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Rotterdam School of Management (RSM Erasmus University), Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Erasmus University of Rotterdam), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2020

1. Estimating foreign and national trade elasticities in the EU internal market using Generalised Transport Costs
   JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis, Joint Research Centre (Seville site)
2. The Making and Consolidation of the First National Trademark System: Diffusion of Trademarks across Spanish Regions (1850–1920)
   Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG), Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

2019

3. A trade hierarchy of cities based on transport cost thresholds
   JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis, Joint Research Centre (Seville site) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article in Regional Studies (2022)
4. Economic Cross-Efficiency
   ERIM Report Series Research in Management, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam
   See also Journal Article in Omega (2021)
5. New Definitions of Economic Cross-Efficiency
   ERIM Report Series Research in Management, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam
   See also Chapter (2020)
6. The Decompositions of Cost Variation
   ERIM Report Series Research in Management, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam
7. The Measurement of Environmental Economic Inefficiency with Pollution-generating Technologies
   ERIM Report Series Research in Management, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam
   See also Journal Article in Resource and Energy Economics (2020)

2018

8. A Total Factor Productivity Toolbox for MATLAB
   ERIM Report Series Research in Management, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam View citations (1)
9. Does institutional quality matter for trade? Institutional conditions in a sectoral trade framework
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (48)
   Also in Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG), Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography (2017) View citations (3)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article in World Development (2018)
10. The Many Decompositions of Total Factor Productivity Change
    ERIM Report Series Research in Management, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam View citations (5)

2017

11. A primer on the theory and practice of efficiency and productivity analysis
    Efficiency Series Papers, University of Oviedo, Department of Economics, Oviedo Efficiency Group (OEG) View citations (4)
12. An Evaluation of Cross-Efficiency Methods, Applied to Measuring Warehouse Performance
    ERIM Report Series Research in Management, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam View citations (6)
13. Revisiting the Decomposition of Cost Efficiency for Non-homothetic Technologies: A Directional Distance Function Approach
    Efficiency Series Papers, University of Oviedo, Department of Economics, Oviedo Efficiency Group (OEG) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Productivity Analysis (2017)

2016

14. A Data Envelopment Analysis Toolbox for MATLAB
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History) View citations (11)
15. A spatial autoregressive panel model to analyze road network spillovers on production
    Efficiency Series Papers, University of Oviedo, Department of Economics, Oviedo Efficiency Group (OEG) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice (2016)
16. Environmental Productivity Change in World Air Emissions: A new Malmquist-Luenberger Index Approach
    JRC Research Reports, Joint Research Centre (Seville site)

2015

17. Industry location and wages: The role of market size and accessibility in trading networks
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in Regional Science and Urban Economics (2018)
18. Loss Distance Functions and Profit Function: General Duality Results
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History) View citations (1)
    See also Chapter (2016)

2014

19. Is the directional distance function a complete generalization of the Farrell approach?
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History)

2013

20. A Panel Data Toolbox for MATLAB
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Statistical Software (2017)
21. How to properly decompose economic efficiency using technical and allocative criteria with non-homothetic DEA technologies
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in European Journal of Operational Research (2015)
22. On the inconsistency of the Malmquist-Luenberger index
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History) View citations (40)
    See also Journal Article in European Journal of Operational Research (2013)
23. Trade margins, transport cost thresholds and market areas: Municipal freight flows and urban hierarchy
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History) View citations (11)

2012

24. The multiregional core-periphery model: The role of the spatial topology
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History) View citations (14)

2011

25. Decomposing generalized transport costs using index numbers: A geographical analysis of economic and infrastructure fundamentals
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History) View citations (1)

2010

26. The Directional Profit Efficiency Measure: On Why Profit Inefficiency is either Technical or Allocative
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Productivity Analysis (2013)
27. Urban patterns, population density and optimal city dimension: The case of public infrastructure
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History) View citations (1)
28. Who leads Research Productivity Change? Guidelines for R&D policy makers
    Papers in Innovation Studies, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History) (2010)

2009

29. Environmental Policy Instruments: Technology Adoption Incentives with Imperfect Compliance
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Environmental & Resource Economics (2010)

2008

30. Economías de aglomeración y cooperación económica a las inversiones en infraestructura básica de las entidades locales
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History)
31. The Evolution of the Labor Market and Leisure Industries in Spain: Quality of Life versus Standard of Living
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History)
    See also Journal Article in American Journal of Economics and Sociology (2008)

2007

32. Efficiency in Public Research Centers: Evaluating the Spanish Food Technology Program
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History) View citations (1)
33. Environmental Efficiency Measurement with Translog Distance Functions: A Parametric Approach
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History)
    See also Journal Article in Ecological Economics (2009)

2006

34. Malmquist Productivity Index Decompositions: A Unifying Framework
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History)
    See also Journal Article in Applied Economics (2007)

