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Cristian Barra

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Working papers

  1. Barra, Cristian & Lagravinese, Raffaele & Zotti, Roberto, 2020. "Exploring Hospital Efficiency within and between Italian Regions: New Empirical Evidence," Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers 202024, University of Turin.

    Cited by:

    1. Rostand Arland Yebetchou Tchounkeu & Raffaella Santolini & Giulio Palomba & Elvina Merkaj, 2024. "Healthcare Efficiency And Elderly Mortality In Italy," Working Papers 485, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali.
    2. Giovanni Carnazza & Raffaele Lagravinese & Paolo Liberati & Irene Torrini, 2024. "Monetary flows for health mobility: The Italian NHS from a network perspective," SERIES 01-2024, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza - Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", revised Mar 2024.
    3. Boffardi, Raffaele, 2022. "How efficient is the Italian health system? Evidence on the role of political-institutional dynamics," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    4. M. Alessandra Antonelli & Giorgia Marini, 2025. "Do institutions matter for citizens’ health status? Empirical evidence from Italy," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 26(1), pages 95-115, February.
    5. Guccio, C.; & Pignataro, G.; & Romeo, D.; & Vidoli, F.;, 2022. "Is austerity good for efficiency, at least? A counterfactual assessment for the Italian NHS," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 22/28, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
    6. Amin, Mohammad & Ali, Nesma, 2026. "Productivity Gap between Women- and Men-Run Private Hotels in Georgia : A Data Envelopment Analysis–Based Meta Frontier Analysis," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11310, The World Bank.
    7. Nicola Caravaggio & Raffaele Lagravinese & Giuliano Resce, 2026. "The determinants of health expenditure: a machine learning approach," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 70(2), pages 1-45, February.

  2. Tommaso Agasisti & Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2020. "Public finance, government spending and economic growth: the case of local governments in Italy," Working papers 99, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica.

    Cited by:

    1. 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.
    2. Di Tommaso, Marco R. & Prodi, Elena & Di Matteo, Dante & Mariotti, Ilaria, 2022. "Local public spending, electoral consensus, and sustainable structural change," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 435-453.

  3. Adalgiso AMENDOLA & Cristian BARRA & Marinella BOCCIA & Anna PAPACCIO, 2018. "Market Structure and Financial Stability: Theory and Evidence," CELPE Discussion Papers 156, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy.

    Cited by:

    1. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2021. "The role of nonlinearity on the financial development–economic performance nexus: an econometric application to Italian banks," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 60(5), pages 2293-2322, May.

  4. Cristian BARRA & Roberto ZOTTI, 2018. "Financial Stability as a Public Policy Goal to Increase Local Economic Development: an Empirical Investigation from Italian Labour Market Areas," CELPE Discussion Papers 154, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy.

    Cited by:

    1. Durguti Esat A., 2020. "Challenges of Banking Profitability in Eurozone Countries: Analysis of Specific and Macroeconomic Factors," Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy, Sciendo, vol. 66(4), pages 1-10, December.

  5. Tommaso Agasisti & Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2017. "Research, knowledge transfer and innovation: the effect of Italian universities’ efficiency on the local economic development 2006-2012," Working papers 60, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica.

    Cited by:

    1. Wuzhao Xue & Hua Li & Rizwan Ali & Ramiz ur Rehman & Gonzalo Fernández-Sánchez, 2021. "Assessing the Static and Dynamic Efficiency of Scientific Research of HEIs China: Three Stage DEA–Malmquist Index Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-21, July.
    2. Vanessa Hellwig, 2024. "Tech hubs within cities—determinants and dynamics," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 73(4), pages 1885-1916, December.
    3. I. Etzo & R. Paci & C. Usala, 2024. "Brain gain vs. brain drain. The effects of universities' mobile students on territorial inequalities," Working Paper CRENoS 202411, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia.
    4. Joan Crespo & Jesús Peiró-Palomino & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2020. "Does university performance have an economic payoff for their home regions? Evidence for the Spanish provinces," Working Papers 2020/20, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    5. Rosa Grimaldi & Martin Kenney & Andrea Piccaluga, 2021. "University technology transfer, regional specialization and local dynamics: lessons from Italy," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 46(4), pages 855-865, August.
    6. Daniela De Filippo & Leyla Angélica Sandoval-Hamón & Fernando Casani & Elías Sanz-Casado, 2019. "Spanish Universities’ Sustainability Performance and Sustainability-Related R&D+I," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(20), pages 1-21, October.
    7. Andrew Johnston & Drew Woodhouse & Peter Wells, 2025. "University ambidexterity: assessing the nature of interdependence between knowledge exchange and knowledge creation in UK universities," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 50(3), pages 1297-1323, June.
    8. Alessandra Colombelli & Elettra D’Amico & Emilio Paolucci, 2023. "When computer science is not enough: universities knowledge specializations behind artificial intelligence startups in Italy," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 48(5), pages 1599-1627, October.
    9. Letizia Lo Presti & Giulio Maggiore & Vittoria Marino & Riccardo Resciniti, 2024. "Inclusion and social justice in sustainable higher education: An integrated perspective through the lens of public engagement," Journal of Management & Governance, Springer;Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale (AIDEA), vol. 28(3), pages 771-809, September.
    10. Guan Liu & Jizhong Shao & Yubin Zhang & Minge Yang & Xiaosi Zhang & Wentao Wan & Yuxin Zhang & Linjie Wang, 2022. "Multiple Analysis of the Relationship between the Characteristics of Plant Landscape and the Spatiotemporal Aggregation of the Population," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-24, May.
    11. Miguel Bardales-Cárdenas & Edgard Francisco Cervantes-Ramón & Iris Katherine Gonzales-Figueroa & Lizet Malena Farro-Ruiz, 2024. "Entrepreneurship skills in university students to improve local economic development," Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 13(1), pages 1-22, December.
    12. Luisa Alamá-Sabater & Joan Crespo & Miguel Ángel Márquez & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2025. "Regional development, quality of government, and the performance of universities," Working Papers 2025/09, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    13. Zaira García-Tórtola & David Conesa & Joan Crespo & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2026. "Beyond Rankings: Bayesian stochastic frontier analysis of the determinants of university efficiency," Working Papers 2026/02, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    14. E. Marrocu & R. Paci & S. Usai, 2021. "Direct and indirect effects of universities on European regional productivity," Working Paper CRENoS 202107, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia.
    15. Ina SEJDINI & Imelda SEJDINI & Ardita TODRI & Petraq PAPAJORGJI & Christos Ap. LADIAS & Filip RUXHO, 2025. "Advancing A New Era In Higher Education Management: A Stakeholder Overview Analysis From European And Non Countries," Regional Science Inquiry, Hellenic Association of Regional Scientists, vol. 0(2), pages 11-24, December.
    16. Amendola, Adalgiso & Barra, Cristian & Zotti, Roberto, 2020. "Human Capital, Good Government and Economic Development: Evidence from Italian Provinces," Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers 202023, University of Turin.
    17. Herberto Rodriguez-Regordosa & Víctor Giménez & Javier Ordoñez & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2025. "Budget Allocation as Innovation Policy? Untapped Potential in Mexico’s Higher Education System," Working Papers 2025/04, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    18. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "How do dimensions of institutional quality improve Italian regional innovation system efficiency? The Knowledge production function using SFA," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 32(2), pages 591-642, April.
    19. Cristian Barra & Mónica Y. Castro-Peña & Jesús Gabalán Coello, 2024. "Research and knowledge transfer performance in Colombian universities," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 58(1), pages 77-96, February.
    20. Horváth, Krisztina & Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina, 2022. "The role of universities on the consolidation of knowledge-based sectors: A spatial econometric analysis of KIBS formation rates in Spanish regions," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    21. Agasisti, Tommaso & Egorov, Aleksei & Serebrennikov, Pavel, 2023. "Universities’ efficiency and the socioeconomic characteristics of their environment — Evidence from an empirical analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    22. Mª Teresa Balaguer-Coll & Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá & Jesús Peiró-Palomino & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2020. "Quality of government and economic growth at the municipal level: Evidence from Spain," Working Papers 2020/04, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    23. Anastasia Byvaltseva-Stankevich & Anna Panova, 2025. "Application of spatial econometric methods to analyze factors attracting young faculty to Russian universities," Applied Econometrics, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), vol. 77, pages 91-115.
    24. Fu, Tsu-Tan & See, Kok Fong, 2022. "An integrated analysis of quality and productivity growth in China’s and Taiwan’s higher education institutions," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 234-249.
    25. Samira El Gibari & Trinidad Gómez & Francisco Ruiz, 2022. "Combining reference point based composite indicators with data envelopment analysis: application to the assessment of universities," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 127(8), pages 4363-4395, August.
    26. Nils Grashof, 2020. "Spill over or Spill out? - A multilevel analysis of the cluster and firm performance relationship," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 2013, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Mar 2020.
    27. Zaira García-Tórtola & David Conesa & Joan Crespo & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2024. "Unlocking University Efficiency: A Bayesian Stochastic Frontier Analysis," Working Papers 2024/05, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    28. Rossi, Federica & Baines, Ning & Wilson, Evelyn, 2025. "Generating societal impact from collaborations between universities and arts and culture organisations (ACOs): Evidence from a survey of arts and culture professionals in the UK," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 140(C).
    29. R. Paci & E. Marrocu, 2024. "The influence of regional contextual factors on public university efficiency in Italy," Working Paper CRENoS 202424, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia.
    30. Bojun Hou & Pengcheng Jin & Xing Tang & Jin Hong & Peng Zhou, 2024. "The Internal Determinants of Innovation Efficiency in Chinese Universities: A Perspective from Embeddedness Theory," Research in Higher Education, Springer;Association for Institutional Research, vol. 65(7), pages 1679-1713, November.
    31. Kim, Dohoon, 2021. "Network analysis of robot ecosystems using national information systems," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
    32. Susana Fernández-Pérez de la Lastra & María-José Foncubierta-Rodríguez & Gonzalo Sánchez-Gardey, 2024. "Toward classification of transfer research: an exploratory analysis based on indicators of academic engagement of knowledge transfer in academia–industry," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 49(3), pages 1043-1061, June.
    33. Tommaso Agasisti & Aleksei Egorov & Pavel Serebrennikov, 2020. "How Do The Characteristics Of The Environment Influence University Efficiency? Evidence From A Conditional Efficiency Approach," HSE Working papers WP BRP 238/EC/2020, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
    34. Tommaso Agasisti & Aleksei Egorov & Daria Zinchenko & Oleg Leshukov, 2021. "Efficiency of regional higher education systems and regional economic short-run growth: empirical evidence from Russia," Industry and Innovation, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(4), pages 507-534, April.
    35. Cristina Puente & María Eugenia Fabra & Cindy Mason & Cristina Puente-Rueda & Maria Ana Sáenz-Nuño & Ramiro Viñuales, 2021. "Role of the Universities as Drivers of Social Innovation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(24), pages 1-14, December.
    36. Emanuela Macrì & Valeria Morea & Francesco Rania, 2025. "Stronger together? A semi-parametric approach to evaluate the productivity of higher education and cultural vibrancy in Italy," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 49(4), pages 895-937, December.
    37. Juan Antonio Dip, 2021. "What does U-multirank tell us about knowledge transfer and research?," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(4), pages 3011-3039, April.
    38. Bertoletti, Alice & Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina & Agasisti, Tommaso, 2022. "Higher education systems and regional economic development in Europe: A combined approach using econometric and machine learning methods," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 82(PA).
    39. Perugini, Francesco, 2024. "Local government efficiency and economic growth: The Italian case," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    40. Laura Ciucci & Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis, 2024. "Does technology transfer increase local cognitive proximity between university and industry? The case of Italy," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 41(1), pages 173-202, April.
    41. Grashof, Nils, 2020. "Putting the watering can away Towards a targeted (problem-oriented) cluster policy framework," Papers in Innovation Studies 2020/4, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.
    42. Compagnucci, Lorenzo & Spigarelli, Francesca, 2020. "The Third Mission of the university: A systematic literature review on potentials and constraints," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    43. Agasisti, Tommaso & Bertoletti, Alice, 2022. "Higher education and economic growth: A longitudinal study of European regions 2000–2017," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    44. Lei Ye & Ting Zhang & Xianzhong Cao & Senlin Hu & Gang Zeng, 2024. "Mapping the landscape of university technology flows in China using patent assignment data," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-13, December.
    45. Krieger, Bastian, 2023. "Heterogeneous regional university funding and firm innovation: An empirical analysis of the German excellence initiative," ZEW Discussion Papers 23-006, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    46. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "On the impact of knowledge and institutional spillovers on RIS efficiency. Evidence from Italian regional level," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 53(2), pages 702-752, June.

  6. Cristian Barra & Ornella Wanda Maietta & Roberto Zotti, 2017. "First, Second and Third Tier Universities: Academic Excellence, Local Knowledge Spillovers and Innovation in Europe," CSEF Working Papers 468, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.

    Cited by:

    1. Nils Grashof, 2020. "Spill over or Spill out? - A multilevel analysis of the cluster and firm performance relationship," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 2013, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Mar 2020.
    2. Grashof, Nils, 2020. "Putting the watering can away Towards a targeted (problem-oriented) cluster policy framework," Papers in Innovation Studies 2020/4, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.

