT CONTROL, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2023(3), pages 89-111.
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    4. Zichun Yan & Kai Wang & Sang-Bing Tsai & Lili Zhou, 2018. "An Empirical Study on Internet Startup Financing From a Green Financial Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-16, August.
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    7. Thomas Bolognesi & Géraldine Pflieger, 2021. "In the shadow of sunshine regulation: Explaining disclosure biases," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 15(1), pages 200-225, January.
    8. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2022. "Is sunshine regulation the new prescription to brighten up public hospitals in Portugal?," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    9. Gidion, Dickson K. & Hong, Jin & Adams, Magdalene Z.A. & Khoveyni, Mohammad, 2019. "Network DEA models for assessing urban water utility efficiency," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 48-58.
    10. José María Agudo-Valiente & Pilar Gargallo-Valero & Manuel Salvador-Figueras, 2019. "Perceptions of Final Beneficiaries about the Performance of Cross-sector Partnerships: A Case Study Applied to the 2008 Zaragoza International Exhibition on Water and Sustainable Development," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(14), pages 1-20, July.
    11. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Vilarinho, Hermilio & D’Inverno, Giovanna & Camanho, Ana S., 2023. "A regulatory robust conditional approach to measuring the efficiency of wholesale water supply and wastewater treatment services," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).

  42. Pinto, F.S. & Costa, A.S. & Figueira, J.R. & Marques, R.C., 2017. "The quality of service: An overall performance assessment for water utilities," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 115-125.

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    13. Molinos-Senante, María & Delgado-Antequera, Laura & Gómez, Trinidad, 2022. "Measuring the quality of service of water companies: A two-stage goal programming synthetic index proposal," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
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    15. Marques, Rui Cunha & Pinto, Francisco Silva, 2018. "How to watch the watchmen? The role and measurement of regulatory governance," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 73-81.
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    17. Darllan Collins Cunha e Silva & Renan Angrizani Oliveira & Vanessa Cezar Simonetti & Bruno Pereira Toniolo & Jomil Costa Abreu Sales & Roberto Wagner Lourenço, 2023. "Creation of an environmental sustainability index for water resources applied to watersheds," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 25(10), pages 11285-11305, October.
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    20. Barbosa, Ailson de Souza & Shayani, Rafael Amaral & Oliveira, Marco Aurélio Gonçalves de, 2018. "A multi-criteria decision analysis method for regulatory evaluation of electricity distribution service quality," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 38-48.
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  43. Pereira, Helga & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2017. "An analytical review of irrigation efficiency measured using deterministic and stochastic models," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 184(C), pages 28-35.

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    5. 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.
    6. Skica Tomasz & Leśniowska-Gontarz Małgorzata & Miszczyńska Katarzyna, 2019. "Measuring the Efficiency of Polish Municipalities – Data Envelopment Analysis Approach," South East European Journal of Economics and Business, Sciendo, vol. 14(2), pages 54-66, December.
    7. Laureti, Tiziana & Benedetti, Ilaria & Branca, Giacomo, 2021. "Water use efficiency and public goods conservation: A spatial stochastic frontier model applied to irrigation in Southern Italy," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).
    8. Weiwei Wang & Jigan Wang & Xinchun Cao, 2020. "Water Use Efficiency and Sensitivity Assessment for Agricultural Production System from the Water Footprint Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(22), pages 1-17, November.
    9. Chong Huang & Kedong Yin & Zhe Liu & Tonggang Cao, 2021. "Spatial and Temporal Differences in the Green Efficiency of Water Resources in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and Their Influencing Factors," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(6), pages 1-18, March.
    10. Haorui Chen & Zhanyi Gao & Wenzhi Zeng & Jing Liu & Xiao Tan & Songjun Han & Shaoli Wang & Yongqing Zhao & Chengkun Yu, 2017. "Scale Effects of Water Saving on Irrigation Efficiency: Case Study of a Rice-Based Groundwater Irrigation System on the Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-18, December.
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  44. Pinto, F. Silva & Marques, R. Cunha, 2017. "Desalination projects economic feasibility: A standardization of cost determinants," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 904-915.

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    2. Liu, Zhenghao & Zhang, Heng & Cheng, Chao & Huang, Jiguang, 2021. "Energetic performance analysis on a membrane distillation integrated with low concentrating PV/T hybrid system," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 179(C), pages 1815-1825.
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    4. Sayyaadi, Hoseyn & Ghorbani, Ghadir, 2018. "Conceptual design and optimization of a small-scale dual power-desalination system based on the Stirling prime-mover," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 223(C), pages 457-471.
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    6. Gil Azinheira & Raquel Segurado & Mário Costa, 2019. "Is Renewable Energy-Powered Desalination a Viable Solution for Water Stressed Regions? A Case Study in Algarve, Portugal," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-18, December.
    7. Saleh, Layla & Mezher, Toufic, 2021. "Techno-economic analysis of sustainability and externality costs of water desalination production," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 150(C).
    8. Molinos-Senante, María & González, Diego, 2019. "Evaluation of the economics of desalination by integrating greenhouse gas emission costs: An empirical application for Chile," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 133(C), pages 1327-1337.
    9. Xuexiu Jia & Jiří Jaromír Klemeš & Petar Sabev Varbanov & Sharifah Rafidah Wan Alwi, 2019. "Analyzing the Energy Consumption, GHG Emission, and Cost of Seawater Desalination in China," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-16, January.
    10. Roham Torabi & Álvaro Gomes & Fernando Morgado-Dias, 2023. "Electricity, Transportation, and Water Provision of 100% Renewable Energy for Remote Areas," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(10), pages 1-20, May.
    11. Karin Sjöstrand & Andreas Lindhe & Tore Söderqvist & Peter Dahlqvist & Lars Rosén, 2019. "Marginal Abatement Cost Curves for Water Scarcity Mitigation under Uncertainty," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 33(12), pages 4335-4349, September.
    12. Roham Torabi & Alvaro Gomes & Diogo Lobo & Fernando Morgado‐Dias, 2020. "Modelling demand flexibility and energy storage to support increased penetration of renewable energy resources on Porto Santo," Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 10(6), pages 1118-1132, December.
    13. Anwar Aljuwaisseri & Esra Aleisa & Khawla Alshayji, 2023. "Environmental and economic analysis for desalinating seawater of high salinity using reverse osmosis: a life cycle assessment approach," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 25(5), pages 4539-4574, May.

  45. José Martins & Rui Cunha Marques & Carlos Oliveira Cruz & Álvaro Fonseca, 2017. "Flexibility in planning and development of a container terminal: an application of an American-style call option," Transportation Planning and Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(7), pages 828-840, October.

    Cited by:

    1. Balliauw, Matteo, 2021. "From theoretical real options models to pragmatic decision making: Required steps, opportunities and threats," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    2. Pimentel, Pedro & Couto, Gualter & Tavares, André & Oliveira, André, 2021. "The impacts of real options analysis on EU co-financing policy: the case of Ponta Delgada Port in the Azores," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    3. Carlos Oliveira Cruz & Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, 2020. "“Mobility as a Service” Platforms: A Critical Path towards Increasing the Sustainability of Transportation Systems," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(16), pages 1-15, August.

  46. Nuno F. da Cruz & Rui Cunha Marques, 2017. "Structuring composite local governance indicators," Policy Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(2), pages 109-129, March.

    Cited by:

    1. Zaitul Zaitul & Desi Ilona & Neva Novianti, 2023. "Good Governance in Rural Local Administration," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-19, January.
    2. Bana e Costa, Carlos A. & Oliveira, Mónica D. & Vieira, Ana C.L. & Freitas, Liliana & Rodrigues, Teresa C. & Bana e Costa, João & Freitas, Ângela & Santana, Paula, 2023. "Collaborative development of composite indices from qualitative value judgements: The EURO-HEALTHY Population Health Index model," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 305(1), pages 475-492.

  47. Marques, Rui Cunha, 2017. "Why not regulate PPPs?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 141-146.

    Cited by:

    1. Lima, Sónia & Brochado, Ana & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Public-private partnerships in the water sector: A review," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).
    2. Maryati, Sri & Humaira, An Nisaa Siti & Afriana, Anita & Roekmi, Raden Ajeng Koesoemo & Suhartini, Ninik, 2021. "Developer behavior in local infrastructure provision in Indonesia: Implications for policy," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    3. Robert Osei-Kyei & Albert P. C. Chan & Yao Yu & Chuan Chen & Yongjian Ke & Bashir Tijani, 2019. "Social Responsibility Initiatives for Public-Private Partnership Projects: A Comparative Study between China and Ghana," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-14, March.
    4. Singh, Kewal & Singh, Anoop & Prakash, Puneet, 2022. "Estimating the cost of equity for the regulated energy and infrastructure sectors in India," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
    5. Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques & Hugo Consci?ncia Silvestre, 2019. "Does Regulation Really Work? A Principal-agent Approach to the Portuguese Waste Services," ECONOMIA PUBBLICA, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2019(1), pages 49-67.
    6. Nannan Wang & Minxun Ma & Yunfei Liu, 2020. "The Whole Lifecycle Management Efficiency of the Public Sector in PPP Infrastructure Projects," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-17, April.
    7. Jiangfan Liu & Xiongzhi Xue, 2018. "River Management for Local Governments in China: From Public to Private," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-11, October.
    8. Moore, Mark A. & Boardman, Anthony E. & Vining, Aidan R., 2017. "Analyzing risk in PPP provision of utility services: A social welfare perspective," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 210-218.
    9. Avdasheva, Svetlana & Gimadi, Victoria, 2019. "Investor response to tariff options under regulation by contract: Evidence from Russian heating concessions," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 67-74.
    10. Takano, Guillermo, 2017. "Public-Private Partnerships as rent-seeking opportunities: A case study on an unsolicited proposal in Lima, Peru," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 184-194.
    11. Romano, Patrícia Ribeiro & Bezerra Sampaio, Raquel Menezes, 2023. "Road concessions: Evidence of the effects of improving the transport infrastructure on economic development in Brazil," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 142(C), pages 115-124.
    12. Narzetti, Daniel Antonio & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Isomorphic mimicry and the effectiveness of water-sector reforms in Brazil," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    13. Bao, Fengyu & Martek, Igor & Chan, Albert P.C. & Chen, Chuan & Yang, Yang & Yu, Heng, 2023. "Assessing the public-private partnership handover: Experience from China's water sector," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
    14. Wang, Nannan & Gong, Zheng & Liu, Yunfei & Thomson, Craig, 2020. "The influence of governance on the implementation of Public-Private Partnerships in the United Kingdom and China: A systematic comparison," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).
    15. Cahn, Amir & Katz, David & Ghermandi, Andrea & Prevos, Peter, 2023. "Adoption of data-as-a-service by water and wastewater utilities," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).

  48. Giulia Romano & Andrea Guerrini & Rui Cunha Marques, 2017. "European Water Utility Management: Promoting Efficiency, Innovation and Knowledge in the Water Industry," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 31(8), pages 2349-2353, June.

    Cited by:

    1. Alexandros Maziotis & Ramon Sala-Garrido & Manuel Mocholi-Arce & Maria Molinos-Senante, 2021. "Changes to The Productivity of Water Companies: Comparison of Fully Private and Concessionary Water Companies," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 35(10), pages 3355-3371, August.

  49. Guimarães, E.F. & Malheiros, T.F. & Marques, R.C., 2016. "Inclusive governance: New concept of water supply and sanitation services in social vulnerability areas," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 43(PA), pages 124-129.

    Cited by:

    1. Di Vaio, Assunta & Trujillo, Lourdes & D'Amore, Gabriella & Palladino, Rosa, 2021. "Water governance models for meeting sustainable development Goals:A structured literature review," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    2. Curran, Franziska & Smart, Simon & Lacey, Justine & Greig, Chris & Lant, Paul, 2018. "Learning from experience in the water sector to improve access to energy services," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 41-50.
    3. Mejía-Dugand, Santiago & Hjelm, Olof & Baas, Leo, 2017. "Public utility companies in liberalized markets – The impact of management models on local and regional sustainability," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 137-144.
    4. Alma Elisabeth Peirson & Gina Ziervogel, 2021. "Sanitation Upgrading as Climate Action: Lessons for Local Government from a Community Informal Settlement Project in Cape Town," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-18, August.
    5. Narzetti, Daniel Antonio & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2021. "Isomorphic mimicry and the effectiveness of water-sector reforms in Brazil," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    6. Yue Li & Nor Azlina Abu Bakar & Nor Atiah Ismail & Noor Fazamimah Mohd Ariffin & Riyadh Mundher, 2024. "Experts’ Perspectives on Inclusive Governance for Protecting Hot Spring Landscapes in China: Barriers and Implications," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(7), pages 1-28, March.
    7. D'Amore, Gabriella & Landriani, Loris & Lepore, Luigi, 2021. "Ownership and sustainability of Italian water utilities: The stakeholder role," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).

  50. Nuno Ferreira da Cruz & António F. Tavares & Rui Cunha Marques & Susana Jorge & Luís de Sousa, 2016. "Measuring Local Government Transparency," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(6), pages 866-893, July.

