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Working Papers

2009

1. Productivity evolution and Scale effects in Brazilian Electricity Distribution Industry. Evidence from 1998-2005 period
   Economic Reports, FEDEA View citations (3)

2008

2. How efficient are African Electricity Companies? Evidence from the Southern African Countries
   ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles View citations (30)
   See also Journal Article How efficient are African electricity companies? Evidence from the Southern African countries, Energy Policy, Elsevier (2008) View citations (28) (2008)
3. Impacto del sector privado en la eficiencia de los aeropuertos españoles
   Economic Reports, FEDEA
4. The evolution and main determinants of productivity in Brazilian electricity distribution 1998-2005: an empirical analysis
   Working Papers, FEDEA
   See also Journal Article The evolution and main determinants of productivity in Brazilian electricity distribution 1998-2005: An empirical analysis, Energy Economics, Elsevier (2009) View citations (43) (2009)

2004

5. Funciones de producción y costes y su aplicación al sector portuario. Una revisión de la literatura
   Documentos de trabajo conjunto ULL-ULPGC, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la ULPGC View citations (2)
6. Sources of Efficiency Gains in Port Reform: A DEA Decomposition of a Malmquist TFP Index for Mexico
   ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles View citations (51)
   See also Journal Article Sources of efficiency gains in port reform: a DEA decomposition of a Malmquist TFP index for Mexico, Utilities Policy, Elsevier (2004) View citations (50) (2004)

2003

7. A multi-output cost function for port terminals: some guidelines for regulation
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
8. Una función de costes multiproductiva para terminales portuarias. Algunas orientaciones para regular
   Documentos de trabajo conjunto ULL-ULPGC, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la ULPGC

Journal Articles

2021

1. Peruvian Electrical Distribution Firms’ Efficiency Revisited: A Two-Stage Data Envelopment Analysis
   Sustainability, 2021, 13, (18), 1-20

2019

2. Air emissions from ships in port: Does regulation make a difference?
   Transport Policy, 2019, 75, (C), 128-140 View citations (14)
3. Are larger and more complex port more productive? An analysis of Spanish port authorities
   Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2019, 121, (C), 265-276 View citations (6)
4. Explaining cruisers’ shore expenditure through a latent class tobit model: Evidence from the Canary Islands
   Tourism Economics, 2019, 25, (7), 1105-1133 View citations (4)

2017

5. External costs from vessel emissions at port: a review of the methodological and empirical state of the art
   Transport Reviews, 2017, 37, (3), 383-402 View citations (9)
6. Metafrontier analysis on productivity for West Coast of South Pacific terminals
   Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2017, 103, (C), 118-134 View citations (12)

2015

7. Can ports increase traffic while reducing inputs? Technical efficiency of Spanish Port Authorities using a directional distance function approach
   Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2015, 71, (C), 128-140 View citations (9)
8. Classifying Ports for Efficiency Benchmarking: A Review and a Frontier-based Clustering Approach
   Transport Reviews, 2015, 35, (3), 378-400 View citations (8)
9. Container port competitiveness and connectivity: The Canary Islands main ports case
   Transport Policy, 2015, 38, (C), 40-51 View citations (37)
10. Efficiency and performance in gas distribution. Evidence from Brazil
    Applied Economics, 2015, 47, (50), 5390-5406 View citations (13)
11. Environmental cost and eco-efficiency from vessel emissions in Las Palmas Port
    Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2015, 83, (C), 126-140 View citations (19)
12. Port-city exhaust emission model: An application to cruise and ferry operations in Las Palmas Port
    Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2015, 78, (C), 347-360 View citations (24)

2014

13. Drivers explaining the inefficiency of Peruvian and Chilean ports terminals
    Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2014, 67, (C), 190-203 View citations (18)
14. Efficiency and productivity changes for Peruvian and Chilean ports terminals: A parametric distance functions approach
    Transport Policy, 2014, 31, (C), 83-94 View citations (20)
15. The impact of demand uncertainty on port infrastructure costs: Useful information for regulators?
    Transport Policy, 2014, 33, (C), 176-183 View citations (9)

2012

16. Economies of scale and scope in service firms with demand uncertainty: An application to a Spanish port
    Maritime Economics & Logistics, 2012, 14, (3), 362-385 View citations (8)
17. Have Spanish port sector reforms during the last two decades been successful? A cost frontier approach
    Transport Policy, 2012, 24, (C), 73-82 View citations (13)

2011

18. Firm size and productivity. Evidence from the electricity distribution industry in Brazil
    Energy Policy, 2011, 39, (2), 826-833 View citations (43)
19. The Effect of Demand Uncertainty on Port Terminal Costs
    Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2011, 45, (2), 303-328 View citations (10)

2010

20. Explaining the inefficiency of electrical distribution companies: Peruvian firms
    Energy Economics, 2010, 32, (5), 1175-1181 View citations (6)
21. Productivity Change and Economies of Scale in Container Port Terminals A Cost Function Approach
    Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2010, 44, (2), 231-246 View citations (4)
22. Technical efficiency and productivity changes in Spanish airports: A parametric distance functions approach
    Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2010, 46, (2), 249-260 View citations (29)

2009

23. Are outsourcing and non-aeronautical revenues important drivers in the efficiency of Spanish airports?
    Journal of Air Transport Management, 2009, 15, (5), 217-220 View citations (33)
24. Measuring efficiency and productivity change (PTF) in the Peruvian electricity distribution companies after reforms
    Energy Policy, 2009, 37, (6), 2249-2261 View citations (39)
25. The evolution and main determinants of productivity in Brazilian electricity distribution 1998-2005: An empirical analysis
    Energy Economics, 2009, 31, (2), 298-305 View citations (43)
    See also Working Paper The evolution and main determinants of productivity in Brazilian electricity distribution 1998-2005: an empirical analysis, Working Papers (2008) (2008)

2008

26. How efficient are African electricity companies? Evidence from the Southern African countries
    Energy Policy, 2008, 36, (6), 1969-1979 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper How efficient are African Electricity Companies? Evidence from the Southern African Countries, ULB Institutional Repository (2008) View citations (30) (2008)
27. On the proper modelling of multioutput port cargo handling costs
    Applied Economics, 2008, 40, (13), 1699-1705 View citations (4)

2007

28. Econometric estimation of scale and scope economies within the Port Sector: a review
    Maritime Policy & Management, 2007, 34, (3), 203-223 View citations (6)
29. Firm and time varying technical and allocative efficiency: An application to port cargo handling firms
    International Journal of Production Economics, 2007, 109, (1-2), 149-161 View citations (25)
30. The European Port Industry: An Analysis of its Economic Efficiency
    Maritime Economics & Logistics, 2007, 9, (2), 148-171 View citations (30)

2005

31. Multioutput analysis of cargo handling firms: An application to a Spanish port
    Transportation, 2005, 32, (3), 275-291 View citations (13)

2004

32. Sources of efficiency gains in port reform: a DEA decomposition of a Malmquist TFP index for Mexico
    Utilities Policy, 2004, 12, (4), 221-230 View citations (50)
    See also Working Paper Sources of Efficiency Gains in Port Reform: A DEA Decomposition of a Malmquist TFP Index for Mexico, ULB Institutional Repository (2004) View citations (51) (2004)

Books

2019

1. La bendición o la maldición de los recursos naturales: un breve análisis empírico
   Libros de la CEPAL, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)

Chapters

2007

1. The Effect of Using Aggregated Output in the Economic Analysis of Cargo Handling Operations
   Springer