  7. Barra, Cristian & Zotti, Roberto, 2017. "On the relationship between bank market concentration and stability of financial institutions: Evidence from the Italian banking sector," MPRA Paper 79900, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Cristian BARRA & Roberto ZOTTI, 2018. "Financial Stability as a Public Policy Goal to Increase Local Economic Development: an Empirical Investigation from Italian Labour Market Areas," CELPE Discussion Papers 154, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy.

  8. Cristian BARRA & Roberto ZOTTI, 2017. "Bank Performance, Financial Stability and Market Competition: do Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Banks Behave Differently?," CELPE Discussion Papers 143, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy.

    Cited by:

    1. Cristian BARRA & Roberto ZOTTI, 2018. "Financial Stability as a Public Policy Goal to Increase Local Economic Development: an Empirical Investigation from Italian Labour Market Areas," CELPE Discussion Papers 154, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy.
    2. Rami Shaheen & Mehmet Ağa & Husam Rjoub & Ahmad Abualrub, 2020. "Investigation of the Pillars of Sustainability Risk Management as an Extension of Enterprise Risk Management on Palestinian Insurance Firms’ Profitability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-20, June.
    3. Schneider, Andreas, 2020. "Credit cooperatives: Market structure, competition, and conduct. Exploring the case of Paraguay," MPRA Paper 102309, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Barra, Cristian & Zotti, Roberto, 2017. "On the relationship between bank market concentration and stability of financial institutions: Evidence from the Italian banking sector," MPRA Paper 79900, University Library of Munich, Germany.

  9. Cristian Barra & Ornella Wanda Maietta & Roberto Zotti, 2016. "Innovation and University-Firm R&D Collaboration in the European Food and Drink Industry," CSEF Working Papers 447, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.

    Cited by:

    1. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2023. "Quality of Government and Types of Innovation—Empirical Evidence for Italian Manufacturing Firms," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 14(2), pages 1749-1789, June.
    2. Adalgiso Amendola & Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2020. "Does graduate human capital production increase local economic development? An instrumental variable approach," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(5), pages 959-994, November.
    3. Cainelli, Giulio & Ganau, Roberto & Giunta, Anna, 2022. "Business groups, institutions, and firm performance," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 114553, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    4. Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés & Atta-Owusu, Kwadwo & Fitjar, Rune, 2020. "What drives university-industry collaboration: Research excellence or firm collaboration strategy?," CEPR Discussion Papers 14565, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    5. Sofia Wixe & Pia Nilsson & Lucia Naldi & Hans Westlund, 2023. "The role of collaboration and external knowledge for innovation in small food firms," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 70(1), pages 135-155, February.
    6. Cristian Barra & Ornella Wanda Maietta & Roberto Zotti, 2017. "First, Second and Third Tier Universities: Academic Excellence, Local Knowledge Spillovers and Innovation in Europe," CSEF Working Papers 468, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.
    7. Amendola, Adalgiso & Barra, Cristian & Zotti, Roberto, 2020. "Human Capital, Good Government and Economic Development: Evidence from Italian Provinces," Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers 202023, University of Turin.
    8. Ornella Wanda Maietta & Fernanda Mazzotta, 2018. "Firm Survival and Innovation: Knowledge Context Matters!," CSEF Working Papers 496, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.
    9. Hockmann, Heinrich & Garzon Delvaux, Pedro Andres & Voigt, Peter & Ciaian, Pavel & Gomez y Paloma, Sergio, 2018. "Corporate R&D and the performance of food-processing firms: Evidence from Europe, Japan and North America," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 7(3), pages 233-247.
    10. Cristian Barra & Ornella Wanda Maietta & Roberto Zotti, 2021. "The effects of university academic research on firm’s propensity to innovate at local level: evidence from Europe," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 46(2), pages 483-530, April.
    11. Ilaria Gandin & Claudio Cozza, 2019. "Can we predict firms’ innovativeness? The identification of innovation performers in an Italian region through a supervised learning approach," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(6), pages 1-16, June.
    12. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "Firm innovation and local bank efficiency in Italy: Does the type of bank matter?," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 93(4), pages 1083-1128, December.

  10. Barra, Cristian & Lagravinese, Raffaele & Zotti, Roberto, 2015. "Explaining (in)efficiency in higher education: a comparison of parametric and non-parametric analyses to rank universities," MPRA Paper 67119, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Agasisti, Tommaso & Gralka, Sabine, 2017. "The transient and persistent efficiency of Italian and German universities: A stochastic frontier analysis," CEPIE Working Papers 14/17, Technische Universität Dresden, Center of Public and International Economics (CEPIE).
    2. Giorgia Zotti, 2025. "Regional differences in Italian school efficiency: A conditional DEA approach," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 64(3), pages 457-491, December.

  11. Tommaso Agasisti & Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2015. "Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008-2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity," Working papers 34, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica.

    Cited by:

    1. Stöver, Britta & Sibbertsen, Philipp, 2020. "The similarities in efficiency of universities and universities of applied sciences in Lower Saxony," Hannover Economic Papers (HEP) dp-673, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät.
    2. Joan Crespo & Jesús Peiró-Palomino & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2020. "Does university performance have an economic payoff for their home regions? Evidence for the Spanish provinces," Working Papers 2020/20, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    3. Gralka, Sabine, 2018. "Stochastic frontier analysis in higher education: A systematic review," CEPIE Working Papers 05/18, Technische Universität Dresden, Center of Public and International Economics (CEPIE).
    4. Tommaso Agasisti & Alice Bertoletti & Gaetano Francesco Coppeta, 2024. "Policy responses to COVID-19 and the efficiency of Italian universities," Working papers 117, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica.
    5. Luigi Aldieri & Cristian Barra & Concetto Paolo Vinci, 2019. "The role of human capital in identifying the drivers of product and process innovation: empirical investigation from Italy," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 53(3), pages 1209-1238, May.
    6. Guironnet, Jean-Pascal & Peypoch, Nicolas, 2018. "The geographical efficiency of education and research: The ranking of U.S. universities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 44-55.
    7. Vanesa D’Elia & Gustavo Ferro, 2019. "Empirical Efficiency Measurement in Higher Education: An Overview," CEMA Working Papers: Serie Documentos de Trabajo. 708, Universidad del CEMA.
    8. Luisa Alamá-Sabater & Joan Crespo & Miguel Ángel Márquez & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2025. "Regional development, quality of government, and the performance of universities," Working Papers 2025/09, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    9. Zaira García-Tórtola & David Conesa & Joan Crespo & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2026. "Beyond Rankings: Bayesian stochastic frontier analysis of the determinants of university efficiency," Working Papers 2026/02, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    10. Cristian Barra & Ornella Wanda Maietta & Roberto Zotti, 2017. "First, Second and Third Tier Universities: Academic Excellence, Local Knowledge Spillovers and Innovation in Europe," CSEF Working Papers 468, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.
    11. Facundo Quiroga-Martínez & Esteban Fernández-Vázquez & Catalina Lucía Alberto, 2018. "Efficiency in public higher education on Argentina 2004–2013: institutional decisions and university-specific effects," Latin American Economic Review, Springer;Centro de Investigaciòn y Docencia Económica (CIDE), vol. 27(1), pages 1-18, December.
    12. Cristian Barra & Mónica Y. Castro-Peña & Jesús Gabalán Coello, 2024. "Research and knowledge transfer performance in Colombian universities," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 58(1), pages 77-96, February.
    13. Tommaso Agasisti & Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2017. "Research, knowledge transfer and innovation: the effect of Italian universities’ efficiency on the local economic development 2006-2012," Working papers 60, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica.
    14. Guarini, Giulio & Laureti, Tiziana & Garofalo, Giuseppe, 2020. "Socio-institutional determinants of educational resource efficiency according to the capability approach: An endogenous stochastic frontier analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    15. Mehdi Shamohammadi, 2024. "Determining scale and scope economies in Korean private universities: an input distance function approach," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 129(5), pages 2583-2613, May.
    16. Barra, Cristian & Lagravinese, Raffaele & Zotti, Roberto, 2018. "Does econometric methodology matter to rank universities? An analysis of Italian higher education system," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 104-120.
    17. Ariel Gustavo Letti & Mauricio Vaz Lobo Bittencourt & Luis E. Vila, 2022. "Stochastic vs. deterministic frontier distance output function: Evidence from Brazilian higher education institutions," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 58(1), pages 55-74, August.
    18. Martínez-Campillo, Almudena & Fernández-Santos, Yolanda, 2020. "The impact of the economic crisis on the (in)efficiency of public Higher Education institutions in Southern Europe: The case of Spanish universities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    19. Doddy Ismunandar Bahari & Hermanto Siregar & Sahara Sahara & Handewi Purwati Saliem Rachman, 2019. "Impact of Agricultural Sectors and Income Inequality in Rural Toward Role of Public Education in Decreasing Educational Inequality in Indonesia," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Econjournals, vol. 9(1), pages 151-159.
    20. Chen, Zhuo & Yang, Zhenbing & Yang, Lili, 2020. "How to optimize the allocation of research resources? An empirical study based on output and substitution elasticities of universities in Chinese provincial level," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).
    21. Tommaso Agasisti & Gaetano Francesco Coppeta, 2025. "De-Efficiency of Italian Universities: A Comparative Analysis of Public, Private, and Online Institutions," Working papers 122, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica.
    22. Rella, Angela & Rubino, Michele & Raimo, Nicola & Vitolla, Filippo, 2024. "Does the digitalization of municipalities affect the efficiency of universities? An Italian case study using DEA and Malmquist index approaches," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
    23. Jasmina Berbegal-Mirabent & Dolors Gil-Doménech & Rocío de la Torre, 2019. "Dealing with heterogeneity: An analysis of Spanish universities," TEC Empresarial, School of Business, Costa Rica Institute of Technology (ITCR), vol. 13(3), pages 58-77.
    24. Delimiro Visbal-Cadavid & Mónica Martínez-Gómez & Francisco Guijarro, 2017. "Assessing the Efficiency of Public Universities through DEA. A Case Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(8), pages 1-19, August.
    25. López-Torres, Laura & Johnes, Jill & Elliott, Caroline & Polo, Cristina, 2021. "The effects of competition and collaboration on efficiency in the UK independent school sector," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 40-53.
    26. Shamohammadi, Mehdi & Oh, Dong-hyun, 2019. "Measuring the efficiency changes of private universities of Korea: A two-stage network data envelopment analysis," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 148(C).

  12. Barra, Cristian & Zotti, Roberto, 2015. "Regional innovation system (in)efficiency and its determinants: an empirical evidence from Italian regions," MPRA Paper 67067, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Lee, Jun Gon & Park, Min Jae, 2020. "Evaluation of technological competence and operations efficiency in the defense industry: The strategic planning of South Korea," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).

  13. Zotti, Roberto & Speziale, Nino & Barra, Cristian, 2014. "On the causal effect of religion on life satisfaction using a propensity score matching technique," MPRA Paper 60066, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Chau-kiu Cheung & Andrew Yiu-tsang Low & Xuan Ning, 2019. "Marital Liberalization in Relation to Life Satisfaction," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 14(2), pages 291-307, April.

  14. Cristian Barra & Sergio Destefanis & Giuseppe Lubrano Lavadera, 2013. "Financial Development and Economic Growth: Evidence from Highly Disaggregated Italian Data," CSEF Working Papers 346, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.

    Cited by:

    1. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2021. "The role of nonlinearity on the financial development–economic performance nexus: an econometric application to Italian banks," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 60(5), pages 2293-2322, May.
    2. C. Barra, 2014. "Local financial development and economic growth: an outlook on italian territorial data," Rivista economica del Mezzogiorno, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 1-2, pages 187-216.
    3. Raffaela Giordano & Mr. Sergi Lanau & Pietro Tommasino & Petia Topalova, 2015. "Does Public Sector Inefficiency Constrain Firm Productivity: Evidence from Italian Provinces," IMF Working Papers 2015/168, International Monetary Fund.
    4. Barra, Cristian & Zotti, Roberto, 2015. "Regional innovation system (in)efficiency and its determinants: an empirical evidence from Italian regions," MPRA Paper 67067, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Cristian BARRA & Roberto ZOTTI, 2017. "Bank Performance, Financial Stability and Market Competition: do Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Banks Behave Differently?," CELPE Discussion Papers 143, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy.
    6. Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2018. "The contribution of university, private and public sector resources to Italian regional innovation system (in)efficiency," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 43(2), pages 432-457, April.

  15. Cristian Barra & Sergio Destefanis & Giuseppe Lubrano Lavadera, 2013. "Regulation and the Crisis: The Efficiency of Italian Cooperative Banks," CSEF Working Papers 338, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.