    Cited by:

    1. Cañizares-Espada Manuela & Muñoz-Colomina Clara Isabel & Pérez-Estébanez Raquel & Urquía-Grande Elena, 2021. "Transparency and Accessibility in Municipalities: The Case of Social Services in Spain," Central European Journal of Public Policy, Sciendo, vol. 15(5), pages 31-54, June.
    2. Shaoling Fu & Hua Liu & Kim Hua Tan & Yuanzhu Zhan & Yalan Ding & Wene Qi, 2018. "How Social Capital Affects the Quality Performance of Agricultural Products: Evidence from a Binary Perspective of China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-15, August.
    3. Katarina Ott & Velibor Maèkiæ & Mihaela Broniæ, 2019. "Political Stubbornness and Online Local Budget Transparency in Croatia," Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci/Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics and Business, vol. 37(2), pages 553-585.
    4. Tamara Guerrero-Gómez & Andrés Navarro-Galera & David Ortiz-Rodríguez, 2021. "Promoting Online Transparency to Help Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals: An Empirical Study of Local Governments in Latin America," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-18, February.
    5. Jayasinghe, Kelum & Adhikari, Pawan & Soobaroyen, Teerooven & Wynne, Andy & Malagila, John & Abdurafiu, Noah, 2021. "Government accounting reforms in Sub-Saharan African countries and the selective ignorance of the epistemic community: A competing logics perspective," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    6. Paweł Charasz & Jan P Vogler, 2021. "Does EU funding improve local state capacity? Evidence from Polish municipalities," European Union Politics, , vol. 22(3), pages 446-471, September.
    7. Francisco J. Alcaraz-Quiles & Andrés Navarro-Galera & David Ortiz-Rodríguez, 2020. "The contribution of the right to information laws in Europe to local government transparency on sustainability," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 20(1), pages 161-178, March.
    8. Alaimo, Leonardo Salvatore & Galli, Emma & Rizzo, Ilde & Scaglioni, Carla, 2023. "A new index of transparency: Evidence for the Italian municipalities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    9. Bronić Mihaela & Stanić Branko & Prijaković Simona, 2022. "The Effects of Budget Transparency on the Budget Balances and Expenditures of Croatian Local Governments," South East European Journal of Economics and Business, Sciendo, vol. 17(1), pages 111-124, June.
    10. Bozena Guziana, 2021. "Only for Citizens? Local Political Engagement in Sweden and Inclusiveness of Terms," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(14), pages 1-25, July.
    11. Susana Iglesias-Antelo & Vicente López-López & Antonio Vázquez-Sanmartín, 2021. "Assessing the Influence of Strategic Resources on the Quality of Life in Spanish Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-19, November.
    12. Khosroshahi, Hossein & Dimitrov, Stanko & Hejazi, Seyed Reza, 2021. "Pricing, greening, and transparency decisions considering the impact of government subsidies and CSR behavior in supply chain decisions," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 60(C).
    13. John Mamokhere, 2022. "Accountability, inclusivity, effectiveness, and leaving no one behind: An exploration of effective governance principles in ensuring clean water and sanitation in South African municipalities," International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), Center for the Strategic Studies in Business and Finance, vol. 11(10), pages 191-205, December.
    14. Maria Isabel Sánchez-Hernández & Manuel Aguilar-Yuste & Juan José Maldonado-Briegas & Jesús Seco-González & Cristina Barriuso-Iglesias & Maria Mercedes Galán-Ladero, 2020. "Modelling Municipal Social Responsibility: A Pilot Study in the Region of Extremadura (Spain)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(17), pages 1-15, August.
    15. Amine Ferroukhi, 2022. "Local Finance Transparency in Algeria: An Attempt To Diagnose The Official Portals of Local Authorities," International Journal of Finance, Insurance and Risk Management, International Journal of Finance, Insurance and Risk Management, vol. 12(2), pages 74-91.
    16. Mourão Paulo Reis & Bronić Mihaela & Stanić Branko, 2023. "The Impact of Local Governments’ Budget Transparency on Debt in Croatia," South East European Journal of Economics and Business, Sciendo, vol. 18(2), pages 21-33, December.
    17. 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.
    18. John Mamokhere, 2022. "Pragmatic implementation and promotion of good governance principles in realizing Sustainable Development Goal Six (6) in South Africa," International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), Center for the Strategic Studies in Business and Finance, vol. 11(6), pages 20-32, September.
    19. Francesca Manes Rossi & Luca Ferri & Annamaria Zampella & Adele Caldarelli, 2021. "La disclosure nei piani anticorruzione degli enti locali in Italia," MANAGEMENT CONTROL, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2021(3), pages 153-174.
    20. Daniel Barredo Ibáñez & Pedro Molina Rodríguez-Navas & Narcisa Jessenia Medranda Morales & Vanessa Rodríguez Breijo, 2021. "Health Transparency and Communication on the Government Websites of Ibero-American Countries: The Cases of Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Spain," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(12), pages 1-16, June.
    21. Bernhard Reinsberg & Haley Swedlund, 2023. "How transparent are aid agencies to their citizens? Introducing the Citizen Aid Transparency Dataset," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(7), pages 2177-2212, October.
    22. Muhammad Faraz Riaz & João Leitão & Uwe Cantner, 2022. "Measuring the efficiency of an entrepreneurial ecosystem at municipality level: does institutional transparency play a moderating role?," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 12(1), pages 151-176, March.
    23. Cristina Ponsiglione & Ivana Quinto & Giuseppe Zollo, 2018. "Regional Innovation Systems as Complex Adaptive Systems: The Case of Lagging European Regions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-19, August.
    24. Armenia ANDRONICEANU, 2021. "Transparency In Public Administration As A Challenge For A Good Democratic Governance," REVISTA ADMINISTRATIE SI MANAGEMENT PUBLIC, Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 2021(36), pages 149-164, June.
    25. Qiuxian Hu & Leibao Zhang & Wenyu Zhang & Shuai Zhang, 2020. "Empirical Study on the Evaluation Model of Public Satisfaction With Local Government Budget Transparency: A Case From China," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(2), pages 21582440209, May.

  51. Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha & Pedro, Maria Isabel, 2016. "Comparing efficiency of holding business model and individual management model of airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 168-183.

    Cited by:

    1. Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha & Pedro, Maria Isabel, 2018. "Explanatory variables driving the technical efficiency of European seaports: An order-α approach dealing with imperfect knowledge," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 41-62.
    2. Weekx, Simon & Buyle, Sven, 2023. "The effect of airline dominance on airport performance: Empirical evidence from medium-sized European airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    3. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques, 2020. "A step forward on order-α robust nonparametric method: inclusion of weight restrictions, convexity and non-variable returns to scale," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 20(2), pages 1011-1046, June.
    4. Gloria Isabel Rodriguez Lozano, 2021. "Los cambios en la productividad del sector bancario colombiano en el período 2002-2016," Apuntes del Cenes, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, vol. 40(71), pages 105-132, February.
    5. Sergi, S. Bruno & D’Aleo, Vittorio & Arbolino, Roberta & Carlucci, Fabio & Barilla, David & Ioppolo, Giuseppe, 2020. "Evaluation of the Italian transport infrastructures: A technical and economic efficiency analysis," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    6. Ferreira, D.C. & Marques, R.C. & Nunes, A.M. & Figueira, J.R., 2018. "Patients’ satisfaction: The medical appointments valence in Portuguese public hospitals," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 58-76.
    7. Jae Hee Park & Ji Hee Kim, 2021. "The Impact of Airport Managerial Type and Airline Market Share on Airport Efficiency," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-16, January.
    8. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Alexandre Morais Nunes & Rui Cunha Marques, 2020. "Operational efficiency vs clinical safety, care appropriateness, timeliness, and access to health care," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 53(3), pages 355-375, June.
    9. lo Storto, Corrado, 2018. "The analysis of the cost-revenue production cycle efficiency of the Italian airports: A NSBM DEA approach," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 77-85.
    10. Ennen, David & Batool, Irem, 2018. "Airport efficiency in Pakistan - A Data Envelopment Analysis with weight restrictions," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 205-212.
    11. Li, Ye & Cui, Qiang, 2018. "Airline efficiency with optimal employee allocation: An Input-shared Network Range Adjusted Measure," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 150-162.
    12. Diogo Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques, 2018. "Identifying congestion levels, sources and determinants on intensive care units: the Portuguese case," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 348-375, September.
    13. Yuxiu Chen & Jian Yu & Sang-Bing Tsai & Jinfu Zhu, 2018. "An Empirical Study on the Indirect Impact of Flight Delay on China’s Economy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(2), pages 1-13, January.
    14. Chien-Wen Shen & Yen-Ting Peng & Chang-Shu Tu, 2019. "Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Techniques for Solving the Airport Ground Handling Service Equipment Vendor Selection Problem," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-21, June.
    15. Chen, Xiang & Grifell-Tatjé, Emili & Fu, Tsu-Tan, 2023. "A profit difference decomposition model for measuring group performance: an application to Chinese and Taiwanese commercial banks," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).
    16. Pacagnella, Antônio Carlos & Hollaender, Paulo Sodre & Mazzanati, Giovanni Vitale & Bortoletto, Wagner Wilson, 2021. "Efficiency drivers of international airports: A worldwide benchmarking study," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    17. Daniel Feliciano & Laura López-Torres & Daniel Santín, 2021. "One Laptop per Child? Using Production Frontiers for Evaluating the Escuela 2.0 Program in Spain," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(20), pages 1-17, October.

  52. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques, 2016. "Malmquist and Hicks–Moorsteen Productivity Indexes for Clusters Performance Evaluation," International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 15(05), pages 1015-1053, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Paulo Caldas & Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Brian Dollery & Rui Cunha Marques, 2018. "Municipal Sustainability Influence by European Union Investment Programs on the Portuguese Local Government," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-23, March.
    2. Mocholi-Arce, Manuel & Sala-Garrido, Ramon & Molinos-Senante, Maria & Maziotis, Alexandros, 2021. "Water company productivity change: A disaggregated approach accounting for changes in inputs and outputs," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    3. Ferreira, D.C. & Marques, R.C. & Nunes, A.M. & Figueira, J.R., 2018. "Patients’ satisfaction: The medical appointments valence in Portuguese public hospitals," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 58-76.
    4. See, Kok Fong & Ma, Zhanxin, 2018. "Does non-revenue water affect Malaysia's water services industry productivity?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 125-131.
    5. 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.
    6. 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).
    7. Diogo Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques, 2018. "Identifying congestion levels, sources and determinants on intensive care units: the Portuguese case," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 348-375, September.
    8. 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.
    9. Xinhai Lu & Danling Chen & Yue Wang, 2019. "Is Urban Sprawl Decoupled from the Quality of Economic Growth? Evidence from Chinese Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-17, December.
    10. Jung Ho Park & Kwangsoo Shin, 2018. "Efficiency of Government-Sponsored R&D Projects: A Metafrontier DEA Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-17, July.

  53. Francisco Silva Pinto & Rui Cunha Marques, 2016. "Tariff Suitability Framework for Water Supply Services," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 30(6), pages 2037-2053, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Pinto, F.S. & Costa, A.S. & Figueira, J.R. & Marques, R.C., 2017. "The quality of service: An overall performance assessment for water utilities," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 115-125.
    2. Zhong-Kai Feng & Wen-Jing Niu & Jian-Zhong Zhou & Chun-Tian Cheng & Hui Qin & Zhi-Qiang Jiang, 2017. "Parallel Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm for Short-Term Economic Environmental Hydrothermal Scheduling," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(2), pages 1-22, January.
    3. Christine Mawia Julius & Timothy C. Okech, 2021. "Moderation Effect of Government Regulation on the Joint Influence of Water Pricing, Infrastructure Financing, Utility Efficiency and Subsidies on Financial Sustainability of Water Service Providers in," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Econjournals, vol. 11(3), pages 72-80.
    4. Romano, Giulia & Guerrini, Andrea & Senoner, Thomas, 2020. "Establishing a new water tariff method that complies with european principles and respects statutory autonomy: The case of South Tyrol," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).
    5. Ruiz-Rosa, Inés & García-Rodríguez, Francisco J. & Antonova, Natalia, 2020. "Developing a methodology to recover the cost of wastewater reuse: A proposal based on the polluter pays principle," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
    6. Fuente, David, 2019. "The design and evaluation of water tariffs: A systematic review," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 61(C).
    7. Jordi Honey-Rosés & Claudio Pareja, 2019. "Metrics and Methods for Comparing Water Utility Rate Structures," Water Economics and Policy (WEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 5(02), pages 1-31, April.
    8. Pinto, Francisco Silva & Simões, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2017. "Raising the bar: The role of governance in performance assessments," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 38-47.
    9. Madson B. S. Monte & Adiel T. Almeida-Filho, 2016. "A Multicriteria Approach Using MAUT to Assist the Maintenance of a Water Supply System Located in a Low-Income Community," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 30(9), pages 3093-3106, July.
    10. María Molinos-Senante & Manuel Mocholi-Arce & Ramón Sala-Garrido, 2016. "Efficiency Assessment of Water and Sewerage Companies: a Disaggregated Approach Accounting for Service Quality," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 30(12), pages 4311-4328, September.