2005

35. Return to Dollar, Generalized Distance Function and the Fisher Productivity Index
    Working Papers in Economic Theory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Economic Analysis (Economic Theory and Economic History) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Spanish Economic Review (2006)

2003

36. Graph Efficiency and Parametric Distance Function with an Application to Spanish Savings Banks
    Efficiency Series Papers, University of Oviedo, Department of Economics, Oviedo Efficiency Group (OEG) View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Decomposing Economic Efficiency into Technical and Allocative Components: An Essential Property
   Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2023, 197, (1), 98-129
2. Transportation gateways and trade: how accessibility to the border shapes the spatial concentration of commerce
   Regional Studies, 2023, 57, (3), 537-559

2022

3. A trade hierarchy of cities based on transport cost thresholds
   Regional Studies, 2022, 56, (8), 1359-1376
   See also Working Paper (2019)
4. An Experimental Analysis of the Effects of Imperfect Compliance on Technology Adoption
   Environmental & Resource Economics, 2022, 81, (3), 425-451 View citations (2)
5. Endogenous dynamic inefficiency and optimal resource allocation: An application to the European Dietetic Food Industry
   European Journal of Operational Research, 2022, 303, (3), 1444-1457
6. Policy and industry implications of the potential market penetration of electric vehicles with eco-cooperative adaptive cruise control
   Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2022, 164, (C), 242-256
7. The making and consolidation of the first national trademark system: the diffusion of trademarks across Spanish regions, 1850–1920
   Regional Studies, 2022, 56, (2), 256-275

2021

8. An evaluation of cross-efficiency methods: With an application to warehouse performance
   Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2021, 406, (C) View citations (3)
9. Economic cross-efficiency
   Omega, 2021, 100, (C) View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (2019)
10. Is more always better? On the relevance of decreasing returns to scale on innovation
    Technovation, 2021, 107, (C) View citations (2)

2020

11. Symmetric decompositions of cost variation
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2020, 285, (3), 1189-1198 View citations (1)
12. The measurement of environmental economic inefficiency with pollution-generating technologies
    Resource and Energy Economics, 2020, 62, (C) View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2019)

2018

13. Does Institutional Quality Matter for Trade? Institutional Conditions in a Sectoral Trade Framework
    World Development, 2018, 103, (C), 72-87 View citations (53)
    See also Working Paper (2018)
14. Industry location and wages: The role of market size and accessibility in trading networks
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2018, 71, (C), 1-24 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
15. On the meaning of innovation performance: Is the synthetic indicator of the Innovation Union Scoreboard flawed?
    Research Evaluation, 2018, 27, (3), 196-211 View citations (18)
16. Trade Openness, Transport Networks and the Spatial Location of Economic Activity
    Networks and Spatial Economics, 2018, 18, (1), 205-236 View citations (4)

2017

17. A Panel Data Toolbox for MATLAB
    Journal of Statistical Software, 2017, 076, (i06) View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
18. Can Farrell's allocative efficiency be generalized by the directional distance function approach?Author-Name: Aparicio, Juan
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2017, 257, (1), 345-351 View citations (8)
19. Evaluating productive performance: A new approach based on the product-mix problem consistent with Data Envelopment Analysis
    Omega, 2017, 67, (C), 134-144 View citations (3)
20. Revisiting the decomposition of cost efficiency for non-homothetic technologies: a directional distance function approach
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2017, 48, (2), 133-146 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (2017)

2016

21. A spatial autoregressive panel model to analyze road network spillovers on production
    Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2016, 93, (C), 83-92 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2016)
22. Accessibility gains and road transport infrastructure in Spain: A productivity approach based on the Malmquist index
    Journal of Transport Geography, 2016, 52, (C), 143-152 View citations (4)
23. Integrating Network Analysis with the Production Function Approach to Study the Spillover Effects of Transport Infrastructure
    Regional Studies, 2016, 50, (6), 996-1015 View citations (5)

2015

24. Cost economies, urban patterns and population density: The case of public infrastructure for basic utilities
    Papers in Regional Science, 2015, 94, (4), 795-816 View citations (6)
25. How to properly decompose economic efficiency using technical and allocative criteria with non-homothetic DEA technologies
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2015, 240, (3), 882-891 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
26. Nueva metodología para la descomposición de los costes generalizados del transporte de mercancías por carretera usando la teoría económica de los números índice
    INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, 2015, (33), 123-134

2014

27. Cost Efficiency, Urban Patterns and Population Density When Providing Public Infrastructure: A Stochastic Frontier Approach
    European Planning Studies, 2014, 22, (6), 1235-1258 View citations (5)
28. Generalized transport costs and index numbers: A geographical analysis of economic and infrastructure fundamentals
    Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2014, 67, (C), 141-157 View citations (3)