    Cited by:

    1. Wan Hakimah Wan Ibrahim & Abdul Ghafar Ismail, 2020. "Do Regulation, Maqasid Shariah And Institutional Parameter Improve Islamic Bank Efficiency?," Journal of Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance, Bank Indonesia, vol. 6(1), pages 135-162, February.
    2. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2025. "Management Cost Efficiency and Technology Gap: Cooperative vs. Non-Cooperative Credit Banks," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 16(6), pages 18707-18737, December.
    3. Clements Adeyinka Akinsoyinu, 2015. "Efficiency Evaluation of European Financial Cooperative Sector. A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach," International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences, vol. 5(4), pages 11-21, October.
    4. Arandarage Mayura Prasad Arandara & Shingo Takahashi, 2023. "Productivity analysis of Sri Lankan cooperative banks: input distance function approach," Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Springer, vol. 7(1), pages 93-117, March.
    5. Almudena Martínez-Campillo & Yolanda Fernández-Santos, 2017. "What About the Social Efficiency in Credit Cooperatives? Evidence from Spain (2008–2014)," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 131(2), pages 607-629, March.
    6. Carlos S. Torres-Inga & Cristina Velasco-Heras & A. Javier Aguirre-de Juana & Guillermo E. Guevara-Viera & Raúl V. Guevara-Viera, 2022. "Technical Efficiency’s Nonparametric Analysis of Ecuadorian Saving and Credit Cooperatives before and during the Pandemic," Economies, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-15, April.
    7. Almudena Martínez-Campillo & Yolanda Fernández-Santos & María Pilar Sierra-Fernández, 2018. "How Well Have Social Economy Financial Institutions Performed During the Crisis Period? Exploring Financial and Social Efficiency in Spanish Credit Unions," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 151(2), pages 319-336, August.

  16. Cristian Barra & Sergio Destefanis & Giuseppe Lubrano Lavadera, 2011. "Risk and Regulation: The Efficiency of Italian Cooperative Banks," CSEF Working Papers 290, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.

    Cited by:

    1. Francesco Aiello & Graziella Bonanno, 2016. "Looking at the determinants of efficiency in banking: evidence from Italian mutual-cooperatives," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(4), pages 507-526, July.
    2. Aiello, Francesco & Bonanno, Graziella, 2014. "On the Sources of Heterogeneity in Banking Efficiency Literature," MPRA Paper 58591, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Francesco Aiello & Graziella Bonanno, 2016. "Efficiency in banking: a meta-regression analysis," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(1), pages 112-149, January.
    4. Bonanno, Graziella, 2012. "L’efficienza del sistema bancario italiano dal 2006 al 2010. Un’applicazione delle frontiere stocastiche [The Efficiency of Italian Banking System over 2006-2010. An Application of the Stochastic Frontier Approach]," MPRA Paper 42831, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Annamaria Nese & Roberta Troisi, 2012. "Cooperative credit banks: some fundamental institutional features," Working Papers 3_223, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno.
    6. Aiello, Francesco & Bonanno, Graziella, 2016. "Bank efficiency and local market conditions. Evidence from Italy," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 70-90.
    7. Annamaria Nese & Roberta Troisi, 2014. "Individual Preferences and Job Characteristics: An Analysis of Cooperative Credit Banks," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 28(2), pages 233-249, June.
    8. Graziella Bonanno, 2014. "The Efficiency of the Italian Banking System over 2006-2011. An Application of the Stochastic Frontier Approach," Rivista italiana degli economisti, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 2, pages 277-306.
    9. Aiello, Francesco & Bonanno, Graziella, 2013. "Profit and cost efficiency in the Italian banking industry (2006-2011)," MPRA Paper 48940, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    10. Aiello, Francesco & Bonanno, Graziella, 2015. "Multilevel empirics for small banks in local markets," MPRA Paper 64399, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    11. Rachele Anna Ambrosio & Paolo Coccorese, 2014. "Bad loans and de novo banks: evidence from Italy," Working Papers 3_233, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno.
    12. Nadège Jassaud, 2014. "Reforming the Corporate Governance of Italian Banks," IMF Working Papers 2014/181, International Monetary Fund.

Articles

  1. Barra, Cristian & Falcone, Pasquale Marcello & Giganti, Patrizio, 2025. "Exploring the impact of economic, climate, and energy policy uncertainty on the Environmental Kuznets Curve: International evidence," International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Cristian Barra & Vincenzo D’Atteo & Edgardo Sica, 2025. "Enhancing efficiency in secondary biomass supply: the role of institutional quality in the EU regions," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 58(5), pages 1-43, October.
    2. Alyamani, Rakan & Solangi, Yasir Ahmed & Almakhles, Dhafer, 2025. "Assessing factors and resilience strategies for sustainable energy transition in Saudi Arabia: An integrated SWOT-TOWS analysis and decision-making framework," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 207(C).
    3. Li, Jianmin & Hania, Alishba & Yahya, Farzan & Hussain, Muhammad & Waqas, Muhammad, 2025. "Fostering sustainable futures through global peace and eco-innovation: A cross-country evidence," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).

  2. Cristian Barra & Christian D’Aniello, 2025. "Does banking diversity matter on the financial development–entrepreneurship nexus? Evidence from developed and developing countries," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 35(2), pages 281-308, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Zhang, Wenjie & Tang, Qingting & Sun, Jiaqian & Chen, Litai, 2026. "Financial development and entrepreneurial vitality: Exploring the influence of entrepreneurial intention and government attention," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).

  3. Giganti, Patrizio & Barra, Cristian & Falcone, Pasquale Marcello, 2025. "Unveiling the nexus of institutional quality and renewable energy utilizing a Topic Modelling approach," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 214(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Browne de Deus Ribeiro, Gabriel & Valverde, Sebastião Renato & de Cássia Oliveira Carneiro, Angélica & Lopes da Silva, Márcio & dos Santos, Gleison Augusto, 2025. "Strategic financial decision-making for forest bioenergy: investment scenarios and policy insights for charcoal enterprises in Brazil," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 181(C).
    2. Li, Hao & Wang, Jiaqi & Zhang, Yanfang & Long, Ruyin, 2025. "Households’ adoption of distributed energy systems: The role of social interaction," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 254(C).

  4. Barra, Cristian & Papaccio, Anna & Ruggiero, Nazzareno, 2024. "The interaction between corruption, bank cost efficiency and economic development in Italy," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 48(3).

    Cited by:

    1. Liu, Bo & Liu, Jincheng, 2025. "Did the integrity transition promote economic growth? Empirical research based on the perspective of anti-corruption approaches," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
    2. Y. Navin & Lakshmana Rao Ayyagari & Anusha Rajan, 2026. "Governance, Entrepreneurship, and the Path to Sustainable Development in BRICS Economies," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 17(2), pages 3223-3255, April.

  5. Cristian Barra & Pasquale Marcello Falcone, 2024. "Unraveling the impact of economic policy uncertainty on environmental efficiency: How do institutional quality and political orientation matter?," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(3), pages 1450-1490, November.

    Cited by:

    1. Barra, Cristian & Falcone, Pasquale Marcello & Giganti, Patrizio, 2025. "Exploring the impact of economic, climate, and energy policy uncertainty on the Environmental Kuznets Curve: International evidence," International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
    2. Mihail Busu & Mihai Gheorghe & Gabriel Staicu & Enrico Prinz & Luis Miguel Fonseca, 2025. "Determinants of Uneven Progress in Sustainable Development in the EU: Predictive Approaches Based on Machine Learning," The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania, vol. 27(S19), pages 1272-1272, November.
    3. Maione, Gennaro & Supino, Stefania & Grimaldi, Mara & Troisi, Orlando, 2025. "Exploring the political-institutional perspective of sustainable consumer behavior within the circular economy: a structural equation modeling approach from nudge theory," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
    4. Aldieri, Luigi & Barra, Cristian & Falcone, Pasquale Marcello & Vinci, Concetto Paolo, 2025. "Socio-political determinants of circular economy behavior: A cross-sectional analysis across Italy," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
    5. Pasquale Marcello Falcone & Cristian Barra, 2026. "The role of democracy and institutional quality on environmental performance: empirical evidence using a stochastic directional distance model," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 27(1), pages 1-31, December.
    6. Li, Jianmin & Hania, Alishba & Yahya, Farzan & Hussain, Muhammad & Waqas, Muhammad, 2025. "Fostering sustainable futures through global peace and eco-innovation: A cross-country evidence," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).

  6. Barra, Cristian & Grimaldi, Mara & Muazzam, Amina & Troisi, Orlando & Visvizi, Anna, 2024. "Digital divide, gender gap, and entrepreneurial orientation: How to foster technology adoption among Pakistani higher education students?," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Muhammad Arshad & Sadia Afzal & Mariam Farooq & Omer Farooq & Muhammad Atif, 2025. "The Effect of Organizational Identification on AIS Acceptance: How Gender and Collectivism Shape Usage Patterns," Post-Print hal-04896150, HAL.
    2. Roman Chinoracky & Natalia Stalmasekova & Radovan Madlenak & Lucia Madlenakova, 2025. "Are Nations Ready for Digital Transformation? A Macroeconomic Perspective Through the Lens of Education Quality," Economies, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-22, May.
    3. Zhou, Yong & Liu, Siting & Song, Wei, 2025. "Can bankruptcy court establishment drive enterprise' entrepreneurial orientation?," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    4. Mariano Méndez-Suárez & Ramón Arilla & Luca Delbello, 2025. "The perception of effort as a driver of gender inequality: institutional and social insights for female entrepreneurship," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 1-20, December.
    5. Igor Calzada, 2024. "Artificial Intelligence for Social Innovation: Beyond the Noise of Algorithms and Datafication," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(19), pages 1-25, October.
    6. Jiang, Ying & Xie, Yong & Shao, Qinglong, 2024. "How did Internet usage affect life satisfaction before and after COVID-19? Mediating effects and heterogeneity analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).

  7. Cristian Barra & Mónica Y. Castro-Peña & Jesús Gabalán Coello, 2024. "Research and knowledge transfer performance in Colombian universities," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 58(1), pages 77-96, February.

    Cited by:

    1. Dip Juan Antonio & Domínguez Casoratti David & Costa de Arguibel Facundo, 2024. "La productividad de las universidades públicas nacionales argentinas en el período 2013-2022. Descomponiendo al Índice de Malmquist en cambios técnicos globales y locales," Asociación Argentina de Economía Política: Working Papers 4728, Asociación Argentina de Economía Política.
    2. Juan Antonio Dip & David Dominguez Casoratti & Facundo Costa de Arguibel, 2025. "The productivity of Argentine public universities from 2013 to 2022: analysing the Malmquist Index through global and local technical changes," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 130(7), pages 3987-4009, July.

  8. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio, 2024. "A parametric approach to institutional quality and bank cost inefficiency in diversity context: The case of Italy," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 95(3), pages 723-759, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Luisa Alamá-Sabater & Joan Crespo & Miguel Ángel Márquez & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2025. "Regional development, quality of government, and the performance of universities," Working Papers 2025/09, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).

  9. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio, 2024. "Does Regulatory Quality Reduce Informal Economy? A Theoretical and Empirical Framework," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 172(2), pages 543-567, March.

    Cited by:

    1. Cristian Barra & Pasquale Marcello Falcone, 2024. "Does institutional quality matter for bioeconomy performance? Insights from Italian regions," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 57(6), pages 1-31, December.
    2. Adom, Philip Kofi, 2024. "Regulatory impact of informality on gasoline consumption efficiency in Africa: A proposed two-part complementary hypothesis test," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 140(C).
    3. Borgonovi, Francesca & Checchi, Daniele & Gualtieri, Valentina, 2025. "Formal and Informal Assets in the Italian Labour Market," IZA Discussion Papers 18355, IZA Network @ LISER.

  10. Barra, Cristian & Falcone, Pasquale Marcello, 2024. "Institutional quality and bioeconomy performance in European countries: Unveiling the evidence," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 220(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Cristian Barra & Pasquale Marcello Falcone, 2024. "Does institutional quality matter for bioeconomy performance? Insights from Italian regions," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 57(6), pages 1-31, December.
    2. Cheng, Huixian & Cai, Hailong & Wang, Xiuqing, 2025. "What is the magnitude of risk exposure in China’s bioeconomic supply chains?," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 134(C).
    3. Khalique, Abdul & Wang, Yichen & Ahmed, Khalid, 2025. "Europe's environmental dichotomy: The impact of regulations, climate investments, and renewable energy on carbon mitigation in the EU-22," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
    4. Jordi Rosell, 2026. "Green public procurement on EU directive 2014/24: adoption effects of mandatory and voluntary transposition," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 26(1), pages 123-143, March.
    5. Barra, Cristian & Falcone, Pasquale Marcello, 2024. "Environmental performance of countries. Examining the effect of diverse institutional factors in a metafrontier approach," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    6. Maione, Gennaro & Supino, Stefania & Grimaldi, Mara & Troisi, Orlando, 2025. "Exploring the political-institutional perspective of sustainable consumer behavior within the circular economy: a structural equation modeling approach from nudge theory," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
    7. Pasquale Marcello Falcone & Cristian Barra, 2026. "The role of democracy and institutional quality on environmental performance: empirical evidence using a stochastic directional distance model," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 27(1), pages 1-31, December.
    8. Peiró-Palomino, Jesús & Gianmoena, Lisa & Picazo-Tadeo, Andrés J. & Rios, Vicente, 2025. "Is social capital a driver of the green transition in the European Union?," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 230(C).