  54. Pedro Carvalho & Rui Cunha Marques, 2015. "Estimating Size and Scope Economies in the Portuguese Water Sector Using the Most Appropriate Functional Form," The Engineering Economist, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 60(2), pages 109-137, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Giulia Romano & Andrea Guerrini & Rui Cunha Marques, 2017. "European Water Utility Management: Promoting Efficiency, Innovation and Knowledge in the Water Industry," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 31(8), pages 2349-2353, June.
    2. Molinos-Senante, María & Maziotis, Alexandros & Sala-Garrido, Ramón, 2020. "Changes in the total costs of the English and Welsh water and sewerage industry: The decomposed effect of price and quantity inputs on efficiency," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
    3. Amaral, António L. & Martins, Rita & Dias, Luís C., 2023. "Operational drivers of water reuse efficiency in Portuguese wastewater service providers," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    4. Maria Molinos-Senante & Alexandros Maziotis, 2021. "Productivity growth, economies of scale and scope in the water and sewerage industry: The Chilean case," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(5), pages 1-16, May.
    5. Massarutto, Antonio & Grassetti, Luca & Lambardi di San Miniato, Michele & Moletta, Mattia, 2023. "Efficient firms are all alike, but every inefficient firm is such in its own way: Heterogeneity of costs determinants in the Italian water sector," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    6. Anna Bottasso & Maurizio Conti, 2021. "Economie di integrazione verticale ed economie di scopo nel settore idrico e fognario: alcune considerazioni alla luce dell?evidenza empirica internazionale," ECONOMIA PUBBLICA, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2021(3), pages 89-128.
    7. 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.

  55. Diogo Ferreira & Rui Marques, 2015. "Did the corporatization of Portuguese hospitals significantly change their productivity?," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 16(3), pages 289-303, April.

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    2. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques, 2016. "Malmquist and Hicks–Moorsteen Productivity Indexes for Clusters Performance Evaluation," International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 15(05), pages 1015-1053, September.
    3. Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Nunes, Alexandre Morais & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2018. "Doctors, nurses, and the optimal scale size in the Portuguese public hospitals," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 122(10), pages 1093-1100.
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    5. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques, 2020. "A step forward on order-α robust nonparametric method: inclusion of weight restrictions, convexity and non-variable returns to scale," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 20(2), pages 1011-1046, June.
    6. Henriques, C.O. & Gouveia, M.C., 2022. "Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the efficiency of Portuguese state-owned enterprise hospitals," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    7. Ferreira, D.C. & Marques, R.C. & Nunes, A.M. & Figueira, J.R., 2018. "Patients’ satisfaction: The medical appointments valence in Portuguese public hospitals," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 58-76.
    8. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Figueira, José Rui & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2020. "Using a Choquet integral-based approach for incorporating decision-maker’s preference judgments in a Data Envelopment Analysis model," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 284(3), pages 1016-1030.
    9. Fang, Lei, 2022. "Measuring and decomposing group performance under centralized management," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 297(3), pages 1006-1013.
    10. 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.
    11. Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha & Pedro, Maria Isabel, 2016. "Comparing efficiency of holding business model and individual management model of airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 168-183.
    12. Aparicio, Juan & Santin, Daniel, 2018. "A note on measuring group performance over time with pseudo-panels," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 267(1), pages 227-235.
    13. 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.
    14. Winter, Vera & Thomsen, Mette Kjærgaard & Schreyögg, Jonas & Blankart, Katharina & Duminy, Lize & Schoenenberger, Lukas & Ansah, John P. & Matchar, David & Blankart, Carl Rudolf & Oppel, Eva & Jensen,, 2019. "Improving Service Provision - The Health Care Services' Perspective," SMR - Journal of Service Management Research, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 3(4), pages 163-183.
    15. Juan Aparicio & Sergio Perelman & Daniel Santín, 2022. "Comparing the evolution of productivity and performance gaps in education systems through DEA: an application to Latin American countries," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 22(2), pages 1443-1477, April.
    16. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Alexandre Morais Nunes & Rui Cunha Marques, 2020. "Operational efficiency vs clinical safety, care appropriateness, timeliness, and access to health care," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 53(3), pages 355-375, June.
    17. Y. J. F. M. Krabbe-Alkemade & T. L. C. M. Groot & M. Lindeboom, 2017. "Competition in the Dutch hospital sector: an analysis of health care volume and cost," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 18(2), pages 139-153, March.
    18. 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.
    19. 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).
    20. Diogo Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques, 2018. "Identifying congestion levels, sources and determinants on intensive care units: the Portuguese case," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 348-375, September.
    21. Arantes, Amílcar & Alhais, Andreia Frias & Ferreira, Luis Miguel D.F., 2022. "Application of a purchasing portfolio model to define medicine purchasing strategies: An empirical study," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    22. 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.
    23. Tommaso Agasisti & Ekaterina Shibanova, 2020. "Autonomy, Performance And Efficiency: An Empirical Analysis Of Russian Universities 2014-2018," HSE Working papers WP BRP 224/EC/2020, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
    24. Gabriel Stumpf Duarte de Carvalho & Rui Cunha Marques, 2021. "What Can Urban Buses Learn about Sunshine Regulation Adopted in Other Sectors?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-13, June.
    25. Aparicio, Juan & Crespo-Cebada, Eva & Pedraja-Chaparro, Francisco & Santín, Daniel, 2017. "Comparing school ownership performance using a pseudo-panel database: A Malmquist-type index approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 256(2), pages 533-542.
    26. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques & Alexandre Morais Nunes, 2021. "Pay for performance in health care: a new best practice tariff-based tool using a log-linear piecewise frontier function and a dual–primal approach for unique solutions," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 2101-2146, September.
    27. 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.
    28. Paulo Caldas & Miguel Varela, 2023. "The Portuguese Public Hospitals Performance Evolution before and during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (2017–2022)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-31, July.
    29. Chen, Xiang & Grifell-Tatjé, Emili & Fu, Tsu-Tan, 2023. "A profit difference decomposition model for measuring group performance: an application to Chinese and Taiwanese commercial banks," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).
    30. Daniel Feliciano & Laura López-Torres & Daniel Santín, 2021. "One Laptop per Child? Using Production Frontiers for Evaluating the Escuela 2.0 Program in Spain," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(20), pages 1-17, October.

  56. Pinto, Francisco Silva & Marques, Rui Cuhna, 2015. "Tariff recommendations: A Panacea for the Portuguese water sector?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 36-44.

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    2. Alemken Jegnie & James Fogarty & Sayed Iftekhar, 2023. "Urban Residential Water Demand and Household Size: A Robust Meta‐Regression Analysis," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 99(326), pages 436-453, September.
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    7. Molinos-Senante, María & Villegas, Andres & Maziotis, Alexandros, 2019. "Are water tariffs sufficient incentives to reduce water leakages? An empirical approach for Chile," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 61(C).
    8. Martins, Rita & Quintal, Carlota & Cruz, Luís & Barata, Eduardo, 2016. "Water affordability issues in developed countries – The relevance of micro approaches," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 43(PA), pages 117-123.
    9. Cooper, Bethany & Crase, Lin, 2016. "Governing water service provision: Lessons from Australia," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 43(PA), pages 42-47.
    10. Molinos-Senante, María & Donoso, Guillermo, 2016. "Water scarcity and affordability in urban water pricing: A case study of Chile," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 43(PA), pages 107-116.
    11. Marta Suárez-Varela & Roberto Martínez-Espiñeira, 2018. "A proposal for the analysis of price escalation within water tariffs: The impact of the Water Framework Directive in Spain," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 36(4), pages 726-749, June.
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  57. Ferreira, Sandra & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2015. "Contingent valuation method applied to waste management," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 111-117.

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  58. Pinto, F.S. & Figueira, J.R. & Marques, R.C., 2015. "A multi-objective approach with soft constraints for water supply and wastewater coverage improvements," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 246(2), pages 609-618.

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  59. A. Asquer, 2014. "Explaining Partial Privatization Of Public Service Provision: The Emergence Of Mixed Ownership Water Firms In Italy (1994–2009)," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 85(1), pages 11-30, March.

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  60. Carvalho, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2014. "Computing economies of vertical integration, economies of scope and economies of scale using partial frontier nonparametric methods," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 234(1), pages 292-307.

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    2. Mocholi-Arce, Manuel & Sala-Garrido, Ramon & Molinos-Senante, Maria & Maziotis, Alexandros, 2021. "Water company productivity change: A disaggregated approach accounting for changes in inputs and outputs," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
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    4. D’Inverno, Giovanna & Carosi, Laura & Romano, Giulia, 2021. "Environmental sustainability and service quality beyond economic and financial indicators: A performance evaluation of Italian water utilities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
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    7. Sala-Garrido, Ramon & Mocholi-Arce, Manuel & Maziotis, Alexandros & Molinos-Senante, María, 2023. "The carbon and production performance of water utilities: Evidence from the English and Welsh water industry," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 292-300.
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    10. Dai, Sheng & Kuosmanen, Timo & Zhou, Xun, 2023. "Generalized quantile and expectile properties for shape constrained nonparametric estimation," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 310(2), pages 914-927.
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    14. 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.
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    19. Maria Molinos-Senante & Alexandros Maziotis, 2021. "Productivity growth, economies of scale and scope in the water and sewerage industry: The Chilean case," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(5), pages 1-16, May.
    20. Guerrini, Andrea & Romano, Giulia & Leardini, Chiara, 2018. "Economies of scale and density in the Italian water industry: A stochastic frontier approach," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 103-111.
    21. Massarutto, Antonio & Grassetti, Luca & Lambardi di San Miniato, Michele & Moletta, Mattia, 2023. "Efficient firms are all alike, but every inefficient firm is such in its own way: Heterogeneity of costs determinants in the Italian water sector," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
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  65. Martins, José & Marques, Rui Cunha & Cruz, Carlos Oliveira, 2014. "Maximizing the value for money of PPP arrangements through flexibility: An application to airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 72-80.

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    28. Christl, Michael & Köppl-Turyna, Monika & Kucsera, Dénes, 2018. "Public sector efficiency in Europe: Long-run trends, recent developments and determinants," Working Papers 14, Agenda Austria.
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  70. Marian MOSZORO, 2014. "Efficient Public-Private Capital Structures," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 85(1), pages 103-126, March.