2013

29. On the inconsistency of the Malmquist–Luenberger index
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2013, 229, (3), 738-742 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper (2013)
30. The directional profit efficiency measure: on why profit inefficiency is either technical or allocative
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2013, 40, (3), 257-266 View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
31. Who leads research productivity growth? Guidelines for R&D policy-makers
    Scientometrics, 2013, 94, (1), 273-303 View citations (4)

2012

32. Efectos macroeconómicos de un aumento de la demanda de bienes y servicios de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación en España: la cuenta satélite de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación 2005-2009
    Cuadernos de Economía - Spanish Journal of Economics and Finance, 2012, 35, (99), 182-197

2011

33. Evaluating research efficiency within National R&D Programmes
    Research Policy, 2011, 40, (2), 230-241 View citations (10)

2010

34. Environmental Policy Instruments: Technology Adoption Incentives with Imperfect Compliance
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2010, 47, (2), 261-274 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper (2009)

2009

35. Economías de escala, densidad y alcance en la provisión pública de infraestructura básica municipal
    Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, 2009, 190, (3), 59-94 View citations (4)
36. Environmental efficiency measurement with translog distance functions: A parametric approach
    Ecological Economics, 2009, 68, (8-9), 2232-2242 View citations (82)
    See also Working Paper (2007)

2008

37. Labor Market Duality and Leisure Industries in Spain: Quality of Life Versus Standard of Living
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2008, 67, (4), 683-717 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2007

38. Malmquist productivity index decompositions: a unifying framework
    Applied Economics, 2007, 39, (18), 2371-2387 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
39. Measuring Productive Efficiency in Input-Output Models by Means of Data Envelopment Analysis
    International Review of Applied Economics, 2007, 21, (4), 519-537 View citations (2)
40. Network DEA efficiency in input-output models: With an application to OECD countries
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2007, 178, (1), 292-304 View citations (40)

2006

41. Return to Dollar, Generalized Distance Function and the Fisher Productivity Index
    Spanish Economic Review, 2006, 8, (2), 113-138 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2005

42. Hyperbolic Efficiency and Parametric Distance Functions: With Application to Spanish Savings Banks
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2005, 24, (1), 31-48 View citations (34)

2004

43. Stock splits: Modelización de la gestión ambiental preventiva mediante estándares
    Investigaciones Economicas, 2004, 28, (1), 43-66 View citations (1)

2003

44. The Economic Dimension of the Culture and Leisure Industry in Spain: National, Sectoral and Regional Analysis
    Journal of Cultural Economics, 2003, 27, (1), 9-30 View citations (4)

2001

45. Environmental efficiency and regulatory standards: the case of CO2 emissions from OECD industries
    Resource and Energy Economics, 2001, 23, (1), 63-83 View citations (113)
46. Evaluating Effectiveness in Public Provision of Infrastructure and Equipment: The Case of Spanish Municipalities
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2001, 15, (1), 41-58 View citations (41)
47. Graph efficiency and productivity measures: an application to US agriculture
    Applied Economics, 2001, 33, (11), 1433-1442 View citations (31)

Books

2022

1. Benchmarking Economic Efficiency
   International Series in Operations Research and Management Science, Springer

Chapters

2022

1. A Final Overview: Economic Efficiency Models and Properties
   Springer
2. A Unifying Framework for Decomposing Economic Inefficiency: The General Direct Approach and the Reverse Approaches
   Springer
3. Conceptual Background: Firms’ Objectives, Decision Variables, and Economic Efficiency
   Springer
4. Introduction
   Springer
5. Shephard’s Input and Output Distance Functions: Cost and Revenue Efficiency Decompositions
   Springer
6. The Directional Distance Function (DDF): Economic Inefficiency Decompositions
   Springer
7. The Enhanced Russell Graph Measure (ERG=SBM): Economic Inefficiency Decompositions
   Springer
8. The Generalized Distance Function (GDF): Profitability Efficiency Decomposition
   Springer
9. The Hölder Distance Functions: Economic Inefficiency Decompositions
   Springer
10. The Loss Distance Function: Economic Inefficiency Decompositions
    Springer
11. The Modified Directional Distance Function (MDDF): Economic Inefficiency Decompositions
    Springer
12. The Reverse Directional Distance Function (RDDF): Economic Inefficiency Decompositions
    Springer
13. The Russell Measures: Economic Inefficiency Decompositions
    Springer
14. The Weighted Additive Distance Function (WADF): Economic Inefficiency Decompositions
    Springer

2021

15. The Estimation of Productive Efficiency Through Machine Learning Techniques: Efficiency Analysis Trees
    Springer

2020

16. New Definitions of Economic Cross-efficiency
    Springer View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (2019)

2016

17. Loss Distance Functions and Profit Function: General Duality Results
    Springer View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2015)

Editor

1. Cuadernos de Economía - Spanish Journal of Economics and Finance
   Asociación Cuadernos de Economía
2. Revista de Economia Aplicada
   Universidad de Zaragoza, Departamento de Estructura Economica y Economia Publica