  11. Barra, Cristian & Papaccio, Anna & Ruggiero, Nazzareno, 2024. "Bank cost efficiency and underground economy: The asymmetric impact of cooperative and non-cooperative banks," The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Elsevier, vol. 30(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Chiara Colamartino & Marco Barone, 2025. "Can cooperative banks maintain local engagement amidst digital transformation? Evidence from Italy," Digital Finance, Springer, vol. 7(3), pages 347-371, September.

  12. Barra, Cristian & Falcone, Pasquale Marcello, 2024. "Environmental performance of countries. Examining the effect of diverse institutional factors in a metafrontier approach," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Barra, Cristian & Falcone, Pasquale Marcello & Giganti, Patrizio, 2025. "Exploring the impact of economic, climate, and energy policy uncertainty on the Environmental Kuznets Curve: International evidence," International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
    2. Mustafa Tevfik Kartal & Dilvin Taşkın, 2026. "Impact of supply chain logistics and green transportation on green economics under green finance, oil price shocks, and geopolitical risk: evidence from the globe via novel quantile methods," Financial Innovation, Springer;Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, vol. 12(1), pages 1-25, December.
    3. Khalique, Abdul & Wang, Yichen & Ahmed, Khalid, 2025. "Europe's environmental dichotomy: The impact of regulations, climate investments, and renewable energy on carbon mitigation in the EU-22," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
    4. Maione, Gennaro & Supino, Stefania & Grimaldi, Mara & Troisi, Orlando, 2025. "Exploring the political-institutional perspective of sustainable consumer behavior within the circular economy: a structural equation modeling approach from nudge theory," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
    5. Aldieri, Luigi & Barra, Cristian & Falcone, Pasquale Marcello & Vinci, Concetto Paolo, 2025. "Socio-political determinants of circular economy behavior: A cross-sectional analysis across Italy," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
    6. Li, Jianmin & Hania, Alishba & Yahya, Farzan & Hussain, Muhammad & Waqas, Muhammad, 2025. "Fostering sustainable futures through global peace and eco-innovation: A cross-country evidence," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).

  13. Adalgiso Amendola & Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2023. "Universities, Local Economic Productivity and Quality of Institutions: Evidence From Italy," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 46(2), pages 179-209, March.

    Cited by:

    1. Carla Guerriero & Rosella Levaggi & Paolo Li Donni & Sara Moccia, 2025. "How Digital Divide and Hospital Quality Misperception Affect Patients Mobility," CSEF Working Papers 762, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.

  14. Cristian Barra & Pasquale Marcello Falcone, 2023. "Cross country comparisons of environmental efficiency under institutional quality. Evidence from European economies," Journal of Economic Studies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 51(9), pages 75-111, November.

    Cited by:

    1. Barra, Cristian & Falcone, Pasquale Marcello, 2024. "Institutional quality and bioeconomy performance in European countries: Unveiling the evidence," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 220(C).
    2. Giganti, Patrizio & Barra, Cristian & Falcone, Pasquale Marcello, 2025. "Unveiling the nexus of institutional quality and renewable energy utilizing a Topic Modelling approach," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 214(C).
    3. Shibu Das & Kaushal Kumar Sharma & Debabrata Das, 2026. "Agricultural livelihood sustainability assessment among the indigenous communities of Sundarban biosphere reserve in India: a cross-sectional mixed methods approach," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 28(2), pages 3665-3711, February.
    4. Mustafa Tevfik Kartal & Dilvin Taşkın, 2026. "Impact of supply chain logistics and green transportation on green economics under green finance, oil price shocks, and geopolitical risk: evidence from the globe via novel quantile methods," Financial Innovation, Springer;Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, vol. 12(1), pages 1-25, December.
    5. Khalique, Abdul & Wang, Yichen & Ahmed, Khalid, 2025. "Europe's environmental dichotomy: The impact of regulations, climate investments, and renewable energy on carbon mitigation in the EU-22," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
    6. Adu-Darko, Eunice & You, Kefei, 2025. "Structural breaks, institutional quality and productivity growth in Sub-Saharan Africa," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 40-60.
    7. Barra, Cristian & Falcone, Pasquale Marcello, 2024. "Environmental performance of countries. Examining the effect of diverse institutional factors in a metafrontier approach," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    8. Guo, Yang & Nenkov, Gergana & Li, Shaobo (Kevin), 2025. "Cutting or offsetting emissions: how political ideology shapes consumer preferences for firms’ carbon emission mitigation strategies," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
    9. Feng, Xinhui & Wang, Sensen & Li, Yan & Yang, Jiayu & Lei, Kaige & Yuan, Weikang, 2024. "Spatial heterogeneity and driving mechanisms of carbon emissions in urban expansion areas: A research framework coupled with patterns and functions," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 143(C).
    10. Li, Jianmin & Hania, Alishba & Yahya, Farzan & Hussain, Muhammad & Waqas, Muhammad, 2025. "Fostering sustainable futures through global peace and eco-innovation: A cross-country evidence," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).

  15. Luigi Aldieri & Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero & Concetto Paolo Vinci, 2023. "Corruption and firms’ efficiency: international evidence using an instrumental variable approach," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 40(2), pages 731-759, July.

    Cited by:

    1. Barra, Cristian & Falcone, Pasquale Marcello, 2024. "Environmental performance of countries. Examining the effect of diverse institutional factors in a metafrontier approach," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    2. Pasquale Marcello Falcone & Cristian Barra, 2026. "The role of democracy and institutional quality on environmental performance: empirical evidence using a stochastic directional distance model," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 27(1), pages 1-31, December.

  16. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2023. "Government effectiveness and inequality in Italian regions," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 56(2), pages 781-801, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Cristian Barra & Pasquale Marcello Falcone, 2024. "Does institutional quality matter for bioeconomy performance? Insights from Italian regions," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 57(6), pages 1-31, December.
    2. Focacci, Chiara Natalie & Kovac, Mitja & Spruk, Rok, 2023. "Ethnolinguistic diversity, quality of local public institutions, and firm-level innovation," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).

  17. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2023. "Institutional quality and public spending in Europe: A quantile regression approach," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 35(3), pages 949-1019, November.

    Cited by:

    1. Barra, Cristian & Falcone, Pasquale Marcello, 2024. "Institutional quality and bioeconomy performance in European countries: Unveiling the evidence," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 220(C).
    2. João Jungo, 2024. "Institutions and economic growth: the role of financial inclusion, public spending on education and the military," Review of Economics and Political Science, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 9(3), pages 298-315, April.
    3. Cristian Barra & Pasquale Marcello Falcone, 2024. "Does institutional quality matter for bioeconomy performance? Insights from Italian regions," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 57(6), pages 1-31, December.
    4. Barra, Cristian & Falcone, Pasquale Marcello, 2024. "Environmental performance of countries. Examining the effect of diverse institutional factors in a metafrontier approach," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).

  18. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "On the impact of knowledge and institutional spillovers on RIS efficiency. Evidence from Italian regional level," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 53(2), pages 702-752, June.

    Cited by:

    1. Qingyi Chen & Qinglan Qian & Zuolin Yao & Na Yang & Junyue Tong & Yujiao Wang, 2022. "Global–Local Knowledge Spillover Strategic Coupling Network: Biopharmaceutical Industry Study of GBA, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-17, November.
    2. Becker, Bettina & Roper, Stephen & Vanino, Enrico, 2023. "Assessing innovation spillovers from publicly funded R&D and innovation support: Evidence from the UK," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).

  19. Cristian Barra & Marinella Boccia, 2022. "What matters in educational performance? Evidence from OECD and non-OECD countries," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 56(6), pages 4335-4394, December.

    Cited by:

    1. Nooshin Rashti Mohammad & Ali Taieb Nia & Sajjad Barkhordari, 2024. "The Casual Effect of Family Size on the Human Capital in Iranian Society," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 15(1), pages 4056-4071, March.

  20. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "Firm innovation and local bank efficiency in Italy: Does the type of bank matter?," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 93(4), pages 1083-1128, December.

    Cited by:

    1. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio, 2024. "A parametric approach to institutional quality and bank cost inefficiency in diversity context: The case of Italy," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 95(3), pages 723-759, September.
    2. Barra, Cristian & Papaccio, Anna & Ruggiero, Nazzareno, 2024. "The interaction between corruption, bank cost efficiency and economic development in Italy," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 48(3).
    3. Amendola, Adalgiso & Barra, Cristian & Boccia, Marinella & Papaccio, Anna, 2025. "Diversity in banking: How does competition in the Italian banking market affect bank performance?," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 307-327.
    4. Barra, Cristian & Papaccio, Anna & Ruggiero, Nazzareno, 2024. "Bank cost efficiency and underground economy: The asymmetric impact of cooperative and non-cooperative banks," The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Elsevier, vol. 30(C).

  21. Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2022. "Financial stability and local economic development: the experience of Italian labour market areas," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 62(4), pages 1951-1979, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Sadeghi, Abdorasoul & Tayebi, Seyed Komail & Roudari, Soheil, 2023. "Financial markets, inflation and growth: The impact of monetary policy under different political structures," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 45(5), pages 935-956.
    2. Elena G. Shershneva, 2024. "CAMELS parameters’ impact on the risk of losing financial stability: The case of Russian banks," Journal of New Economy, Ural State University of Economics, vol. 25(2), pages 130-152, July.
    3. Elena G. Shershneva, Min Zhou Hao, 2024. "Russian Banks Financial Stability Loss Diagnostic: Multidimensional Logit-Model Approach," Journal of Applied Economic Research, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University, vol. 23(2), pages 476-498.
    4. Ahmad S. Al Humssi & Vladimir Z. Chapliuk & Larisa N. Sorokina & Liliya G. Akhmetshina, 2024. "Modelling the Impact of Macroeconomic Factors on Country’s Financial Stability: Evidence from the Russian Federation," Economic Studies journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 5, pages 62-81.

  22. Cristian Barra & Raffaele Lagravinese & Roberto Zotti, 2022. "Exploring hospital efficiency within and between Italian regions: new empirical evidence," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 57(3), pages 269-284, June.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  23. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "How do dimensions of institutional quality improve Italian regional innovation system efficiency? The Knowledge production function using SFA," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 32(2), pages 591-642, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Leogrande, Angelo & Drago, Carlo & Mallardi, Giulio & Costantiello, Alberto & Magaletti, Nicola, 2024. "Patenting Propensity in Italy: A Machine Learning Approach to Regional Clustering," SocArXiv nftv3, Center for Open Science.
    2. Cristian Barra & Pasquale Marcello Falcone, 2024. "Unraveling the impact of economic policy uncertainty on environmental efficiency: How do institutional quality and political orientation matter?," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(3), pages 1450-1490, November.
    3. Sheila Chapman & Vito Pipitone, 2023. "The productivity of Italian firms: a spatial analysis," RIEDS - Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica - The Italian Journal of Economic, Demographic and Statistical Studies, SIEDS Societa' Italiana di Economia Demografia e Statistica, vol. 77(4), pages 122-133, October-D.
    4. Khalique, Abdul & Wang, Yichen & Ahmed, Khalid, 2025. "Europe's environmental dichotomy: The impact of regulations, climate investments, and renewable energy on carbon mitigation in the EU-22," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
    5. Jens K. Perret, 2026. "The National Innovation System of Lithuania – A Macroeconomic Perspective," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 17(2), pages 5850-5865, April.
    6. Laura Frassine & Nicola Pontarollo & Carolina Serpieri, 2024. "Strengths and weaknesses of EU regional reactivity to shocks," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 73(4), pages 1593-1624, December.
    7. Barra, Cristian & Falcone, Pasquale Marcello, 2024. "Environmental performance of countries. Examining the effect of diverse institutional factors in a metafrontier approach," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    8. Yaliu Yang & Yuan Wang & Yingyan Zhang & Conghu Liu, 2022. "Data-Driven Coupling Coordination Development of Regional Innovation EROB Composite System: An Integrated Model Perspective," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 10(13), pages 1-25, June.

  24. Luigi Aldieri & Cristian Barra & Concetto Paolo Vinci & Roberto Zotti, 2021. "The joint impact of different types of innovation on firm's productivity: evidence from Italy," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(2), pages 151-182, February.

    Cited by:

    1. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2023. "Quality of Government and Types of Innovation—Empirical Evidence for Italian Manufacturing Firms," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 14(2), pages 1749-1789, June.
    2. Mohnen, Pierre & Mairesse, Jacques & Notten, Ad, 2025. "Innovation and productivity," MERIT Working Papers 2025-003, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
    3. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "How do dimensions of institutional quality improve Italian regional innovation system efficiency? The Knowledge production function using SFA," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 32(2), pages 591-642, April.
    4. Salvatore Di Novo & Giorgio Fazio & Jonathan Sapsed & Josh Siepel, 2022. "Starving the golden goose? Access to finance for innovators in the creative industries," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 46(2), pages 345-386, June.
    5. Elena Makrevska Disoska & Katerina Toshevska-Trpchevska & Dragan Tevdovski & Petar Jolakoski & Viktor Stojkoski, 2024. "A Pooled Overview of the European National Innovation Systems Through the Lenses of the Community Innovation Survey," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 15(1), pages 3660-3684, March.
    6. Jacques Mairesse & Pierre Mohnen & Ad Notten, 2025. "Innovation and productivity: the recent empirical literature and the state of the art," CIRANO Working Papers 2025s-03, CIRANO.
    7. Adel Ben Khalifa, 2023. "Impact of research and development (R&D) and information, and communication technology (ICT) on innovation and productivity evidence from Tunisian manufacturing firms," Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 31(2), pages 341-361, April.
    8. Peter Bogetoft & Lene Kroman & Aleksandrs Smilgins & Anders Sørensen, 2024. "Innovation strategies and firm performance," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 62(2), pages 175-196, October.