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    4. Antonio Estache & Tomas Serebrisky & Liam Wren-Lewis, 2015. "Financing infrastructure in developing countries," Post-Print halshs-01245625, HAL.
    5. Moszoro, Marian, 2018. "Public-Private Monopoly," MPRA Paper 102697, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    8. Jing Du & Hongyue Wu & Xianbo Zhao, 2018. "Critical Factors on the Capital Structure of Public–Private Partnership Projects: A Sustainability Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-27, June.
    9. Suk Hyun & Donghyun Park & Shu Tian, 2018. "Determinants of Public–Private Partnerships in Infrastructure in Asia: Implications for Capital Market Development," Working Papers id:12887, eSocialSciences.
    10. Bingyao Chen, 2021. "Public–Private Partnership Infrastructure Investment and Sustainable Economic Development: An Empirical Study Based on Efficiency Evaluation and Spatial Spillover in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-20, July.
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    12. Po shan Yu & Zuo zhang Chen & Jin Sun, 2018. "Innovative Financing: An Empirical Study on Public–Private Partnership Securitisation in China," Australian Economic Papers, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 57(3), pages 394-425, September.
    13. Moszoro, Marian, 2017. "Regulation Costs and Private-Sector Know-How Spillovers of Public-Private Partnerships," Working Papers 07608, George Mason University, Mercatus Center.
    14. Hyun, Suk & Park, Donghyun & Tian, Shu, 2018. "Determinants of Public–Private Partnerships in Infrastructure in Asia: Implications for Capital Market Development," ADB Economics Working Paper Series 552, Asian Development Bank.
    15. Deng, Zhongqi & Song, Shunfeng & Chen, Yongjun, 2016. "Private participation in infrastructure project and its impact on the project cost," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 63-76.
    16. da Cruz, Nuno F. & Marques, Rui Cunha & Marra, A. & Pozzi, C., 2014. "Local mixed companies: the theory and practice in an international perspective," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 59794, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    17. Antonio Estache & Tomas Serebrisky & Liam Wren-Lewis, 2015. "Financing infrastructure in developing countries," PSE - Labex "OSE-Ouvrir la Science Economique" halshs-01245625, HAL.
    18. Sanford V. Berg & Makoto Okamura & Haruka Yane & Shinji Yane, 2022. "Efficient performance by companies with mixed ownership: Privatization and divestiture of a vertically integrated public monopoly," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 93(3), pages 717-730, September.
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    3. Hongwei Liu & Henry Tsai, 2018. "Total factor productivity growth and regional competitive analysis of China’s star-rated hotels," Tourism Economics, , vol. 24(6), pages 625-644, September.
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    10. Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha & Pedro, Maria Isabel, 2016. "Comparing efficiency of holding business model and individual management model of airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 168-183.
    11. Apostolos Ampountolas, 2022. "Postcrisis REIT performance using financial ratios: A DEA approach," Tourism Economics, , vol. 28(2), pages 371-393, March.
    12. Eleni Dimitriadou & Thomas Bournaris & Theodoros Stavrinoudis & Olga Iakovidou, 2021. "The Efficiency Score of Small Accommodation Businesses in Non-Coastal Rural Areas in Greece," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(19), pages 1-15, October.
    13. George Assaf, A. & Josiassen, Alexander & Woo, Linda & Agbola, Frank W. & Tsionas, Mike, 2017. "Destination characteristics that drive hotel performance: A state-of-the-art global analysis," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 270-279.
    14. Sainaghi, Ruggero & Phillips, Paul & Zavarrone, Emma, 2017. "Performance measurement in tourism firms: A content analytical meta-approach," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 36-56.
    15. Wei Guo & Xin Zhang, 2022. "Regional Tourism Performance Research: Knowledge Foundation, Discipline Structure, and Academic Frontier," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(1), pages 21582440221, March.
    16. Yaguo Deng & Helena Veiga & Michael P. Wiper, 2019. "Efficiency evaluation of hotel chains: a Spanish case study," SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Springer;Spanish Economic Association, vol. 10(2), pages 115-139, June.
    17. Athanasia Karakitsiou & Markos Kourgiantakis & Athanasia Mavrommati & Athanasios Migdalas, 2020. "Regional efficiency evaluation by input-oriented data envelopment analysis of hotel and restaurant sector," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 20(4), pages 2041-2058, December.
    18. David Bienvenido-Huertas & Fátima Farinha & Miguel José Oliveira & Elisa M. J. Silva & Rui Lança, 2020. "Challenge for Planning by Using Cluster Methodology: The Case Study of the Algarve Region," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-16, February.
    19. Francisco Javier Sáez-Fernández & Ignacio Jiménez-Hernández & María del Sol Ostos-Rey, 2020. "Seasonality and Efficiency of the Hotel Industry in the Balearic Islands: Implications for Economic and Environmental Sustainability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-17, April.
    20. Bing Xia & Suocheng Dong & Duoxun Ba & Yu Li & Fujia Li & Haimeng Liu & Zehong Li & Minyan Zhao, 2018. "Research on the Spatial Differentiation and Driving Factors of Tourism Enterprises’ Efficiency: Chinese Scenic Spots, Travel Agencies, and Hotels," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-22, March.
    21. Peng, Hongsong & Zhang, Jinhe & Lu, Lin & Tang, Guorong & Yan, Bingjin & Xiao, Xiao & Han, Ya, 2017. "Eco-efficiency and its determinants at a tourism destination: A case study of Huangshan National Park, China," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 201-211.
    22. Hsiao-Yin Chen & Chin-wei Huang & Yung-Ho Chiu, 2017. "An intertemporal efficiency and technology measurement for tourist hotel," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 48(1), pages 85-96, August.
    23. Said Id Bouichou & Lei Wang & Hafiz Muhammad Basit Feroz, 2022. "How corporate social responsibility perceptions affect employees’ positive behavior in the hospitality industry: moderating role of responsible leadership," International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing, Springer;International Association of Public and Non-Profit Marketing, vol. 19(2), pages 413-446, June.
    24. Tanja Planinc & Marko Kukanja, 2019. "Efficiency Analysis of Restaurants Operating in the Rural Areas: The Case of Slovenia," Academica Turistica - Tourism and Innovation Journal, University of Primorska Press, vol. 12(2), pages 133-145.
    25. Lado-Sestayo, Rubén & Fernández-Castro, Ángel Santiago, 2019. "The impact of tourist destination on hotel efficiency: A data envelopment analysis approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 272(2), pages 674-686.
    26. Alberca-Oliver, Pilar & Rodríguez-Oromendía, Ainhoa & Parte-Esteban, Laura, 2015. "Measuring the efficiency of trade shows: A Spanish case study," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 127-137.

  73. Cruz, Nuno Ferreira da & Carvalho, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2013. "Disentangling the cost efficiency of jointly provided water and wastewater services," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 70-77.

    Cited by:

    1. Kao, Chiang, 2016. "Efficiency decomposition and aggregation in network data envelopment analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 255(3), pages 778-786.
    2. Blaeschke, Frédéric & Haug, Peter, 2014. "Does Intermunicipal Cooperation Increase Efficiency? Evidence from the Hessian Wastewater Sector," IWH Discussion Papers 11/2014, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
    3. Kao, Chiang, 2014. "Network data envelopment analysis: A review," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 239(1), pages 1-16.
    4. José Antonio Palomero-González & Vicent Almenar-Llongo & Ramón Fuentes-Pascual, 2021. "Evaluating the Efficiency of Water Distribution Network Sectors Using the DEA-Weight Russell Directional Distance Model: The Case of the City of Valencia (Spain)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(19), pages 1-21, September.
    5. Shi, Zhen & She, Zhiyu & Chiu, Yung-ho & Qin, Shijiong & Zhang, Lina, 2021. "Assessment and improvement analysis of economic production, water pollution, and sewage treatment efficiency in China," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
    6. 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.
    7. Xiyang Lei & Yongjun Li & Alec Morton, 2022. "Dominance and ranking interval in DEA parallel production systems," OR Spectrum: Quantitative Approaches in Management, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research e.V., vol. 44(2), pages 649-675, June.
    8. Mardani, Abbas & Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras & Streimikiene, Dalia & Jusoh, Ahmad & Khoshnoudi, Masoumeh, 2017. "A comprehensive review of data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach in energy efficiency," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 1298-1322.
    9. Corrado Lo Storto, 2018. "Efficiency, Conflicting Goals and Trade-Offs: A Nonparametric Analysis of the Water and Wastewater Service Industry in Italy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-22, March.
    10. Carvalho, Anne Emília Costa & Sampaio, Luciano Menezes Bezerra, 2015. "Paths to universalize water and sewage services in Brazil: The role of regulatory authorities in promoting efficient service," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 1-10.

  74. Nuno Ferreira da Cruz & Pedro Simões & Rui Cunha Marques, 2013. "The Hurdles of Local Governments with Ppp Contracts in the Waste Sector," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 31(2), pages 292-307, April.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  75. Nuno Ferreira da Cruz & Rui Cunha Marques, 2013. "New development: The challenges of designing municipal governance indicators," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(3), pages 209-212, May.

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    1. Amine Ferroukhi, 2022. "Local Finance Transparency in Algeria: An Attempt To Diagnose The Official Portals of Local Authorities," International Journal of Finance, Insurance and Risk Management, International Journal of Finance, Insurance and Risk Management, vol. 12(2), pages 74-91.
    2. Emmanuel Kwame Nti & Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa & Nana Sampson E. Edusah & John-Eudes Andivi Bakang, 2020. "Assessment of the sustainability of community-managed water supply services in Ghana," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 22(7), pages 7097-7120, October.

  76. Carvalho, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha & Berg, Sanford, 2012. "A meta-regression analysis of benchmarking studies on water utilities market structure," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 21(C), pages 40-49.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  77. Carlos Oliveira Cruz & Rui Cunha Marques, 2012. "Risk-Sharing in Seaport Terminal Concessions," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(4), pages 455-471, February.

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    1. Andrés Gómez-Lobo & Julio Briones, 2014. "Incentives in Bus Concession Contracts: A Review of Several Experiences in Latin America," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(2), pages 246-265, March.
    2. Bram Pieket Weeserik & Marco Spruit, 2018. "Improving Operational Risk Management Using Business Performance Management Technologies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-20, February.
    3. Chia-Nan Wang & Ming-Hsun Lin & Chung-Jen Huang & Ching-Chiu Huang & Ruei-Yuan Liao, 2017. "Using TRIZ to Improve the Procurement Process of Spare Parts in the Taiwan Navy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(10), pages 1-12, October.
    4. Liu, Shi-Miin & Chen, Hsiao-Chi & Han, Wenqing & Lin, Yen-Hung, 2018. "Optimal concession contracts for landlord port authorities to maximize fee revenues with minimal throughput requirements," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 109(C), pages 239-260.
    5. José Martins & Rui Cunha Marques & Carlos Oliveira Cruz & Álvaro Fonseca, 2017. "Flexibility in planning and development of a container terminal: an application of an American-style call option," Transportation Planning and Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(7), pages 828-840, October.
    6. Parola, Francesco & Notteboom, Theo & Satta, Giovanni & Rodrigue, Jean-Paul, 2013. "Analysis of factors underlying foreign entry strategies of terminal operators in container ports," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 33(C), pages 72-84.
    7. Demi Chung & David Hensher, 2015. "Risk Management in Public–Private Partnerships," Australian Accounting Review, CPA Australia, vol. 25(1), pages 13-27, March.
    8. Zheng, Shiyuan & Ge, Ying-En & Fu, Xiaowen & (Marco) Nie, Yu & Xie, Chi, 2020. "Demand information sharing in port concession arrangements," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 138(C), pages 118-143.
    9. Wang, Grace W.Y. & Pallis, Athanasios A., 2014. "Incentive approaches to overcome moral hazard in port concession agreements," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 162-174.
    10. Baştuğ, Sedat & Haralambides, Hercules & Akan, Ercan & Kiraci, Kasim, 2023. "Risk mitigation in service industries: A research agenda on container shipping," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 232-244.
    11. Han, Wenqing & Liu, Shi-Miin & Chen, Hsiao-Chi, 2020. "Optimal concession contracts for landlord port authorities under incomplete information," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 113-127.
    12. Zhang, Jihua, 2016. "Quasi-landlord port financing in China: Features, practice and a contract theory analysis," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 89(C), pages 73-88.
    13. Hsiao-Chi Chen & Shi-Miin Liu, 2015. "Optimal concession contracts for landlord port authorities to maximize traffic volumes," Maritime Policy & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(1), pages 11-25, January.
    14. Chen, Hsiao-Chi & Liu, Shi-Miin, 2016. "Should ports expand their facilities under congestion and uncertainty?," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 109-131.
    15. Somorowsky, Carolyn & Haasis, Hans-Dietrich, 2020. "Financing investments in a landlord port," Chapters from the Proceedings of the Hamburg International Conference of Logistics (HICL), in: Jahn, Carlos & Kersten, Wolfgang & Ringle, Christian M. (ed.), Data Science in Maritime and City Logistics: Data-driven Solutions for Logistics and Sustainability. Proceedings of the Hamburg International Conferen, volume 30, pages 409-440, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Institute of Business Logistics and General Management.
    16. Cabrera, María & Suárez-Alemán, Ancor & Trujillo, Lourdes, 2015. "Public-private partnerships in Spanish Ports: Current status and future prospects," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 32(C), pages 1-11.
    17. Francesco Parola & Giovanni Satta & Theo Notteboom & Luca Persico, 2021. "Revisiting traffic forecasting by port authorities in the context of port planning and development," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 23(3), pages 444-494, September.

  78. Marques, Rui Cunha & da Cruz, Nuno Ferreira & Carvalho, Pedro, 2012. "Assessing and exploring (in)efficiency in Portuguese recycling systems using non-parametric methods," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 34-43.

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    1. Ribeiro, M.C.S. & Meira-Castro, A.C. & Silva, F.G. & Santos, J. & Meixedo, J.P. & Fiúza, A. & Dinis, M.L. & Alvim, M.R., 2015. "Re-use assessment of thermoset composite wastes as aggregate and filler replacement for concrete-polymer composite materials: A case study regarding GFRP pultrusion wastes," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 104(PB), pages 417-426.
    2. 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.
    3. Bian, Yiwen & Yan, Shuai & Xu, Hao, 2014. "Efficiency evaluation for regional urban water use and wastewater decontamination systems in China: A DEA approach," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 15-23.
    4. M. Pilar Latorre & Margarita Martinez-Nuñez & Carmen Callao, 2021. "Modelling and analysing the relationship between innovation and the European Regulations on hazardous waste shipments," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 21(4), pages 575-594, December.
    5. Marques, Rui Cunha & da Cruz, Nuno Ferreira & Simões, Pedro & Faria Ferreira, Sandra & Pereira, Marta Cabral & De Jaeger, Simon, 2014. "Economic viability of packaging waste recycling systems: A comparison between Belgium and Portugal," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 22-33.
    6. De Jaeger, Simon & Rogge, Nicky, 2014. "Cost-efficiency in packaging waste management: The case of Belgium," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 106-115.
    7. Ramos, Tânia Rodrigues Pereira & Gomes, Maria Isabel & Barbosa-Póvoa, Ana Paula, 2014. "Assessing and improving management practices when planning packaging waste collection systems," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 116-129.

  79. Simões, Pedro & Carvalho, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2012. "Performance assessment of refuse collection services using robust efficiency measures," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 56-66.

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    1. Corrado lo Storto, 2021. "Eco-Productivity Analysis of the Municipal Solid Waste Service in the Apulia Region from 2010 to 2017," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-21, October.

  80. Martins, Ana Cravinho & Marques, Rui Cunha & Cruz, Carlos Oliveira, 2011. "Public-private partnerships for wind power generation: The Portuguese case," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 39(1), pages 94-104, January.