  25. Luigi Aldieri & Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero & Concetto Paolo Vinci, 2021. "Green Energies, Employment, and Institutional Quality: Some Evidence for the OECD," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-21, March.

    Cited by:

    1. Qingjie Zhou & Dongyao Yu & Feng Xu & Jiamin Sun, 2022. "The Impact of Institutional Friction Cost on Economic Growth: Evidence from OECD Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, December.
    2. Álvaro Rodríguez-Martinez & Carlos Rodríguez-Monroy, 2021. "Economic Analysis and Modelling of Rooftop Photovoltaic Systems in Spain for Industrial Self-Consumption," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-32, November.
    3. Bluedorn, John & Hansen, Niels-Jakob & Noureldin, Diaa & Shibata, Ippei & Tavares, Marina M., 2023. "Transitioning to a greener labor market: Cross-country evidence from microdata," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 126(C).

  26. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2021. "The role of nonlinearity on the financial development–economic performance nexus: an econometric application to Italian banks," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 60(5), pages 2293-2322, May.

    Cited by:

    1. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2025. "Management Cost Efficiency and Technology Gap: Cooperative vs. Non-Cooperative Credit Banks," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 16(6), pages 18707-18737, December.
    2. Dioum, Sokhna Bousso, 2021. "Vérification empirique du lien finance-croissance économique : approche non linéaire appliquée aux pays de la cedeao [Empirical verification of the finance-economic growth link: non-linear approach applied to ecowas countries]," MPRA Paper 106855, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 30 Mar 2021.
    3. Amendola, Adalgiso & Barra, Cristian & Boccia, Marinella & Papaccio, Anna, 2025. "Diversity in banking: How does competition in the Italian banking market affect bank performance?," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 307-327.
    4. Barra, Cristian & Papaccio, Anna & Ruggiero, Nazzareno, 2024. "Bank cost efficiency and underground economy: The asymmetric impact of cooperative and non-cooperative banks," The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Elsevier, vol. 30(C).
    5. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2023. "Basel accords and banking inefficiency: Evidence from the Italian local market," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(4), pages 4079-4119, October.

  27. Barra, Cristian & Ruggiero, Nazzareno, 2021. "Do microeconomic and macroeconomic factors influence Italian bank credit risk in different local markets? Evidence from cooperative and non-cooperative banks," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Changjun Zheng & Md Mohiuddin Chowdhury & Anupam Das Gupta & Md Nazmul Islam, 2024. "Effects of competition and ownership on the simultaneous relationship between bank risk and capital: Evidence from an emerging economy of Bangladesh," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(12), pages 1-35, December.
    2. Md Mohiuddin Chowdhury & Changjun Zheng & Anupam Das Gupta & Atta Ullah, 2024. "Competition's Effect: Unveiling the Simultaneous Relationship between Risk and Cost of Financial Intermediation," Journal of Applied Finance & Banking, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 14(5), pages 1-4.
    3. Poli, Federica & Rossi, Simone & Borroni, Mariarosa, 2024. "Fall of dwarfs: micro and macroeconomic determinants of the disappearance of European small banks," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    4. Amendola, Adalgiso & Barra, Cristian & Boccia, Marinella & Papaccio, Anna, 2025. "Diversity in banking: How does competition in the Italian banking market affect bank performance?," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 307-327.
    5. Nada Milenković & Branimir Kalaš & Vera Mirović & Jelena Andrašić, 2024. "Static and Dynamic Modeling of Non-Performing Loan Determinants in the Eurozone," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 12(21), pages 1-21, October.
    6. Islam Abdeljawad & Mamunur Rashid & Muiz Abu Alia & Rana Qushtom & Mahmoud Irshaid & Ahmad Sahyouni, 2024. "Cushion hypothesis and credit risk: Islamic versus conventional banks from the MENA region," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(7), pages 1-23, July.
    7. Tringa Danca Hoti & Atdhetar Gara & Besnik Fetai & Arber Hoti, 2024. "Analyzing Credit Risk Factors: A Western Balkans Case Study," Economic Studies journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 8, pages 78-90.

  28. Adalgiso Amendola & Cristian Barra & Marinella Boccia & Anna Papaccio, 2021. "Market Structure and Financial Stability: the Interaction between Profit-Oriented and Mutual Cooperative Banks in Italy," Journal of Financial Services Research, Springer;Western Finance Association, vol. 60(2), pages 235-259, December.

    Cited by:

    1. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2025. "Management Cost Efficiency and Technology Gap: Cooperative vs. Non-Cooperative Credit Banks," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 16(6), pages 18707-18737, December.
    2. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio, 2024. "A parametric approach to institutional quality and bank cost inefficiency in diversity context: The case of Italy," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 95(3), pages 723-759, September.
    3. Moses Nyangu & Nyankomo Marwa & Ashenafi Fanta, 2023. "What drives financial stability? the nexus between market power and bank efficiency within the East African Community," Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(3), pages 403-428, July.
    4. Amendola, Adalgiso & Barra, Cristian & Boccia, Marinella & Papaccio, Anna, 2025. "Diversity in banking: How does competition in the Italian banking market affect bank performance?," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 307-327.
    5. Šeho, Mirzet & Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath & Smolo, Edib, 2024. "Bank financing diversification, market structure, and stability in a dual-banking system," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    6. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2023. "Basel accords and banking inefficiency: Evidence from the Italian local market," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(4), pages 4079-4119, October.

  29. Cristian Barra & Ornella Wanda Maietta & Roberto Zotti, 2021. "The effects of university academic research on firm’s propensity to innovate at local level: evidence from Europe," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 46(2), pages 483-530, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Tobias Schlegel & Uschi Backes-Gellner, 2023. "The role of fields of study for the effects of higher education institutions on regional firm location," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 61(4), pages 1587-1656, December.
    2. Bertoletti, Alice & Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina & Agasisti, Tommaso, 2022. "Higher education systems and regional economic development in Europe: A combined approach using econometric and machine learning methods," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 82(PA).
    3. Laura Ciucci & Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis, 2024. "Does technology transfer increase local cognitive proximity between university and industry? The case of Italy," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 41(1), pages 173-202, April.

  30. Luigi Aldieri & Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero & Concetto Paolo Vinci, 2020. "Innovative performance effects of institutional quality: an empirical investigation from the Triad," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(50), pages 5464-5476, October.

    Cited by:

    1. Cristian Barra & Pasquale Marcello Falcone, 2024. "Unraveling the impact of economic policy uncertainty on environmental efficiency: How do institutional quality and political orientation matter?," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(3), pages 1450-1490, November.
    2. Luigi Aldieri & Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero & Concetto Paolo Vinci, 2023. "Corruption and firms’ efficiency: international evidence using an instrumental variable approach," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 40(2), pages 731-759, July.
    3. Tamanna Dalwai & Vincenzo Scafarto & Syeeda Shafiya Mohammadi, 2025. "National culture, institutional quality and firm R&D investment: evidence from the Asia-pacific IT industry," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 15(1), pages 29-59, March.
    4. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio, 2024. "A parametric approach to institutional quality and bank cost inefficiency in diversity context: The case of Italy," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 95(3), pages 723-759, September.
    5. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "How do dimensions of institutional quality improve Italian regional innovation system efficiency? The Knowledge production function using SFA," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 32(2), pages 591-642, April.
    6. Aldieri, Luigi & Makkonen, Teemu & Paolo Vinci, Concetto, 2020. "Environmental knowledge spillovers and productivity: A patent analysis for large international firms in the energy, water and land resources fields," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).
    7. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "On the impact of knowledge and institutional spillovers on RIS efficiency. Evidence from Italian regional level," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 53(2), pages 702-752, June.

  31. Adalgiso Amendola & Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2020. "Does graduate human capital production increase local economic development? An instrumental variable approach," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(5), pages 959-994, November.

    Cited by:

    1. Yang Liu & Kun Wang & Jianda Wang, 2024. "Tragedy of pollution: Does air pollution hinder China’s progress toward achieving common prosperity?," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 57(6), pages 1-35, December.
    2. Joan Crespo & Jesús Peiró-Palomino & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2020. "Does university performance have an economic payoff for their home regions? Evidence for the Spanish provinces," Working Papers 2020/20, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    3. Shaun McDonald & Alexandre Leblanc & Saman Muthukumarana & David Campbell, 2025. "FRODO: a novel approach to micro–macro multilevel regression," Computational Statistics, Springer, vol. 40(8), pages 4475-4514, November.
    4. Jin, Wenwan & Huang, Yongyuan & Zhu, Shengjun, 2025. "Birthplace diversity of immigrants and technological novelty: Unpacking the internal structure of diversity," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 221(C).
    5. Amendola, Adalgiso & Barra, Cristian & Zotti, Roberto, 2020. "Human Capital, Good Government and Economic Development: Evidence from Italian Provinces," Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers 202023, University of Turin.
    6. Jinqi Chen & Lingying Pan, 2024. "Impact of the Coupling Coordination Degree of Human Capital and Infrastructure on High-Quality Economic Development: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(20), pages 1-24, October.
    7. Emanuela Macrì & Valeria Morea & Francesco Rania, 2025. "Stronger together? A semi-parametric approach to evaluate the productivity of higher education and cultural vibrancy in Italy," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 49(4), pages 895-937, December.
    8. Bertoletti, Alice & Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina & Agasisti, Tommaso, 2022. "Higher education systems and regional economic development in Europe: A combined approach using econometric and machine learning methods," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 82(PA).
    9. Robert Calvert Jump & Adam Scavette, 2024. "Do Research Universities Recession Proof Their Regions? Evidence from State Flagship College Towns," Working Paper 24-05, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

  32. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero & Roberto Zotti, 2020. "Short- and long-term relation between economic development and government spending: the role of quality of institutions," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(9), pages 987-1009, February.

    Cited by:

    1. Maione, Gennaro & Supino, Stefania & Grimaldi, Mara & Troisi, Orlando, 2025. "Exploring the political-institutional perspective of sustainable consumer behavior within the circular economy: a structural equation modeling approach from nudge theory," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).

  33. Cristian Barra & Giovanna Bimonte & Luigi Senatore, 2019. "Cooperation, diffusion of technology and environmental protection: a new index," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 53(4), pages 1913-1940, July.

    Cited by:

    1. Yi Chen & Yinrong Chen & Kun Chen & Min Liu, 2023. "Research Progress and Hotspot Analysis of Residential Carbon Emissions Based on CiteSpace Software," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(3), pages 1-19, January.

  34. Luigi Aldieri & Cristian Barra & Concetto Paolo Vinci, 2019. "The role of human capital in identifying the drivers of product and process innovation: empirical investigation from Italy," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 53(3), pages 1209-1238, May.

    Cited by:

    1. Alejandro Rangel Correa & Alexander Cotte Poveda & Clara Inés Pardo Martínez, 2026. "Economic growth and human capital: an approach from dynamic stochastic general equilibrium and vector error correction modelling for Colombia," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 60(1), pages 2535-2562, February.
    2. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "On the impact of knowledge and institutional spillovers on RIS efficiency. Evidence from Italian regional level," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 53(2), pages 702-752, June.

  35. Tommaso Agasisti & Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2019. "Research, knowledge transfer, and innovation: The effect of Italian universities’ efficiency on local economic development 2006−2012," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 59(5), pages 819-849, November.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  36. Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2019. "Market power and stability of financial institutions: evidence from the Italian banking sector," Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 28(2), pages 235-265, December.

    Cited by:

    1. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "Bank-specific factors and credit risk: evidence from Italian banks in different local markets," Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 31(3), pages 316-350, October.
    2. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2021. "The role of nonlinearity on the financial development–economic performance nexus: an econometric application to Italian banks," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 60(5), pages 2293-2322, May.
    3. Ayesha Hameed & Tahir Saeed Jagirani & Mohammad Qamar Qureshi & Aisha Riaz, 2024. "The Causal Linkages between Market Power and Cost Efficiency: Testing Quiet Life Hypothesis for the Banking Industry," Bulletin of Business and Economics (BBE), Research Foundation for Humanity (RFH), vol. 13(1), pages 803-811.

  37. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2019. "Are Green Energies Employment Friendly? Empirical Evidence for Some OECD Countries over the 1985–2013 Period," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(14), pages 1-17, July.

    Cited by:

    1. Javed, Asif & Usman, Nimra, 2025. "Skill-biased labour market effects of environmental policy and green energy transition in Italy," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 207(C).
    2. Luigi Aldieri & Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero & Concetto Paolo Vinci, 2021. "Green Energies, Employment, and Institutional Quality: Some Evidence for the OECD," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-21, March.

  38. Cristian BARRA & Roberto ZOTTI, 2019. "Bank Performance, Financial Stability And Market Concentration: Evidence From Cooperative And Non‐Cooperative Banks," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 90(1), pages 103-139, March.

    Cited by:

    1. Adalgiso AMENDOLA & Cristian BARRA & Marinella BOCCIA & Anna PAPACCIO, 2018. "Market Structure and Financial Stability: Theory and Evidence," CELPE Discussion Papers 156, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy.
    2. Ullah, Nazim & Mat Nor, Fauzias & Abu Seman, Junaidah & Ainna Binti Ramli, Nur & FADLY, AHMED, 2023. "Mergers and Acquisitions in Islamic Banking Sector: An Empirical Analysis on Size Effect, Market Structure, and Operational," MPRA Paper 118681, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2021. "The role of nonlinearity on the financial development–economic performance nexus: an econometric application to Italian banks," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 60(5), pages 2293-2322, May.
    4. Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2022. "Financial stability and local economic development: the experience of Italian labour market areas," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 62(4), pages 1951-1979, April.
    5. Krumina Dace & Lejniece Ilona & Skvarciany Viktorija, 2020. "Determinants of Bank Profitability: Case of Latvia," Economics and Culture, Sciendo, vol. 17(2), pages 30-37, December.
    6. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio, 2024. "A parametric approach to institutional quality and bank cost inefficiency in diversity context: The case of Italy," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 95(3), pages 723-759, September.
    7. Barra, Cristian & Papaccio, Anna & Ruggiero, Nazzareno, 2024. "The interaction between corruption, bank cost efficiency and economic development in Italy," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 48(3).
    8. Amendola, Adalgiso & Barra, Cristian & Boccia, Marinella & Papaccio, Anna, 2025. "Diversity in banking: How does competition in the Italian banking market affect bank performance?," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 307-327.
    9. Carmelo Algeri & Luc Anselin & Antonio Fabio Forgione & Carlo Migliardo, 2022. "Spatial dependence in the technical efficiency of local banks," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 101(3), pages 685-716, June.
    10. Shubham Chavriya & Gagan Deep Sharma & Mandeep Mahendru, 2024. "Financial inclusion as a tool for sustainable macroeconomic growth: An integrative analysis," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 95(2), pages 527-551, June.
    11. Lihui Wang & Zhihong Liu & Huailong Shi, 2022. "The Impact of the Pilot Free Trade Zone on Regional Financial Development," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 30(5), pages 154-184, September.
    12. Barra, Cristian & Papaccio, Anna & Ruggiero, Nazzareno, 2024. "Bank cost efficiency and underground economy: The asymmetric impact of cooperative and non-cooperative banks," The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Elsevier, vol. 30(C).
    13. Ullah, Nazim, 2022. "The Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Operational Performance of Islamic Banking sector," MPRA Paper 118682, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    14. Adalgiso Amendola & Cristian Barra & Marinella Boccia & Anna Papaccio, 2021. "Market Structure and Financial Stability: the Interaction between Profit-Oriented and Mutual Cooperative Banks in Italy," Journal of Financial Services Research, Springer;Western Finance Association, vol. 60(2), pages 235-259, December.
    15. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2023. "Basel accords and banking inefficiency: Evidence from the Italian local market," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(4), pages 4079-4119, October.
    16. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "Firm innovation and local bank efficiency in Italy: Does the type of bank matter?," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 93(4), pages 1083-1128, December.

  39. Cristian Barra & Ornella Wanda Maietta & Roberto Zotti, 2019. "Academic excellence, local knowledge spillovers and innovation in Europe," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(7), pages 1058-1069, July.

    Cited by:

    1. Joan Crespo & Jesús Peiró-Palomino & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2020. "Does university performance have an economic payoff for their home regions? Evidence for the Spanish provinces," Working Papers 2020/20, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    2. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2023. "Quality of Government and Types of Innovation—Empirical Evidence for Italian Manufacturing Firms," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 14(2), pages 1749-1789, June.
    3. Jonathan Eberle & Thomas Brenner & Timo Mitze, 2020. "Public Research, Local Knowledge Transfer, and Regional Development: Insights from a Structural VAR Model," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 43(6), pages 555-586, November.
    4. Samuel Amponsah Odei & Jan Stejskal & Viktor Prokop, 2021. "Understanding territorial innovations in European regions: Insights from radical and incremental innovative firms," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 13(5), pages 1638-1660, October.
    5. Sarah Ferreira & Renato Garcia & Veneziano Araujo, 2025. "Similarities and differences in regional determinants of university and industry patents: an analysis of Brazil from 2003 to 2018," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 74(1), pages 1-38, March.
    6. Cristian Barra & Ornella Wanda Maietta & Roberto Zotti, 2021. "The effects of university academic research on firm’s propensity to innovate at local level: evidence from Europe," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 46(2), pages 483-530, April.
    7. Andrea Bonaccorsi & Brigida Blasi & Carmela Anna Nappi & Sandra Romagnosi, 2022. "Quality of research as source and signal: revisiting the valorization process beyond substitution vs complementarity," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 47(2), pages 407-434, April.
    8. Kazuyuki MOTOHASHI & Qiuhan ZHAO, 2023. "University as a Knowledge Source of Innovation: A spatial analysis of the impact on local high-tech startup creation," Discussion papers 23027, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
    9. Meissner, Dirk & Zhou, Yuan & Fischer, Bruno & Vonortas, Nicholas, 2022. "A multilayered perspective on entrepreneurial universities: looking into the dynamics of joint university-industry labs," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 178(C).
    10. Bertoletti, Alice & Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina & Agasisti, Tommaso, 2022. "Higher education systems and regional economic development in Europe: A combined approach using econometric and machine learning methods," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 82(PA).
    11. Becker, Bettina & Roper, Stephen & Vanino, Enrico, 2023. "Assessing innovation spillovers from publicly funded R&D and innovation support: Evidence from the UK," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
    12. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "Firm innovation and local bank efficiency in Italy: Does the type of bank matter?," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 93(4), pages 1083-1128, December.

  40. Barra, Cristian & Lagravinese, Raffaele & Zotti, Roberto, 2018. "Does econometric methodology matter to rank universities? An analysis of Italian higher education system," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 104-120.

    Cited by:

    1. Stöver, Britta & Sibbertsen, Philipp, 2020. "The similarities in efficiency of universities and universities of applied sciences in Lower Saxony," Hannover Economic Papers (HEP) dp-673, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät.
    2. Gralka, Sabine, 2018. "Stochastic frontier analysis in higher education: A systematic review," CEPIE Working Papers 05/18, Technische Universität Dresden, Center of Public and International Economics (CEPIE).
    3. Elena I. Dobrolyubova & Alexandra N. Starostina, 2022. "Efficiency of Regional Public Expenditures on Education and Healthcare: Evaluation from Citizens’ Perspective," Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal, Financial Research Institute, Moscow 125375, Russia, issue 4, pages 64-78, August.
    4. Vanesa D’Elia & Gustavo Ferro, 2019. "Empirical Efficiency Measurement in Higher Education: An Overview," CEMA Working Papers: Serie Documentos de Trabajo. 708, Universidad del CEMA.
    5. Łukasz Brzezicki, 2020. "The Efficiency of Public and Private Higher Education Institutions in Poland," Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, issue 4, pages 33-51.
    6. Badiee, Aghdas & Moshtari, Mohammad & Berenguer, Gemma, 2024. "A systematic review of operations research and management science modeling techniques in the study of higher education institutions," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    7. Guarini, Giulio & Laureti, Tiziana & Garofalo, Giuseppe, 2020. "Socio-institutional determinants of educational resource efficiency according to the capability approach: An endogenous stochastic frontier analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    8. Ghimire, Sarad & Amin, Saman Hassanzadeh & Wardley, Leslie J., 2021. "Developing new data envelopment analysis models to evaluate the efficiency in Ontario Universities," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 15(3).
    9. Mehdi Shamohammadi, 2024. "Determining scale and scope economies in Korean private universities: an input distance function approach," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 129(5), pages 2583-2613, May.
    10. Martínez-Campillo, Almudena & Fernández-Santos, Yolanda, 2020. "The impact of the economic crisis on the (in)efficiency of public Higher Education institutions in Southern Europe: The case of Spanish universities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    11. R. Paci & E. Marrocu, 2024. "The influence of regional contextual factors on public university efficiency in Italy," Working Paper CRENoS 202424, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia.
    12. Chen, Zhuo & Yang, Zhenbing & Yang, Lili, 2020. "How to optimize the allocation of research resources? An empirical study based on output and substitution elasticities of universities in Chinese provincial level," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).
    13. De la Cruz, Marco & Mergoni, Anna, 2024. "Assessing the performance of Peruvian education system from a governance perspective," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    14. Emanuela Macrì & Valeria Morea & Francesco Rania, 2025. "Stronger together? A semi-parametric approach to evaluate the productivity of higher education and cultural vibrancy in Italy," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 49(4), pages 895-937, December.
    15. Esteban Fernández Tuesta & Máxima Bolaños-Pizarro & Daniel Pimentel Neves & Geziel Fernández & Justin Axel-Berg, 2020. "Complex networks for benchmarking in global universities rankings," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 125(1), pages 405-425, October.
    16. Brzezicki, Łukasz, . "Efektywność publicznych i prywatnych szkół wyższych w Polsce," Gospodarka Narodowa-The Polish Journal of Economics, Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie / SGH Warsaw School of Economics, vol. 2020(4).

  41. Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2018. "The contribution of university, private and public sector resources to Italian regional innovation system (in)efficiency," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 43(2), pages 432-457, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Alessandra Micozzi & Donato Iacobucci & Irene Martelli & Andrea Piccaluga, 2021. "Engines need transmission belts: the importance of people in technology transfer offices," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 46(5), pages 1551-1583, October.
    2. Wenfei Xia & Baizhou Li & Shi Yin, 2020. "Identification of Influencing Factors for Sustainable Development: Evaluation and Management of Regional Innovation Performance in Heilongjiang, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-55, March.
    3. Ugo Finardi, 2018. "Public research in Nanotechnology in Piedmont (Italy)," IRCrES Working Paper 201805, CNR-IRCrES Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth - Moncalieri (TO) ITALY - former Institute for Economic Research on Firms and Growth - Torino (TO) ITALY.
    4. Tamara Rodríguez-González & Mercedes Villanueva-Flores & Mariluz Fernández-Alles & Mirta Díaz-Fernández, 2021. "Are Spanish TTOs Prepared to Innovation in a COVID Context?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-20, August.
    5. Luigi Aldieri & Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero & Concetto Paolo Vinci, 2023. "Corruption and firms’ efficiency: international evidence using an instrumental variable approach," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 40(2), pages 731-759, July.
    6. T. Theeranattapong & D. Pickernell & C. Simms, 2021. "Systematic literature review paper: the regional innovation system-university-science park nexus," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 46(6), pages 2017-2050, December.
    7. Tobias Schlegel & Curdin Pfister & Dietmar Harhoff & Uschi Backes-Gellner, 2022. "Innovation effects of universities of applied sciences: an assessment of regional heterogeneity," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 47(1), pages 63-118, February.
    8. Qi Gao & Qiang Wang, 2022. "A Study on the Spatial–Temporal Evolution of Innovation Efficiency in Chinese Universities in the Context of the Digital Economy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-14, December.
    9. Soares, Thiago J. & Torkomian, Ana L.V. & Nagano, Marcelo Seido, 2020. "University regulations, regional development and technology transfer: The case of Brazil," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
    10. Qiong Liu & Junhua Guo, 2025. "The Effects of Government R&D Investment and Policy Ambiguity on Regional Innovation: Evidence from China," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 16(2), pages 8060-8084, June.
    11. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "How do dimensions of institutional quality improve Italian regional innovation system efficiency? The Knowledge production function using SFA," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 32(2), pages 591-642, April.
    12. Dayanis García-Hurtado & Carlos Devece & Pablo E. Zegarra-Saldaña & Mario Crisanto-Pantoja, 2024. "Ambidexterity in entrepreneurial universities and performance measurement systems. A literature review," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 20(1), pages 345-366, March.
    13. Anouze, Abdel Latef & Al Khalifa, May Mohamed & Al-Jayyousi, Odeh Rashed, 2024. "Reevaluating national innovation systems: An index based on dynamic-network data envelopment analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    14. Blanco, German & Goel, Rajeev K., 2023. "Do weak institutions undermine global innovation production efficiency?," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy 319918, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
    15. Jadwiga Goraczkowska & Marek Tomaszewski, 2019. "Support of innovation activity in small and medium-sized enterprises in the Greater Poland Voivodeship," Ekonomia i Prawo, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika, vol. 18(2), pages 183-195, June.
    16. Diana-Manuela LINA, 2019. "The Role Of Universities In Regional Innovation Systems. One-Step Further In Assuming The Third Mission?," EURINT, Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, vol. 6, pages 288-310.
    17. Leyla A. Sandoval Hamón & Soraya M. Ruiz Peñalver & Elisa Thomas & Rune Dahl Fitjar, 2024. "From high-tech clusters to open innovation ecosystems: a systematic literature review of the relationship between science and technology parks and universities," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 49(2), pages 689-714, April.
    18. Haiying Liu & Xianzhe Cai & Yajing Hui, 2024. "Have S&T Innovation and Educational Development in China’s Coastal Provinces and Regions Achieved Synchronization? A threshold approach," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 15(1), pages 2808-2835, March.
    19. Rella, Angela & Rubino, Michele & Raimo, Nicola & Vitolla, Filippo, 2024. "Does the digitalization of municipalities affect the efficiency of universities? An Italian case study using DEA and Malmquist index approaches," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
    20. Zhao, Xin & Xu, Yong & Vasa, László & Shahzad, Umer, 2023. "Entrepreneurial ecosystem and urban innovation: Contextual findings in the lens of sustainable development from China," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 191(C).
    21. Yaliu Yang & Yuan Wang & Yingyan Zhang & Conghu Liu, 2022. "Data-Driven Coupling Coordination Development of Regional Innovation EROB Composite System: An Integrated Model Perspective," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 10(13), pages 1-25, June.
    22. Pegkas, Panagiotis & Staikouras, Christos & Tsamadias, Constantinos, 2019. "Does research and development expenditure impact innovation? Evidence from the European Union countries," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 41(5), pages 1005-1025.
    23. Laura Ciucci & Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis, 2024. "Does technology transfer increase local cognitive proximity between university and industry? The case of Italy," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 41(1), pages 173-202, April.
    24. Chiara Zanardello, 2023. "Market forces in Italian academia today (and yesterday)," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 128(1), pages 651-698, January.
    25. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "On the impact of knowledge and institutional spillovers on RIS efficiency. Evidence from Italian regional level," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 53(2), pages 702-752, June.