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    1. Diógenes, Jamil Ramsi Farkat & Claro, João & Rodrigues, José Coelho, 2019. "Barriers to onshore wind farm implementation in Brazil," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 128(C), pages 253-266.
    2. Frank, Alejandro Germán & Gerstlberger, Wolfgang & Paslauski, Carolline Amaral & Lerman, Laura Visintainer & Ayala, Néstor Fabián, 2018. "The contribution of innovation policy criteria to the development of local renewable energy systems," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 353-365.
    3. Giovanna Andrea Pinilla‐De La Cruz & Rodrigo Rabetino & Jussi Kantola, 2022. "Unveiling the shades of partnerships for the energy transition and sustainable development: Connecting public–private partnerships and emerging hybrid schemes," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(5), pages 1370-1386, October.
    4. Pestana Barros, Carlos & Sequeira Antunes, Olinda, 2011. "Performance assessment of Portuguese wind farms: Ownership and managerial efficiency," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 39(6), pages 3055-3063, June.
    5. Jiang, Minxing & Zhu, Bangzhu & Wei, Yi-Ming & Chevallier, Julien & He, Kaijian, 2018. "An intertemporal carbon emissions trading system with cap adjustment and path control," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 152-161.
    6. Carlos Oliveira Cruz & Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, 2017. "Reforming traditional PPP models to cope with the challenges of smart cities," Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, , vol. 18(1-2), pages 94-114, March.
    7. Guomin Li & Wei Li & Zihan Jin & Zhihao Wang, 2019. "Influence of Environmental Concern and Knowledge on Households’ Willingness to Purchase Energy-Efficient Appliances: A Case Study in Shanxi, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-18, February.
    8. Jorge Fleta‐Asín & Fernando Muñoz, 2021. "Renewable energy public–private partnerships in developing countries: Determinants of private investment," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(4), pages 653-670, July.
    9. Pohlmann, Angela & Colell, Arwen, 2020. "Distributing power: Community energy movements claiming the grid in Berlin and Hamburg," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
    10. Yildiz, Özgür, 2016. "Public-private partnerships, incomplete contracts, and distributional fairness – when payments matter," MPRA Paper 74552, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    11. Rehner, Robert & McCauley, Darren, 2016. "Security, justice and the energy crossroads: Assessing the implications of the nuclear phase-out in Germany," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 289-298.
    12. Nannan Wang & Xiaoyan Chen & Guobin Wu, 2019. "Public Private Partnerships, a Value for Money Solution for Clean Coal District Heating Operations," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-18, April.
    13. Robert Osei-Kyei & Albert P. C. Chan & Yao Yu & Chuan Chen & Yongjian Ke & Bashir Tijani, 2019. "Social Responsibility Initiatives for Public-Private Partnership Projects: A Comparative Study between China and Ghana," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-14, March.
    14. Guangbin Wang & Yingxia Xue & Mirosław Jan Skibniewski & Jiule Song & Hao Lu, 2018. "Analysis of Private Investors Conduct Strategies by Governments Supervising Public-Private Partnership Projects in the New Media Era," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-26, December.
    15. Curran, Louise & Lv, Ping & Spigarelli, Francesca, 2017. "Chinese investment in the EU renewable energy sector: Motives, synergies and policy implications," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 101(C), pages 670-682.
    16. Martins, José & Marques, Rui Cunha & Cruz, Carlos Oliveira, 2014. "Maximizing the value for money of PPP arrangements through flexibility: An application to airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 72-80.
    17. João Paulo Bento, 2011. "Energy Savings via Foreign Direct Investment? - Empirical evidence from Portugal," Working Papers 2011/24, Maastricht School of Management.
    18. Song, Jinbo & Jin, Lulu & Zhao, Yunpeng & Hu, Wenjin, 2017. "Using bargaining-game model to negotiate compensation for the early termination of BOT highway projects," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 105(C), pages 197-209.
    19. Kang, Moon Jung & Hwang, Jongwoon, 2016. "Structural dynamics of innovation networks funded by the European Union in the context of systemic innovation of the renewable energy sector," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 471-490.
    20. Cerdeira Bento, João Paulo, 2012. "Cointegration Models Applied For Portugal’s Energy Consumption, Inward FDI and GDP Series (1980-2007)," MPRA Paper 41619, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    21. Bento, Nuno & Fontes, Margarida, 2015. "The construction of a new technological innovation system in a follower country: Wind energy in Portugal," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 197-210.
    22. Tveten, Åsa Grytli & Bolkesjø, Torjus Folsland & Martinsen, Thomas & Hvarnes, Håvard, 2013. "Solar feed-in tariffs and the merit order effect: A study of the German electricity market," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 761-770.
    23. Xu, Yelin & Chan, Albert P.C. & Xia, Bo & Qian, Queena K. & Liu, Yong & Peng, Yi, 2015. "Critical risk factors affecting the implementation of PPP waste-to-energy projects in China," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 158(C), pages 403-411.
    24. Corrocher, Nicoletta & Cappa, Elisabetta, 2020. "The Role of public interventions in inducing private climate finance: An empirical analysis of the solar energy sector," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 147(C).
    25. Chen, Lujie & Zhao, Xiande & Tang, Ou & Price, Lydia & Zhang, Shanshan & Zhu, Wenwen, 2017. "Supply chain collaboration for sustainability: A literature review and future research agenda," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 194(C), pages 73-87.
    26. Jiang, Wenyin & Liu, Can & Sun, Zhigang, 2023. "Promoting developments of hydrogen production from renewable energy and hydrogen energy vehicles in China analyzing a public-private partnership cooperation scheme based on evolutionary game theory," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 278(PB).
    27. Eitan, Avri & Herman, Lior & Fischhendler, Itay & Rosen, Gillad, 2019. "Community–private sector partnerships in renewable energy," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 105(C), pages 95-104.
    28. Huijie Li & Jie Li, 2021. "Risk Governance and Sustainability: A Scientometric Analysis and Literature Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-18, October.
    29. Li, Cun-Bin & Chen, Hong-Yi & Zhu, Jiang & Zuo, Jian & Zillante, George & Zhao, Zhen-Yu, 2015. "Comprehensive assessment of flexibility of the wind power industry chain," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 18-26.
    30. Manos, Basil & Bartocci, Pietro & Partalidou, Maria & Fantozzi, Francesco & Arampatzis, Stratos, 2014. "Review of public–private partnerships in agro-energy districts in Southern Europe: The cases of Greece and Italy," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 667-678.
    31. Twesigye, Peter, 2022. "Structural, governance, & regulatory incentives for improved utility performance: A comparative analysis of electric utilities in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    32. Carmen Araquistain Portela, 2020. "Urban utilities and opportunities for the private sector in local energy services in Switzerland," Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, , vol. 21(2), pages 193-218, June.
    33. Samiha Mjahed Hammami & Sahar Chtourou & Heyam Al Moosa, 2018. "A holistic approach to understanding the acceptance of a community‐based renewable energy project: A pathway to sustainability for Tunisia's rural region," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(8), pages 1535-1545, December.
    34. Song, Jinbo & Song, Danrong & Zhang, Xueqing & Sun, Yan, 2013. "Risk identification for PPP waste-to-energy incineration projects in China," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 953-962.

  81. Marques, Rui Cunha, 2011. "Together or separately? The efficiency and market structure of Portuguese airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 17(2), pages 136-139.

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    1. See, Kok Fong & Abdul Rashid, Azwan, 2016. "Total factor productivity analysis of Malaysia Airlines: Lessons from the past and directions for the future," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 42-49.
    2. Voltes-Dorta, Augusto & Pagliari, Romano, 2012. "The impact of recession on airports' cost efficiency," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 211-222.
    3. Pagliari, Romano & Graham, Anne, 2019. "An exploratory analysis of the effects of ownership change on airport competition," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 76-85.
    4. Cruz, Carlos Oliveira & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2011. "Contribution to the study of PPP arrangements in airport development, management and operation," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 18(2), pages 392-400, March.
    5. Graham, Prof Anne, 2020. "Airport privatisation: A successful journey?," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    6. Martins, José & Marques, Rui Cunha & Cruz, Carlos Oliveira, 2014. "Maximizing the value for money of PPP arrangements through flexibility: An application to airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 72-80.
    7. Zietsman, Davina & Vanderschuren, Marianne, 2014. "Analytic Hierarchy Process assessment for potential multi-airport systems – The case of Cape Town," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 41-49.
    8. Barros, Carlos Pestana, 2011. "Cost efficiency of African airports using a finite mixture model," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 18(6), pages 807-813, November.

  82. Cruz, Carlos Oliveira & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2011. "Contribution to the study of PPP arrangements in airport development, management and operation," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 18(2), pages 392-400, March.
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  83. Kristof Witte & Rui Marques, 2011. "Big and beautiful? On non-parametrically measuring scale economies in non-convex technologies," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 35(3), pages 213-226, June.

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    1. 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.
    2. Jean-Paul Chavas & Kwansoo Kim, 2015. "Nonparametric analysis of technology and productivity under non-convexity: a neighborhood-based approach," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 43(1), pages 59-74, February.
    3. Michael Zschille, 2014. "Nonparametric measures of returns to scale: an application to German water supply," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 47(3), pages 1029-1053, November.
    4. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques, 2020. "A step forward on order-α robust nonparametric method: inclusion of weight restrictions, convexity and non-variable returns to scale," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 20(2), pages 1011-1046, June.
    5. Saal, David S. & Arocena, Pablo & Maziotis, Alexandros & Triebs, Thomas, 2013. "Scale and Scope Economies and the Efficient Vertical and Horizontal Configuration of the Water Industry: A Survey of the Literature," Munich Reprints in Economics 59563, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
    6. Michael Zschille, 2015. "Consolidating the water industry: an analysis of the potential gains from horizontal integration in a conditional efficiency framework," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 44(1), pages 97-114, August.
    7. Michael Zschille, 2016. "Cost Structure and Economies of Scale in German Water Supply," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1576, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    8. 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.
    9. José Antonio Palomero-González & Vicent Almenar-Llongo & Ramón Fuentes-Pascual, 2021. "Evaluating the Efficiency of Water Distribution Network Sectors Using the DEA-Weight Russell Directional Distance Model: The Case of the City of Valencia (Spain)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(19), pages 1-21, September.
    10. Giulia Romano & Andrea Guerrini & Rui Cunha Marques, 2017. "European Water Utility Management: Promoting Efficiency, Innovation and Knowledge in the Water Industry," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 31(8), pages 2349-2353, June.
    11. De Witte, Kristof & Mika, Kortelainen, 2009. "Blaming the exogenous environment? Conditional efficiency estimation with continuous and discrete exogenous variables," MPRA Paper 14034, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    12. Guerrini, Andrea & Romano, Giulia & Leardini, Chiara, 2018. "Economies of scale and density in the Italian water industry: A stochastic frontier approach," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 103-111.
    13. Massarutto, Antonio & Grassetti, Luca & Lambardi di San Miniato, Michele & Moletta, Mattia, 2023. "Efficient firms are all alike, but every inefficient firm is such in its own way: Heterogeneity of costs determinants in the Italian water sector," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    14. Michael Zschille, 2012. "Consolidating the Water Industry: An Analysis of the Potential Gains from Horizontal Integration in a Conditional Efficiency Framework," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1187, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    15. 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.
    16. Brandon Pope & Andrew Johnson, 2013. "Returns to scope: a metric for production synergies demonstrated for hospital production," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 40(2), pages 239-250, October.
    17. Andrea Guerrini & Giulia Romano & Bettina Campedelli, 2013. "Economies of Scale, Scope, and Density in the Italian Water Sector: A Two-Stage Data Envelopment Analysis Approach," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 27(13), pages 4559-4578, October.
    18. Michael Zschille, 2014. "Marktstrukturen in der Trinkwasserversorgung," DIW Roundup: Politik im Fokus 43, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    19. Meihong Dai & Xianneng Li & Yuduo Lu, 2017. "How Urbanization Economies Impact TFP of R&D Performers: Evidence from China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(10), pages 1-17, September.
    20. Zschille, Michael, 2012. "Consolidating the Water Industry: An Analysis of the Potential Gains from Horizontal Integration in a Conditional Efficiency Fr," CEPR Discussion Papers 8737, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    21. Adel Hatami-Marbini & Zahra Ghelej Beigi & Jens Leth Hougaard & Kobra Gholami, 2014. "Estimating Returns to Scale in Imprecise Data Envelopment Analysis," MSAP Working Paper Series 07_2014, University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics.
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  84. Pedro Simões & Rui Marques, 2011. "Performance and congestion analysis of the portuguese hospital services," 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. 19(1), pages 39-63, March.
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  85. Rui Cunha Marques & Carlos Pestana Barros, 2011. "Performance of European airports: regulation, ownership and managerial efficiency," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(1), pages 29-37.