  42. Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2018. "Investigating the non-linearity between national income and environmental pollution: international evidence of Kuznets curve," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, vol. 20(1), pages 179-210, January.

    Cited by:

    1. Chi-Hui Wang & Prasad Padmanabhan & Chia-Hsing Huang, 2021. "The Impact of Renewable Energy, Urbanization, and Environmental Sustainability Ratings on the Environmental Kuznets Curve and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(24), pages 1-22, December.
    2. Alexandra-Anca Purcel, 2020. "New insights into the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis in developing and transition economies: a literature survey," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, vol. 22(4), pages 585-631, October.
    3. Amine Ben Amar, 2021. "Economic growth and environment in the United Kingdom: robust evidence using more than 250 years data," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, vol. 23(4), pages 667-681, October.
    4. Doğan, Buhari & Ghosh, Sudeshna & Hoang, Dung Phuong & Chu, Lan Khanh, 2022. "Are economic complexity and eco-innovation mutually exclusive to control energy demand and environmental quality in E7 and G7 countries?," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
    5. Mihaela Simionescu & Beáta Gavurová, 2023. "Pollution, income inequality and green finance in the new EU member states," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-11, December.
    6. Sweety Pandey & Mrutyunjaya Mishra, 2021. "Investigating Environmental Kuznets Curve: A Panel Data Analysis for India," Review of Development and Change, , vol. 26(2), pages 137-152, December.
    7. Cong Minh Huynh, 2020. "Shadow economy and air pollution in developing Asia: what is the role of fiscal policy?," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, vol. 22(3), pages 357-381, July.
    8. Azad Haider & Wimal Rankaduwa & Muhammad Iftikhar ul Husnain & Farzana Shaheen, 2022. "Nexus between Agricultural Land Use, Economic Growth and N 2 O Emissions in Canada: Is There an Environmental Kuznets Curve?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-23, July.
    9. Alexandra Soberon & Irene D’Hers, 2020. "The Environmental Kuznets Curve: A Semiparametric Approach with Cross-Sectional Dependence," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-23, November.
    10. Bo Yang & Minhaj Ali & Shujahat Haider Hashmi & Mohsin Shabir, 2020. "Income Inequality and CO 2 Emissions in Developing Countries: The Moderating Role of Financial Instability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(17), pages 1-24, August.
    11. Mary Donkor & Yusheng Kong & Emmanuel Kwaku Manu & Albert Henry Ntarmah & Florence Appiah-Twum, 2022. "Economic Growth and Environmental Quality: Analysis of Government Expenditure and the Causal Effect," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(17), pages 1-23, August.

  43. Ornella W. Maietta & Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2017. "Innovation and University-Firm R&D Collaboration in the European Food and Drink Industry," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 68(3), pages 749-780, September.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  44. Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2017. "Investigating the Human Capital Development–growth Nexus," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 40(6), pages 638-678, November.

    Cited by:

    1. Herbst Mikołaj & Kaczmarczyk Paweł & Wójcik Piotr, 2017. "Migration of Graduates Within a Sequential Decision Framework: Evidence from Poland," Central European Economic Journal, Sciendo, vol. 1(48), pages 1-18, November.
    2. Joan Crespo & Jesús Peiró-Palomino & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2020. "Does university performance have an economic payoff for their home regions? Evidence for the Spanish provinces," Working Papers 2020/20, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    3. Daniela De Filippo & Leyla Angélica Sandoval-Hamón & Fernando Casani & Elías Sanz-Casado, 2019. "Spanish Universities’ Sustainability Performance and Sustainability-Related R&D+I," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(20), pages 1-21, October.
    4. Daniela De Filippo & Javier Benayas & Karem Peña & Flor Sánchez, 2020. "Communication on Sustainability in Spanish Universities: Analysis of Websites, Scientific Papers and Impact in Social Media," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(19), pages 1-21, October.
    5. Alexandru Pavel & Octavian Moldovan, 2019. "Determining Local Economic Development in the Rural Areas of Romania. Exploring the Role of Exogenous Factors," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-24, January.
    6. Tommaso Agasisti & Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2017. "Research, knowledge transfer and innovation: the effect of Italian universities’ efficiency on the local economic development 2006-2012," Working papers 60, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica.
    7. Alexandru Pavel & Bogdan Moldovan & Bogdana Neamtu & Cristina Hintea, 2018. "Are Investments in Basic Infrastructure the Magic Wand to Boost the Local Economy of Rural Communities from Romania?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-32, September.

  45. Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2016. "Measuring Efficiency in Higher Education: An Empirical Study Using a Bootstrapped Data Envelopment Analysis," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 22(1), pages 11-33, February.

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    1. Jesús A. Tapia & Bonifacio Salvador, 2022. "Data envelopment analysis efficiency in the public sector using provider and customer opinion: An application to the Spanish health system," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 25(2), pages 333-346, June.
    2. Jian Yang & Huadong Cheng, 2023. "Coupling Coordination between University Scientific & Technological Innovation and Sustainable Economic Development in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-14, January.
    3. Touati-Tliba, Mohamed, 2024. "Comparative performance of Algeria's education districts: The Influence of colonial legacy through cultural capital," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    4. Zharova, Alona & Tellinger-Rice, Janine & Härdle, Wolfgang Karl, 2018. "How to measure a performance of a Collaborative Research Centre," SFB 649 Discussion Papers 2018-001, Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk.
    5. Vanesa D’Elia & Gustavo Ferro, 2019. "Empirical Efficiency Measurement in Higher Education: An Overview," CEMA Working Papers: Serie Documentos de Trabajo. 708, Universidad del CEMA.
    6. Anna Rita Dipierro & Pierluigi Toma, 2025. "Research and third mission efficiency in UK universities: assessing the role of European Framework Programmes," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 130(12), pages 7271-7291, December.
    7. Zhang, Chonghui & Jiang, Nanyue & Su, Tiantian & Chen, Ji & Streimikiene, Dalia & Balezentis, Tomas, 2022. "Spreading knowledge and technology: Research efficiency at universities based on the three-stage MCDM-NRSDEA method with bootstrapping," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
    8. Cantner, Uwe & Grashof, Nils & Grebel, Thomas & Zhang, Xijie, 2023. "When Excellence is not Excellent: The Impact of the Excellence Initiative on the Relative Productivity of German Universities," MPRA Paper 118139, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    9. Shih-Pin Chen & Chung-Wei Chang, 2021. "Measuring the efficiency of university departments: an empirical study using data envelopment analysis and cluster analysis," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(6), pages 5263-5284, June.
    10. Delimiro Visbal-Cadavid & Mónica Martínez-Gómez & Francisco Guijarro, 2017. "Assessing the Efficiency of Public Universities through DEA. A Case Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(8), pages 1-19, August.

  46. Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2016. "Managerial Efficiency in Higher Education Using Individual Versus Aggregate Level Data. Does the choice of Decision Making Units Count?," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 37(2), pages 106-126, March.

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    1. Cristian Barra & Ornella Wanda Maietta & Roberto Zotti, 2017. "First, Second and Third Tier Universities: Academic Excellence, Local Knowledge Spillovers and Innovation in Europe," CSEF Working Papers 468, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.
    2. Cristian Barra & Ornella Wanda Maietta & Roberto Zotti, 2021. "The effects of university academic research on firm’s propensity to innovate at local level: evidence from Europe," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 46(2), pages 483-530, April.
    3. Jill Johnes & Maria Portela & Emmanuel Thanassoulis, 2017. "Efficiency in education," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 68(4), pages 331-338, April.
    4. Shi‐Xiao Wang & Wen‐Min Lu & Shiu‐Wan Hung, 2020. "Improving innovation efficiency of emerging economies: The role of manufacturing," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 41(4), pages 503-519, June.
    5. Maietta, Ornella Wanda, 2015. "Determinants of R&D University-Frim Collaboration and Its Impact on Innovation: a Perspective from the Italian Food and Drink Industry," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 225668, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    6. Shi‐Xiao Wang & Wen‐Min Lu & Shiu‐Wan Hung, 2020. "Industrial upgrading efficiency and free markets in emerging economies: A two‐stage meta‐frontier approach," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 41(6), pages 1084-1095, September.

  47. Roberto Zotti & Nino Speziale & Cristian Barra, 2016. "On the causal effect of religiosity on life satisfaction using a propensity score matching technique," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 43(10), pages 1031-1048, October.

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    1. Mendolia, Silvia & Paloyo, Alfredo R. & Walker, Ian, 2018. "The effect of religiosity on adolescent risky behaviors," Ruhr Economic Papers 755, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    2. Chau-kiu Cheung & Andrew Yiu-tsang Low & Xuan Ning, 2019. "Marital Liberalization in Relation to Life Satisfaction," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 14(2), pages 291-307, April.

  48. Barra, Cristian & Destefanis, Sergio & Lubrano Lavadera, Giuseppe, 2016. "Risk and regulation: A difference-in-differences analysis for Italian local banks," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 17(C), pages 25-32.

    Cited by:

    1. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "Bank-specific factors and credit risk: evidence from Italian banks in different local markets," Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 31(3), pages 316-350, October.
    2. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2021. "The role of nonlinearity on the financial development–economic performance nexus: an econometric application to Italian banks," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 60(5), pages 2293-2322, May.
    3. Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2022. "Financial stability and local economic development: the experience of Italian labour market areas," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 62(4), pages 1951-1979, April.
    4. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2025. "Management Cost Efficiency and Technology Gap: Cooperative vs. Non-Cooperative Credit Banks," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 16(6), pages 18707-18737, December.
    5. Agovino, Massimiliano & Bartoletto, Silvana & Garofalo, Antonio, 2022. "A long-term analysis of efficiency in the Italian banking system from 1861 to 2010," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 227-241.
    6. Francesco Aiello & Graziella Bonanno, 2018. "Multilevel empirics for small banks in local markets," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 97(4), pages 1017-1037, November.
    7. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio, 2024. "A parametric approach to institutional quality and bank cost inefficiency in diversity context: The case of Italy," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 95(3), pages 723-759, September.
    8. Adriano Giannola, 2018. "Profit and Non-profit Motives in the Public Banks of Naples: An Old Model in Modern Perspective," Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance, in: Lilia Costabile & Larry Neal (ed.), Financial Innovation and Resilience, chapter 0, pages 345-359, Palgrave Macmillan.
    9. N. Voronova S. & O. Miroshnichenko S. & Н. Воронова С. & О. Мирошниченко С., 2017. "Региональные Банки России: Проблемы Роста И Перспективы Развития // Regional Banks Of Russia: Problems Of Growth And Development Prospects," Финансы: теория и практика/Finance: Theory and Practice // Finance: Theory and Practice, ФГОБУВО Финансовый университет при Правительстве Российской Федерации // Financial University under The Government of Russian Federation, vol. 21(4), pages 40-53.
    10. Dhananjay Bapat, 2018. "Profitability drivers for Indian banks: a dynamic panel data analysis," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 8(4), pages 437-451, December.
    11. Agnese Rapposelli & Giuliana Birindelli & Michele Modina, 2024. "The relationship between firm size and efficiency: why does default on bank loans matter?," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 58(4), pages 3379-3401, August.
    12. Cristian BARRA & Roberto ZOTTI, 2018. "Financial Stability as a Public Policy Goal to Increase Local Economic Development: an Empirical Investigation from Italian Labour Market Areas," CELPE Discussion Papers 154, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy.
    13. Cumming, Douglas & Johan, Sofia, 2019. "Capital-market effects of securities regulation: Prior conditions, implementation, and enforcement revisited," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 31(C).
    14. Douglas Cumming & Sofia Johan, 2019. "Government venture capital research: fake science and bad public policy," Venture Capital, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(1), pages 121-131, January.
    15. Barra, Cristian & Zotti, Roberto, 2017. "On the relationship between bank market concentration and stability of financial institutions: Evidence from the Italian banking sector," MPRA Paper 79900, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    16. Merikas, Andreas & Merika, Anna & Penikas, Henry I. & Surkov, Mikhail A., 2020. "The Basel II internal ratings based (IRB) model and the transition impact on the listed Greek banks," The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Elsevier, vol. 22(C).
    17. Adalgiso Amendola & Cristian Barra & Marinella Boccia & Anna Papaccio, 2021. "Market Structure and Financial Stability: the Interaction between Profit-Oriented and Mutual Cooperative Banks in Italy," Journal of Financial Services Research, Springer;Western Finance Association, vol. 60(2), pages 235-259, December.
    18. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2023. "Basel accords and banking inefficiency: Evidence from the Italian local market," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(4), pages 4079-4119, October.
    19. Cristian Barra & Giovanna Bimonte & Roberto Zotti, 2016. "On the relationship among efficiency, capitalization and risk: does management matter in local banking market?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(41), pages 3912-3934, September.
    20. Vincenzo Pacelli & Francesca Pampurini & Anna Grazia Quaranta, 2023. "Analyzing Banks’ Performance During The Recent Breakdowns. What Were The Main Drivers?," Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions (JFMMI), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 11(02), pages 1-16, December.