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    2. Maria del Pilar Baquero Forero & Toshifumi Kuroda & Takanori Ida, 2010. "Cultural determinants of countries management efficiency:A random coefficients stochastic frontier approach," Discussion papers e-10-012, Graduate School of Economics Project Center, Kyoto University.
    3. Puls, René & Lentz, Cheryl, 2018. "Retail concessions at European airports: Commercial strategies to improve non-aeronautical revenue from leisure travelers," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 243-249.
    4. Abbott, Malcolm, 2015. "Reform and efficiency of New Zealand's airports," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 1-9.
    5. Georges Assaf, A. & Gillen, David, 2012. "Measuring the joint impact of governance form and economic regulation on airport efficiency," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 220(1), pages 187-198.
    6. lo Storto, Corrado, 2018. "Ownership structure and the technical, cost, and revenue efficiency of Italian airports," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 175-193.
    7. Adler, Nicole & Liebert, Vanessa, 2014. "Joint impact of competition, ownership form and economic regulation on airport performance and pricing," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 92-109.
    8. Assaf, A. George & Gillen, David & Tsionas, Efthymios G., 2014. "Understanding relative efficiency among airports: A general dynamic model for distinguishing technical and allocative efficiency," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 18-34.

  86. Marques, Rui Cunha & De Witte, Kristof, 2011. "Is big better? On scale and scope economies in the Portuguese water sector," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 28(3), pages 1009-1016, May.

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    2. Goncalves, Olga, 2013. "Efficiency and productivity of French ski resorts," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 650-657.
    3. Michael Zschille, 2014. "Nonparametric measures of returns to scale: an application to German water supply," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 47(3), pages 1029-1053, November.
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    6. Michael Zschille, 2015. "Consolidating the water industry: an analysis of the potential gains from horizontal integration in a conditional efficiency framework," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 44(1), pages 97-114, August.
    7. Tourinho, Marco & Santos, Paulo Rosa & Pinto, Francisco Taveira & Camanho, Ana S., 2022. "Performance assessment of water services in Brazilian municipalities: An integrated view of efficiency and access," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
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    13. Aurélie Corne & Olga Goncalves & Nicolas Peypoch, 2020. "Evaluating the performance drivers of French ski resorts: A hierarchical approach," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 41(3), pages 389-405, April.
    14. Giulia Romano & Andrea Guerrini & Rui Cunha Marques, 2017. "European Water Utility Management: Promoting Efficiency, Innovation and Knowledge in the Water Industry," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 31(8), pages 2349-2353, June.
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    16. Martins, Rita & Fortunato, Adelino, 2016. "Critical analysis of the Portuguese Water Industry Restructuring Plan," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 43(PB), pages 131-139.
    17. Guthrie, Lachlan & De Silva, Saman & Furlong, Casey, 2017. "A categorisation system for Australia's Integrated Urban Water Management plans," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 92-102.
    18. Romano, Giulia & Guerrini, Andrea, 2011. "Measuring and comparing the efficiency of water utility companies: A data envelopment analysis approach," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 19(3), pages 202-209.
    19. Guerrini, Andrea & Romano, Giulia & Leardini, Chiara, 2018. "Economies of scale and density in the Italian water industry: A stochastic frontier approach," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 103-111.
    20. Massarutto, Antonio & Grassetti, Luca & Lambardi di San Miniato, Michele & Moletta, Mattia, 2023. "Efficient firms are all alike, but every inefficient firm is such in its own way: Heterogeneity of costs determinants in the Italian water sector," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    21. Michael Zschille, 2012. "Consolidating the Water Industry: An Analysis of the Potential Gains from Horizontal Integration in a Conditional Efficiency Framework," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1187, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    22. Harald Tauchmann, 2012. "Partial frontier efficiency analysis," Stata Journal, StataCorp LP, vol. 12(3), pages 461-478, September.
    23. Fabien Martinez, 2015. "A Three-Dimensional Conceptual Framework of Corporate Water Responsibility," Post-Print hal-02887624, HAL.
    24. Andrea Guerrini & Giulia Romano & Bettina Campedelli, 2013. "Economies of Scale, Scope, and Density in the Italian Water Sector: A Two-Stage Data Envelopment Analysis Approach," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 27(13), pages 4559-4578, October.
    25. Anna Bottasso & Maurizio Conti, 2021. "Economie di integrazione verticale ed economie di scopo nel settore idrico e fognario: alcune considerazioni alla luce dell?evidenza empirica internazionale," ECONOMIA PUBBLICA, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2021(3), pages 89-128.
    26. 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.
    27. Sofia Fonseca & Maria João Guedes & Vítor Conceição Gonçalves, 2022. "Profitability and size of newly established firms," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 18(2), pages 957-974, June.
    28. Michael Zschille, 2014. "Marktstrukturen in der Trinkwasserversorgung," DIW Roundup: Politik im Fokus 43, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    29. Zschille, Michael, 2012. "Consolidating the Water Industry: An Analysis of the Potential Gains from Horizontal Integration in a Conditional Efficiency Fr," CEPR Discussion Papers 8737, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    30. Corrado Lo Storto, 2018. "Efficiency, Conflicting Goals and Trade-Offs: A Nonparametric Analysis of the Water and Wastewater Service Industry in Italy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-22, March.
    31. da Cruz, Nuno Ferreira & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2014. "Revisiting the determinants of local government performance," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 91-103.

  87. Simões, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2011. "How does the operational environment affect utility performance? A parametric study on the waste sector," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 55(7), pages 695-702.

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    2. Llanquileo-Melgarejo, Paula & Molinos-Senante, María, 2022. "Assessing eco-productivity change in Chilean municipal solid waste services," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    3. 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.

  88. P. Simões & R.C. Marques, 2010. "Seaport performance analysis using robust non-parametric efficiency estimators," Transportation Planning and Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(5), pages 435-451, June.

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    2. Dan He & Peng Gao & Zhijing Sun & Yui-yip Lau, 2017. "Measuring Water Transport Efficiency in the Yangtze River Economic Zone, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(12), pages 1-13, December.
    3. Figueiredo De Oliveira, Gabriel & Cariou, Pierre, 2015. "The impact of competition on container port (in)efficiency," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 124-133.
    4. Aghalari, Amin & Nur, Farjana & Marufuzzaman, Mohammad, 2021. "Solving a stochastic inland waterway port management problem using a parallelized hybrid decomposition algorithm," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
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    6. Merkel, Axel, 2017. "Spatial competition and complementarity in European port regions," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 40-47.
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    9. Kammoun, Rabeb & Abdennadher, Chokri, 2022. "Seaport efficiency and competitiveness in European seaports," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 121(C), pages 113-124.
    10. Merkel, Axel & Holmgren, Johan, 2017. "Dredging the depths of knowledge: Efficiency analysis in the maritime port sector," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 63-74.
    11. Sphiwe Eugene Mthembu & Mihalis Chasomeris, 2023. "An evaluation of the governance structure of marine services in South Africa’s ports system," Journal of Shipping and Trade, Springer, vol. 8(1), pages 1-22, December.
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  89. Rui Cunha Marques & Álvaro Fonseca, 2010. "Market structure, privatisation and regulation of Portuguese seaports," Maritime Policy & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(2), pages 145-161, March.

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    2. de Langen, P.W. & Heij, C., 2013. "Performance Effects of the Corporatisation of Port of Rotterdam Authority," Econometric Institute Research Papers EI2013-06, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Econometric Institute.
    3. Liu, Shi-Miin & Chen, Hsiao-Chi & Han, Wenqing & Lin, Yen-Hung, 2018. "Optimal concession contracts for landlord port authorities to maximize fee revenues with minimal throughput requirements," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 109(C), pages 239-260.
    4. José Martins & Rui Cunha Marques & Carlos Oliveira Cruz & Álvaro Fonseca, 2017. "Flexibility in planning and development of a container terminal: an application of an American-style call option," Transportation Planning and Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(7), pages 828-840, October.
    5. María del Mar Cerbán Jiménez & Juan Ortí Llatas, 2015. "Infraestructuras Portuarias. Análisis del sistema Portuario Espanol Contexto Internacional y propuestas de reforma," Studies on the Spanish Economy eee2015-20, FEDEA.
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    7. Merkel, Axel & Sløk-Madsen, Stefan Kirkegaard, 2019. "Lessons from port sector regulatory reforms in Denmark: An analysis of port governance and institutional structure outcomes," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 31-41.
    8. Hsiao-Chi Chen & Shi-Miin Liu, 2015. "Optimal concession contracts for landlord port authorities to maximize traffic volumes," Maritime Policy & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(1), pages 11-25, January.

  90. Kristof De Witte & Rui Cunha Marques, 2010. "Incorporating heterogeneity in non-parametric models: a methodological comparison," International Journal of Operational Research, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 9(2), pages 188-204.

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    2. Vladimír Holý, 2022. "The impact of operating environment on efficiency of public libraries," 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 395-414, March.
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  91. Marques, Rui Cunha & Simões, Pedro, 2010. "Measuring the influence of congestion on efficiency in worldwide airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 16(6), pages 334-336.

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    2. Wanke, Peter F., 2012. "Efficiency of Brazil's airports: Evidences from bootstrapped DEA and FDH estimates," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 23(C), pages 47-53.
    3. Yang, Zhuofan & Shi, Yong & Yan, Hong, 2017. "Analysis on pure e-commerce congestion effect, productivity effect and profitability in China," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 35-49.
    4. Chen, Zhenling & Li, Jinkai & Zhao, Weigang & Yuan, Xiao-Chen & Yang, Guo-liang, 2019. "Undesirable and desirable energy congestion measurements for regional coal-fired power generation industry in China," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 122-134.
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    7. Wanke, Peter & Barros, C.P. & Nwaogbe, Obioma R., 2016. "Assessing productive efficiency in Nigerian airports using Fuzzy-DEA," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 9-19.
    8. Jun Wang & Yong Zha, 2014. "Distinguishing Technical Inefficiency from Desirable and Undesirable Congestion with an Application to Regional Industries in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 6(12), pages 1-19, December.
    9. Rainer Friedrich & Emile Quinet, 2011. "External Costs of Transport in Europe," Chapters, in: André de Palma & Robin Lindsey & Emile Quinet & Roger Vickerman (ed.), A Handbook of Transport Economics, chapter 16, Edward Elgar Publishing.

  92. Kristof Witte & Rui Marques, 2010. "Influential observations in frontier models, a robust non-oriented approach to the water sector," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 181(1), pages 377-392, December.

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    17. 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).
    18. See, Kok Fong & Ma, Zhanxin, 2018. "Does non-revenue water affect Malaysia's water services industry productivity?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 125-131.
    19. 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.
    20. D’Inverno, Giovanna & Carosi, Laura & Romano, Giulia & Guerrini, Andrea, 2018. "Water pollution in wastewater treatment plants: An efficiency analysis with undesirable output," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 269(1), pages 24-34.
    21. 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.
    22. Goh, Kim Huat & See, Kok Fong, 2023. "Incorporating nonrevenue water in the efficiency assessment of water supply utilities: A parametric enhanced hyperbolic distance function," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    23. 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).
    24. Mocholi-Arce, Manuel & Sala-Garrido, Ramon & Molinos-Senante, Maria & Maziotis, Alexandros, 2022. "Performance assessment of the Chilean water sector: A network data envelopment analysis approach," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
    25. Carlucci, Fabio & Corcione, Carlo & Mazzocchi, Paolo & Trincone, Barbara, 2021. "The role of logistics in promoting Italian agribusiness: The Belt and Road Initiative case study," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    26. Rashidi, Kamran & Cullinane, Kevin, 2019. "Evaluating the sustainability of national logistics performance using Data Envelopment Analysis," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 35-46.
    27. 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.
    28. Carvalho, Anne Emília Costa & Sampaio, Raquel Menezes Bezerra & Sampaio, Luciano Menezes Bezerra, 2023. "The impact of regulation on the Brazilian water and sewerage companies’ efficiency," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 87(PA).
    29. Jiyoung Lee & Gyunghyun Choi, 2019. "A Dominance-Based Network Method for Ranking Efficient Decision-Making Units in Data Envelopment Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-20, April.
    30. Wu, Yunna & Ke, Yiming & Zhang, Ting & Liu, Fangtong & Wang, Jing, 2018. "Performance efficiency assessment of photovoltaic poverty alleviation projects in China: A three-phase data envelopment analysis model," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 159(C), pages 599-610.
    31. Spyros Niavis & Nikos Tamvakis & Basil Manos & George Vlontzos, 2018. "Assessing and Explaining the Efficiency of Extensive Olive Oil Farmers: The Case of Pelion Peninsula in Greece," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 8(2), pages 1-13, February.
    32. Tsekouras, Kostas & Chatzistamoulou, Nikos & Kounetas, Kostas, 2017. "Productive performance, technology heterogeneity and hierarchies: Who to compare with whom," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 193(C), pages 465-478.
    33. 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.
    34. Carolyn–Dung T. T. Tran & Renato A. Villano, 2017. "Input Rigidities and Performance of Vietnamese Universities," Asian Economic Journal, East Asian Economic Association, vol. 31(3), pages 253-273, September.
    35. Enrique Bernal Jurado & Adoración Mozas Moral & Miguel Jesús Medina Viruel & Domingo Fernández Uclés, 2018. "Evaluation of Corporate Websites and Their Influence on the Performance of Olive Oil Companies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-11, April.
    36. Dexiang Wu & WeiDan Ding & Ahmed Koubaa & Abdelkader Chaala & CuiCui Luo, 2017. "Robust DEA to assess the reliability of methyl methacrylate-hardened hybrid poplar wood," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 248(1), pages 515-529, January.
    37. Simões, Pedro & Carvalho, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2012. "Performance assessment of refuse collection services using robust efficiency measures," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 56-66.
    38. María Molinos-Senante & Manuel Mocholi-Arce & Ramón Sala-Garrido, 2016. "Efficiency Assessment of Water and Sewerage Companies: a Disaggregated Approach Accounting for Service Quality," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 30(12), pages 4311-4328, September.
    39. María Molinos-Senante & Ramón Sala-Garrido, 2019. "Assessment of Energy Efficiency and Its Determinants for Drinking Water Treatment Plants Using A Double-Bootstrap Approach," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-11, February.
    40. P. Simões & R.C. Marques, 2010. "Seaport performance analysis using robust non-parametric efficiency estimators," Transportation Planning and Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(5), pages 435-451, June.
    41. Mande Buafua, Patrick, 2015. "Efficiency of urban water supply in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do organization and regulation matter?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(C), pages 13-22.
    42. Marcel Clermont & Julia Schaefer, 2019. "Identification of Outliers in Data Envelopment Analysis," Schmalenbach Business Review, Springer;Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft, vol. 71(4), pages 475-496, October.
    43. Haelermans, Carla & De Witte, Kristof, 2012. "The role of innovations in secondary school performance – Evidence from a conditional efficiency model," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 223(2), pages 541-549.
    44. Alda A. Henriques & Milton Fontes & Ana S. Camanho & Giovanna D’Inverno & Pedro Amorim & Jaime Gabriel Silva, 2022. "Performance evaluation of problematic samples: a robust nonparametric approach for wastewater treatment plants," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 315(1), pages 193-220, August.
    45. Margaréta Halická & Mária Trnovská, 2018. "Negative features of hyperbolic and directional distance models for technologies with undesirable outputs," 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. 26(4), pages 887-907, December.
    46. Goh, Kim Huat & See, Kok Fong, 2021. "Measuring the productivity growth of Malaysia's water sector: Implications for regulatory reform," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    47. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Vilarinho, Hermilio & D’Inverno, Giovanna & Camanho, Ana S., 2023. "A regulatory robust conditional approach to measuring the efficiency of wholesale water supply and wastewater treatment services," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).

  93. Kristof De Witte & Rui Marques, 2010. "Designing performance incentives, an international benchmark study in the water sector," 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. 18(2), pages 189-220, June.

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    1. 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.
    2. Romano, Giulia & Guerrini, Andrea & Campedelli, Bettina, 2015. "The new Italian water tariff method: A launching point for novel infrastructures or a backwards step?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 45-53.
    3. Molinos-Senante, María & Sala-Garrido, Ramón, 2018. "Evaluation of energy performance of drinking water treatment plants: Use of energy intensity and energy efficiency metrics," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 229(C), pages 1095-1102.
    4. 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.
    5. Ananda, Jayanath & Hampf, Benjamin, 2015. "Measuring environmentally sensitive productivity growth: An application to the urban water sector," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 116(C), pages 211-219.
    6. Diogo Cunha Ferreira & Rui Cunha Marques, 2020. "A step forward on order-α robust nonparametric method: inclusion of weight restrictions, convexity and non-variable returns to scale," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 20(2), pages 1011-1046, June.
    7. Fusco, Elisa & Vidoli, Francesco & Sahoo, Biresh K., 2018. "Spatial heterogeneity in composite indicator: A methodological proposal," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 1-14.
    8. Tourinho, Marco & Santos, Paulo Rosa & Pinto, Francisco Taveira & Camanho, Ana S., 2022. "Performance assessment of water services in Brazilian municipalities: An integrated view of efficiency and access," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    9. Kristof De Witte & Wim Groot & Henri?tte Maassen van den Brink, 2012. "The Efficiency of Education in Generating Literacy: A Stochastic Frontier Approach," Review of Economics & Finance, Better Advances Press, Canada, vol. 2, pages 25-37, February.
    10. Michael Zschille, 2016. "Cost Structure and Economies of Scale in German Water Supply," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1576, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    11. Francisco González-Gómez & Miguel García‐Rubio & Francisco Alcalá-Olid & M. Ortega-Díaz, 2013. "Outsourcing and Efficiency in the Management of Rural Water Services," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 27(3), pages 731-747, February.
    12. Ben Amor, Tawfik & Mellah, Thuraya, 2023. "Cost efficiency of Tunisian water utility districts: Does heterogeneity matter?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    13. Arocena, Pablo & Saal, David S. & Urakami, Takuya & Zschille, Michael, 2020. "Measuring and decomposing productivity change in the presence of mergers," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 282(1), pages 319-333.
    14. Miguel García-Rubio & Cecilia Tortajada & Francisco González-Gómez, 2016. "Privatising Water Utilities and User Perception of Tap Water Quality: Evidence from Spanish Urban Water Services," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 30(1), pages 315-329, January.
    15. Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha & Pedro, Maria Isabel, 2016. "Comparing efficiency of holding business model and individual management model of airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 168-183.
    16. Vilarinho, Hermilio & D’Inverno, Giovanna & Nóvoa, Henriqueta & Camanho, Ana S., 2023. "Performance analytics for regulation in retail water utilities: Guiding asset management by identifying peers and targets," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    17. 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.
    18. A. Guerrini & G. Romano & L. Carosi & F. Mancuso, 2017. "Cost Savings in Wastewater Treatment Processes: the Role of Environmental and Operational Drivers," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 31(8), pages 2465-2478, June.
    19. 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.
    20. Alberto Ruiz-Villaverde & Miguel A. García-Rubio, 2017. "Public Participation in European Water Management: from Theory to Practice," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 31(8), pages 2479-2495, June.
    21. Goh, Kim Huat & See, Kok Fong, 2023. "Incorporating nonrevenue water in the efficiency assessment of water supply utilities: A parametric enhanced hyperbolic distance function," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    22. 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).
    23. Mocholi-Arce, Manuel & Sala-Garrido, Ramon & Molinos-Senante, Maria & Maziotis, Alexandros, 2022. "Performance assessment of the Chilean water sector: A network data envelopment analysis approach," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
    24. María Molinos-Senante & Ramon Sala-Garrido, 2017. "Decomposition of Productivity Growth of Water and Sewerage Companies: An Empirical Approach for Chile," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 31(13), pages 4309-4321, October.
    25. Carvalho, Anne Emília Costa & Sampaio, Raquel Menezes Bezerra & Sampaio, Luciano Menezes Bezerra, 2023. "The impact of regulation on the Brazilian water and sewerage companies’ efficiency," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 87(PA).
    26. Anne-Kathrin Faust & Andrea Baranzini, 2014. "The economic performance of Swiss drinking water utilities," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 41(3), pages 383-397, June.
    27. Francisco Silva Pinto & Rui Cunha Marques, 2016. "Tariff Suitability Framework for Water Supply Services," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 30(6), pages 2037-2053, April.
    28. Eiji Satoh, 2019. "Water Demand Fluctuations, Non-Transferable Water Rights, and Technical Inefficiency in Japan’s Water Sector," Water Economics and Policy (WEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 5(03), pages 1-27, July.
    29. Pınar Kaya Samut & Reyhan Cafrı, 2016. "Analysis of the Efficiency Determinants of Health Systems in OECD Countries by DEA and Panel Tobit," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 129(1), pages 113-132, October.
    30. Romano, Giulia & Guerrini, Andrea, 2011. "Measuring and comparing the efficiency of water utility companies: A data envelopment analysis approach," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 19(3), pages 202-209.
    31. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Francisco González-Gómez & José C. Hernández-Gutiérrez & Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo, 2024. "Changing prices after the reform of local public services: remunicipalization versus privatization," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 65(1), pages 1-26, June.
    32. Pinto, Francisco Silva & Simões, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2017. "Raising the bar: The role of governance in performance assessments," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 38-47.
    33. Carvalho, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2014. "Computing economies of vertical integration, economies of scope and economies of scale using partial frontier nonparametric methods," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 234(1), pages 292-307.
    34. Jayanath Ananda & Nicholas Pawsey & Tahmid Nayeem, 2022. "Customer‐centric regulation: The case of Victorian urban water sector," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 16(2), pages 536-556, April.
    35. Josefa Mula & Marija Bogataj, 2021. "OR in the industrial engineering of Industry 4.0: experiences from the Iberian Peninsula mirrored in CJOR," 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. 29(4), pages 1163-1184, December.
    36. Gabriel Stumpf Duarte de Carvalho & Rui Cunha Marques, 2021. "What Can Urban Buses Learn about Sunshine Regulation Adopted in Other Sectors?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-13, June.
    37. Michael Zschille, 2012. "Consolidating the Water Industry: An Analysis of the Potential Gains from Horizontal Integration in a Conditional Efficiency Framework," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1187, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    38. Porcher, Simon & Maziotis, Alexandros & Molinos-Senante, Maria, 2017. "The welfare costs of non-marginal water pricing: evidence from the water only companies in England and Wales," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 82898, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    39. Marko Hofmann & Silja Meyer-Nieberg, 2018. "Time to dispense with the p-value in OR?," 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. 26(1), pages 193-214, March.
    40. Bako Kinga-Erzsebet & Fulop Arpad-Zoltan, 2021. "The Efficiency Equation For Water And Wastewater Operators In Romania," Annals - Economy Series, Constantin Brancusi University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1, pages 168-175, February.
    41. Barbosa, Alexandro & Lima, Severino Cesário de & Brusca, Isabel, 2016. "Governance and efficiency in the Brazilian water utilities: A dynamic analysis in the process of universal access," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 43(PA), pages 82-96.
    42. Thomas Bolognesi & Géraldine Pflieger, 2021. "In the shadow of sunshine regulation: Explaining disclosure biases," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 15(1), pages 200-225, January.
    43. Tourinho, Marco & Barbosa, Flávia & Santos, Paulo Rosa & Pinto, Francisco Taveira & Camanho, Ana S., 2023. "Productivity change in Brazilian water services: A benchmarking study of national and regional trends," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    44. Mellah, Thuraya & Ben Amor, Tawfik, 2016. "Performance of the Tunisian Water Utility: An input-distance function approach," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 18-32.
    45. Cordero, José Manuel & Alonso-Morán, Edurne & Nuño-Solinis, Roberto & Orueta, Juan F. & Arce, Regina Sauto, 2015. "Efficiency assessment of primary care providers: A conditional nonparametric approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 240(1), pages 235-244.
    46. Andrea Guerrini & Giulia Romano & Bettina Campedelli, 2013. "Economies of Scale, Scope, and Density in the Italian Water Sector: A Two-Stage Data Envelopment Analysis Approach," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 27(13), pages 4559-4578, October.
    47. Jos L. T. Blank & Bert Enserink & Alex A. S. van Heezik, 2019. "Policy Reforms and Productivity Change in the Dutch Drinking Water Industry: A Time Series Analysis 1980–2015," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-14, June.
    48. Tskhai, Аleksandr, 2020. "Model for evaluating the efficiency of Russian water utilities," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 62(C).
    49. Zschille, Michael, 2012. "Consolidating the Water Industry: An Analysis of the Potential Gains from Horizontal Integration in a Conditional Efficiency Fr," CEPR Discussion Papers 8737, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    50. Marques, Rui Cunha, 2017. "Why not regulate PPPs?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 141-146.
    51. Carvalho, Anne Emília Costa & Sampaio, Luciano Menezes Bezerra, 2015. "Paths to universalize water and sewage services in Brazil: The role of regulatory authorities in promoting efficient service," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 1-10.
    52. Congcong Yang & Alfred Taudes & Guozhi Dong, 2017. "Efficiency analysis of European Freight Villages: three peers for benchmarking," 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. 25(1), pages 91-122, March.
    53. Martin Bod’a & Martin Dlouhý & Emília Zimková, 2018. "Unobservable or omitted production variables in data envelopment analysis through unit-specific production trade-offs," 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. 26(4), pages 813-846, December.
    54. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Francisco González-Gómez & José C. Hernández-Gutiérrez & Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo, 2023. "Remunicipalization of Local Public Services: Policy Drivers and Changing Prices," IREA Working Papers 202319, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Dec 2023.
    55. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Vilarinho, Hermilio & D’Inverno, Giovanna & Camanho, Ana S., 2023. "A regulatory robust conditional approach to measuring the efficiency of wholesale water supply and wastewater treatment services," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    56. Guerrini, Andrea & Romano, Giulia, 2013. "The process of tariff setting in an unstable legal framework: An Italian case study," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 78-85.
    57. Landriani, Loris & Lepore, Luigi & D'Amore, Gabriella & Pozzoli, Stefano & Alvino, Federico, 2019. "Decorporatization of a municipal water utility: A case study from Italy," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 43-47.

  94. Pedro Carvalho & Rui Cunha Marques & Alvaro Fonseca & Pedro Simoes, 2010. "Governance And Comparative Performance Of Iberian Peninsula Seaports. An Application Of Non-Parametric Techniques," Articles, International Journal of Transport Economics, vol. 37(1).