  49. Agasisti, Tommaso & Barra, Cristian & Zotti, Roberto, 2016. "Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008–2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 47-58.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  50. Cristian Barra & Giovanna Bimonte & Roberto Zotti, 2016. "On the relationship among efficiency, capitalization and risk: does management matter in local banking market?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(41), pages 3912-3934, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Adalgiso AMENDOLA & Cristian BARRA & Marinella BOCCIA & Anna PAPACCIO, 2018. "Market Structure and Financial Stability: Theory and Evidence," CELPE Discussion Papers 156, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy.
    2. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2021. "The role of nonlinearity on the financial development–economic performance nexus: an econometric application to Italian banks," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 60(5), pages 2293-2322, May.
    3. Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2022. "Financial stability and local economic development: the experience of Italian labour market areas," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 62(4), pages 1951-1979, April.
    4. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio, 2024. "A parametric approach to institutional quality and bank cost inefficiency in diversity context: The case of Italy," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 95(3), pages 723-759, September.
    5. Johann Burgstaller, 2020. "Retail‐bank efficiency: Nonstandard goals and environmental determinants," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 91(2), pages 269-301, June.
    6. Cristian BARRA & Roberto ZOTTI, 2018. "Financial Stability as a Public Policy Goal to Increase Local Economic Development: an Empirical Investigation from Italian Labour Market Areas," CELPE Discussion Papers 154, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy.
    7. Johann Burgstaller, 2020. "Competition in Local Banking Markets and the Influence of Rival Proximity," Journal of Applied Finance & Banking, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 10(2), pages 1-10.

  51. Cristian BARRA & Roberto ZOTTI, 2016. "A Directional Distance Approach Applied To Higher Education: An Analysis Of Teaching-Related Output Efficiency," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 87(2), pages 145-173, December.

    Cited by:

    1. Rukmani Mahala & Pushp Kumar & Mandeep Bhardwaj & Sukhpal Singh, 2026. "Efficiency analysis of elementary education development in an eastern state of India: a two-stage DEA approach," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 13(1), pages 1-13, December.
    2. Vanesa D’Elia & Gustavo Ferro, 2019. "Empirical Efficiency Measurement in Higher Education: An Overview," CEMA Working Papers: Serie Documentos de Trabajo. 708, Universidad del CEMA.
    3. Ben Yahia, Fatma & Essid, Hédi & Rebai, Sonia, 2018. "Do dropout and environmental factors matter? A directional distance function assessment of tunisian education efficiency," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 120-127.
    4. Rebai, Sonia & Ben Yahia, Fatma & Essid, Hédi, 2020. "A graphically based machine learning approach to predict secondary schools performance in Tunisia," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).

  52. Cristian Barra & Giovanna Bimonte & Pietro Spennati, 2015. "Did fiscal institutions affect Wagner's law in Italy during 1951-2009 period? An empirical analysis," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(59), pages 6409-6424, December.

    Cited by:

    1. Philip Arestis & Hüseyin Şen & Ayşe Kaya, 2021. "On the linkage between government expenditure and output: empirics of the Keynesian view versus Wagner’s law," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 54(2), pages 265-303, May.
    2. Ali, Wajid & Munir, Kashif, 2016. "Testing Wagner versus Keynesian Hypothesis for Pakistan: The Role of Aggregate and Disaggregate Expenditure," MPRA Paper 74570, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Ampah Isaac Kwesi & Kotosz Balázs, 2016. "Wagner versus Keynes: the causal nexus between Government Expenditures and Economic Growth: An Empirical study of Burkina Faso," Journal of Heterodox Economics, Sciendo, vol. 3(2), pages 74-101, December.
    4. Ciro Bazán & Víctor Josué Álvarez-Quiroz & Yennyfer Morales Olivares, 2022. "Wagner’s Law vs. Keynesian Hypothesis: Dynamic Impacts," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(16), pages 1-25, August.
    5. Nayak, Dinesh Kumar & Hazarika, Bhabesh, 2022. "Linkage between Income and Government Expenditure at Indian Sub-nationals: A Second Generation Panel Co-integration Techniques," Working Papers 22/374, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
    6. Irandoust, Manuchehr, 2019. "Wagner on government spending and national income: A new look at an old relationship," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 41(4), pages 636-646.
    7. António Afonso & José Alves & Najat Bazah, 2024. "Public Sector Efficiency and the Functions of the Government," CESifo Working Paper Series 11487, CESifo.

  53. S. Destefanis & C. Barra & G. Lubrano Lavadera, 2014. "Financial development and local growth: evidence from highly disaggregated Italian data," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(24), pages 1605-1615, December.

    Cited by:

    1. Adalgiso AMENDOLA & Cristian BARRA & Marinella BOCCIA & Anna PAPACCIO, 2018. "Market Structure and Financial Stability: Theory and Evidence," CELPE Discussion Papers 156, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy.
    2. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "Bank-specific factors and credit risk: evidence from Italian banks in different local markets," Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 31(3), pages 316-350, October.
    3. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2021. "The role of nonlinearity on the financial development–economic performance nexus: an econometric application to Italian banks," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 60(5), pages 2293-2322, May.
    4. Tommaso Agasisti & Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2020. "Public finance, government spending and economic growth: the case of local governments in Italy," Working papers 99, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica.
    5. Lina Novickytė & Jolanta Droždz, 2018. "Measuring the Efficiency in the Lithuanian Banking Sector: The DEA Application," IJFS, MDPI, vol. 6(2), pages 1-15, March.
    6. Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2022. "Financial stability and local economic development: the experience of Italian labour market areas," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 62(4), pages 1951-1979, April.
    7. Zotti, Roberto & Barra, Cristian, 2014. "Human capital development, knowledge spillovers and local growth: Is there a quality effect of university efficiency?," MPRA Paper 60065, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    8. Francesco Aiello & Graziella Bonanno, 2018. "Multilevel empirics for small banks in local markets," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 97(4), pages 1017-1037, November.
    9. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio, 2024. "A parametric approach to institutional quality and bank cost inefficiency in diversity context: The case of Italy," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 95(3), pages 723-759, September.
    10. Cristian BARRA & Roberto ZOTTI, 2019. "Bank Performance, Financial Stability And Market Concentration: Evidence From Cooperative And Non‐Cooperative Banks," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 90(1), pages 103-139, March.
    11. Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2017. "Investigating the Human Capital Development–growth Nexus," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 40(6), pages 638-678, November.
    12. Barra, Cristian & Ruggiero, Nazzareno, 2021. "Do microeconomic and macroeconomic factors influence Italian bank credit risk in different local markets? Evidence from cooperative and non-cooperative banks," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
    13. Barra, Cristian & Papaccio, Anna & Ruggiero, Nazzareno, 2024. "The interaction between corruption, bank cost efficiency and economic development in Italy," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 48(3).
    14. Johann Burgstaller, 2020. "Retail‐bank efficiency: Nonstandard goals and environmental determinants," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 91(2), pages 269-301, June.
    15. Cristian BARRA & Roberto ZOTTI, 2018. "Financial Stability as a Public Policy Goal to Increase Local Economic Development: an Empirical Investigation from Italian Labour Market Areas," CELPE Discussion Papers 154, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy.
    16. Tommaso Agasisti & Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2019. "Research, knowledge transfer, and innovation: The effect of Italian universities’ efficiency on local economic development 2006−2012," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 59(5), pages 819-849, November.
    17. Barra, Cristian & D’Aniello, Christian & Ruggiero, Nazzareno, 2024. "The effects of types of banks on financial access and income inequality in a heterogeneous sample: A quantile regression analysis," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 131(C).
    18. Kim, Dohoon, 2021. "Network analysis of robot ecosystems using national information systems," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
    19. Barra, Cristian & Zotti, Roberto, 2015. "Regional innovation system (in)efficiency and its determinants: an empirical evidence from Italian regions," MPRA Paper 67067, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    20. Raffaela Giordano & Sergi Lanau & Pietro Tommasino & Petia Topalova, 2020. "Does public sector inefficiency constrain firm productivity? Evidence from Italian provinces," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 27(4), pages 1019-1049, August.
    21. Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2019. "Market power and stability of financial institutions: evidence from the Italian banking sector," Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 28(2), pages 235-265, December.
    22. Tommaso Agasisti & Aleksei Egorov & Daria Zinchenko & Oleg Leshukov, 2021. "Efficiency of regional higher education systems and regional economic short-run growth: empirical evidence from Russia," Industry and Innovation, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(4), pages 507-534, April.
    23. Barra, Cristian & Papaccio, Anna & Ruggiero, Nazzareno, 2024. "Bank cost efficiency and underground economy: The asymmetric impact of cooperative and non-cooperative banks," The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Elsevier, vol. 30(C).
    24. Barra, Cristian & Zotti, Roberto, 2017. "On the relationship between bank market concentration and stability of financial institutions: Evidence from the Italian banking sector," MPRA Paper 79900, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    25. Vaibhavi Aher, 2023. "Einführung und Überblick," Springer Books, in: Vaibhavi Aher (ed.), Statistische und mathematische Methoden in der Wirtschaft, chapter 1, pages 1-71, Springer.
    26. Adalgiso Amendola & Cristian Barra & Marinella Boccia & Anna Papaccio, 2021. "Market Structure and Financial Stability: the Interaction between Profit-Oriented and Mutual Cooperative Banks in Italy," Journal of Financial Services Research, Springer;Western Finance Association, vol. 60(2), pages 235-259, December.
    27. Cristian Barra & Anna Papaccio & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2023. "Basel accords and banking inefficiency: Evidence from the Italian local market," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(4), pages 4079-4119, October.
    28. Almudena Martínez-Campillo & Yolanda Fernández-Santos & María Pilar Sierra-Fernández, 2018. "How Well Have Social Economy Financial Institutions Performed During the Crisis Period? Exploring Financial and Social Efficiency in Spanish Credit Unions," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 151(2), pages 319-336, August.
    29. Cristian Barra & Giovanna Bimonte & Roberto Zotti, 2016. "On the relationship among efficiency, capitalization and risk: does management matter in local banking market?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(41), pages 3912-3934, September.
    30. Johann Burgstaller, 2020. "Competition in Local Banking Markets and the Influence of Rival Proximity," Journal of Applied Finance & Banking, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 10(2), pages 1-10.
    31. Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "Firm innovation and local bank efficiency in Italy: Does the type of bank matter?," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 93(4), pages 1083-1128, December.
    32. Cristian BARRA & Roberto ZOTTI, 2017. "Bank Performance, Financial Stability and Market Competition: do Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Banks Behave Differently?," CELPE Discussion Papers 143, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy.
    33. Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2018. "The contribution of university, private and public sector resources to Italian regional innovation system (in)efficiency," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 43(2), pages 432-457, April.

  54. C. Barra, 2014. "Local financial development and economic growth: an outlook on italian territorial data," Rivista economica del Mezzogiorno, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 1-2, pages 187-216.

    Cited by:

    1. Cristian Barra & Roberto Zotti, 2022. "Financial stability and local economic development: the experience of Italian labour market areas," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 62(4), pages 1951-1979, April.
    2. Raffaela Giordano & Sergi Lanau & Pietro Tommasino & Petia Topalova, 2020. "Does public sector inefficiency constrain firm productivity? Evidence from Italian provinces," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 27(4), pages 1019-1049, August.

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