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    1. Carlos Pestana Barros & Zhongfei Chen & Peter Wanke, 2016. "Efficiency in Chinese seaports: 2002–2012," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 18(3), pages 295-316, September.
    2. Cesaroni, Giovanni, 2018. "Industry cost efficiency in data envelopment analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 37-43.

  95. R. Cunha Marques & Kristof De Witte, 2010. "Towards a benchmarking paradigm in European water utilities," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(1), pages 42-48, January.

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    1. Romano, Giulia & Guerrini, Andrea & Campedelli, Bettina, 2015. "The new Italian water tariff method: A launching point for novel infrastructures or a backwards step?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 45-53.
    2. Vilarinho, Hermilio & D’Inverno, Giovanna & Nóvoa, Henriqueta & Camanho, Ana S., 2023. "Performance analytics for regulation in retail water utilities: Guiding asset management by identifying peers and targets," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    3. Cruz, Nuno Ferreira da & Carvalho, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2013. "Disentangling the cost efficiency of jointly provided water and wastewater services," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 70-77.
    4. 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).
    5. 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).
    6. Pinto, Francisco Silva & Simões, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2017. "Raising the bar: The role of governance in performance assessments," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 38-47.
    7. Guerrini, Andrea & Romano, Giulia, 2013. "The process of tariff setting in an unstable legal framework: An Italian case study," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 78-85.
    8. Landriani, Loris & Lepore, Luigi & D'Amore, Gabriella & Pozzoli, Stefano & Alvino, Federico, 2019. "Decorporatization of a municipal water utility: A case study from Italy," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 43-47.

  96. Rui Cunha Marques & Manuel Luz Carvalho, 2009. "Governance and performance evaluation of the Portuguese seaports in the European context," International Journal of Services, Economics and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(4), pages 340-357.

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    1. Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha & Pedro, Maria Isabel, 2018. "Explanatory variables driving the technical efficiency of European seaports: An order-α approach dealing with imperfect knowledge," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 41-62.

  97. Pedro Simões & Rui Cunha Marques, 2009. "Influence of Congestion Efficiency on the European Seaports Performance: Does It Matter?," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(4), pages 517-539, July.

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    1. Yuen, Andrew Chi-lok & Zhang, Anming & Cheung, Waiman, 2013. "Foreign participation and competition: A way to improve the container port efficiency in China?," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 220-231.
    2. Berg, Sanford V & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2010. "Quantitative studies of water and sanitation utilities: a literature survey," MPRA Paper 32891, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Marques, Rui & Simões, Pedro, 2009. "How far are Portuguese prisons inefficient? A non-parametric approach," MPRA Paper 19565, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Jun Wang & Yong Zha, 2014. "Distinguishing Technical Inefficiency from Desirable and Undesirable Congestion with an Application to Regional Industries in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 6(12), pages 1-19, December.

  98. Marques, Rui Cunha & Simões, Pedro, 2008. "Does the sunshine regulatory approach work?," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 52(8), pages 1040-1049.

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    1. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2022. "Is sunshine regulation the new prescription to brighten up public hospitals in Portugal?," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).

  99. Marques, Rui Cunha & Brochado, Ana, 2008. "Airport regulation in Europe: Is there need for a European Observatory?," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 15(3), pages 163-172, May.

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    1. Marques, Rui Cunha, 2011. "Together or separately? The efficiency and market structure of Portuguese airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 17(2), pages 136-139.
    2. Zhang, Anming & Czerny, Achim I., 2012. "Airports and airlines economics and policy: An interpretive review of recent research," Economics of Transportation, Elsevier, vol. 1(1), pages 15-34.
    3. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2012. "“Beyond pure public and pure private management models: Mixed firms in the European Airport Industry”," IREA Working Papers 201221, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Dec 2012.
    4. Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Marques, Rui Cunha & Pedro, Maria Isabel, 2016. "Comparing efficiency of holding business model and individual management model of airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 168-183.
    5. Cruz, Carlos Oliveira & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2011. "Contribution to the study of PPP arrangements in airport development, management and operation," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 18(2), pages 392-400, March.
    6. Santos, Jorge & Furtado, Ana & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2010. "Reform and regulation of the Portuguese rail sector. What has failed?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 18(2), pages 94-102, June.
    7. Germá Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2009. "Factors Explaining Charges in European Airports: Competition, Market Size, Private Ownership and Regulation," Working Papers 2009-31, FEDEA.
    8. Ennen, David & Batool, Irem, 2018. "Airport efficiency in Pakistan - A Data Envelopment Analysis with weight restrictions," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 205-212.
    9. D’Alfonso, Tiziana & Daraio, Cinzia & Nastasi, Alberto, 2015. "Competition and efficiency in the Italian airport system: new insights from a conditional nonparametric frontier analysis," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 20-38.
    10. Choo, Yap Yin & Corbo, Leonardo & Wang, Kun, 2018. "Joint impact of airline market structure and airport ownership on airport market power and profit margin," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 67-78.
    11. Barros, Carlos Pestana, 2011. "Cost efficiency of African airports using a finite mixture model," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 18(6), pages 807-813, November.
    12. Rui Cunha Marques & Carlos Pestana Barros, 2011. "Performance of European airports: regulation, ownership and managerial efficiency," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(1), pages 29-37.
    13. Paraschi, Elen Paraskevi & Georgopoulos, Antonios & Papatheodorou, Andreas, 2020. "Abiotic determinants of airport performance: Insights from a global survey," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 33-53.
    14. Nicolò Avogadro & Sebastian Birolini & Mattia Cattaneo & Paolo Malighetti & Chiara Morlotti & Renato Redondi, 2020. "Yardstick Regulation in a Competitive Context? The Case of the Italian Airports," Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, , vol. 21(3), pages 244-274, September.
    15. Trischler, Jakob & Lohmann, Gui, 2018. "Monitoring quality of service at Australian airports: A critical analysis," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 63-71.
    16. Assaf, A. George & Gillen, David & Barros, Carlos, 2012. "Performance assessment of UK airports: Evidence from a Bayesian dynamic frontier model," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 48(3), pages 603-615.
    17. Santos, Joana & Simões, Pedro & Costa, Álvaro & Cunha Marques, Rui, 2010. "Efficiency of the Portuguese metros. is it different from other European metros?," MPRA Paper 34904, University Library of Munich, Germany.

  100. Marques, Rui Cunha, 2006. "A yardstick competition model for Portuguese water and sewerage services regulation," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 14(3), pages 175-184, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Romano, Giulia & Guerrini, Andrea & Campedelli, Bettina, 2015. "The new Italian water tariff method: A launching point for novel infrastructures or a backwards step?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 45-53.
    2. An, Qingxian & Tao, Xiangyang & Chen, Xiaohong, 2023. "Nested frontier-based best practice regulation under asymmetric information in a principal–agent framework," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 306(1), pages 269-285.
    3. Kristof De Witte & Rui Marques, 2010. "Designing performance incentives, an international benchmark study in the water sector," 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. 18(2), pages 189-220, June.
    4. Marques, Rui Cunha & Brochado, Ana, 2008. "Airport regulation in Europe: Is there need for a European Observatory?," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 15(3), pages 163-172, May.
    5. Romano, Giulia & Guerrini, Andrea & Senoner, Thomas, 2020. "Establishing a new water tariff method that complies with european principles and respects statutory autonomy: The case of South Tyrol," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).
    6. D’Inverno, Giovanna & Carosi, Laura & Romano, Giulia, 2021. "Environmental sustainability and service quality beyond economic and financial indicators: A performance evaluation of Italian water utilities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
    7. Jayanath Ananda & Nicholas Pawsey, 2019. "Benchmarking service quality in the urban water industry," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 51(1), pages 55-72, February.
    8. Vilarinho, Hermilio & D’Inverno, Giovanna & Nóvoa, Henriqueta & Camanho, Ana S., 2023. "Performance analytics for regulation in retail water utilities: Guiding asset management by identifying peers and targets," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    9. Rui Cunha Marques & Álvaro Fonseca, 2010. "Market structure, privatisation and regulation of Portuguese seaports," Maritime Policy & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(2), pages 145-161, March.
    10. Cruz, Nuno Ferreira da & Carvalho, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2013. "Disentangling the cost efficiency of jointly provided water and wastewater services," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 70-77.
    11. Santos, Jorge & Furtado, Ana & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2010. "Reform and regulation of the Portuguese rail sector. What has failed?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 18(2), pages 94-102, June.
    12. 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).
    13. Rui Cunha Marques & Ana Oliveira-Brochado, 2007. "Comparing Airport regulation in Europe: Is there need for a European Regulator?," FEP Working Papers 259, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Economia do Porto.
    14. De Witte, Kristof & Marques, Rui, 2009. "Gaming in a benchmarking environment. A non-parametric analysis of benchmarking in the water sector," MPRA Paper 14679, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    15. 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.
    16. Rita Martins & Fernando Coelho & Adelino Fortunato, 2012. "Water losses and hydrographical regions influence on the cost structure of the Portuguese water industry," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 38(1), pages 81-94, August.
    17. Emrouznejad, Ali & De Witte, Kristof, 2010. "COOPER-framework: A unified process for non-parametric projects," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 207(3), pages 1573-1586, December.
    18. Pinto, Francisco Silva & Simões, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2017. "Raising the bar: The role of governance in performance assessments," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 38-47.
    19. R. Cunha Marques & Kristof De Witte, 2010. "Towards a benchmarking paradigm in European water utilities," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(1), pages 42-48, January.
    20. Gabriel Stumpf Duarte de Carvalho & Rui Cunha Marques, 2021. "What Can Urban Buses Learn about Sunshine Regulation Adopted in Other Sectors?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-13, June.
    21. Mande Buafua, Patrick, 2015. "Efficiency of urban water supply in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do organization and regulation matter?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(C), pages 13-22.
    22. Thomas Bolognesi & Géraldine Pflieger, 2021. "In the shadow of sunshine regulation: Explaining disclosure biases," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 15(1), pages 200-225, January.
    23. Nicolò Avogadro & Sebastian Birolini & Mattia Cattaneo & Paolo Malighetti & Chiara Morlotti & Renato Redondi, 2020. "Yardstick Regulation in a Competitive Context? The Case of the Italian Airports," Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, , vol. 21(3), pages 244-274, September.
    24. Trischler, Jakob & Lohmann, Gui, 2018. "Monitoring quality of service at Australian airports: A critical analysis," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 63-71.
    25. Pereira, Miguel Alves & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2022. "Is sunshine regulation the new prescription to brighten up public hospitals in Portugal?," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    26. Simões, Pedro & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2011. "How does the operational environment affect utility performance? A parametric study on the waste sector," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 55(7), pages 695-702.
    27. Gidion, Dickson K. & Hong, Jin & Adams, Magdalene Z.A. & Khoveyni, Mohammad, 2019. "Network DEA models for assessing urban water utility efficiency," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 48-58.
    28. Fumitoshi Mizutani & Hideo Kozumi & Noriaki Matsushima, 2009. "Does yardstick regulation really work? Empirical evidence from Japan’s rail industry," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 36(3), pages 308-323, December.
    29. Varmaz, Armin & Varwig, Andreas & Poddig, Thorsten, 2013. "Centralized resource planning and Yardstick competition," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 41(1), pages 112-118.
    30. Marques, Rui Cunha & Simões, Pedro, 2008. "Does the sunshine regulatory approach work?," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 52(8), pages 1040-1049.
    31. Enrique Cabrera Jr. & Elvira Estruch-Juan & Elena Gómez & Roberto Teso, 2022. "Comprehensive Regulation of Water Services. Why Quality of Service and Economic Costs Cannot be Considered Separately," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 36(9), pages 3247-3264, July.

Chapters

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Books

  1. Carlos Oliveira Cruz & Rui Cunha Marques, 2013. "Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships," Springer Books, Springer, edition 127, number 978-3-642-36910-0, June.

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    1. Yunqiang Xue & Hongzhi Guan & Jonathan Corey & Heng Wei & Hai Yan, 2017. "Quantifying a Financially Sustainable Strategy of Public Transport: Private Capital Investment Considering Passenger Value," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(2), pages 1-20, February.
    2. Cheng Chen & Dan Li & Caixia Man, 2018. "Toward Sustainable Development? A Bibliometric Analysis of PPP-Related Policies in China between 1980 and 2017," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-25, December.
    3. Takano, Guillermo, 2021. "The competitive performance of public-private partnership markets. The case of unsolicited proposals in Peru," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    4. Palaco, Ileana & Park, Min Jae & Kim, Suk Kyoung & Rho, Jae Jeung, 2019. "Public–private partnerships for e-government in developing countries: An early stage assessment framework," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 205-218.
    5. Kokkaew, Nakhon & Oliveira Cruz, Carlos & Alexander, Derek, 2015. "The impact of rule of laws on the recovery of distressed PPP infrastructure Projects," MPRA Paper 77494, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Marques, Rui Cunha, 2017. "Why not regulate PPPs?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 141-146.

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