prof.dr. J.L. (José) Zofio

Guillen, M. D., Aparicio, J., Zofío, J. L., & España, V. J. (2024). Improving the predictive accuracy of production frontier models for efficiency measurement using machine learning: The LSB-MAFS method. Computers and Operations Research, 171, Article 106793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2024.106793

Pastor, J. T., Zofío, J. L., Aparicio, J., & Alcaraz, J. (2024). The flexible reverse approach for decomposing economic inefficiency: With an application to Taiwanese banks. Economic Modelling, 139, Article 106804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106804

Barbosa, S., Sáiz, P., & Zofío, J. L. (2024). The emergence and historical evolution of innovation networks: On the factors promoting and hampering patent collaboration in technological lagging economies. Research Policy, 53(5), Article 104990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.104990

Zofio, J. L., Aparicio, J., Barbero, J., & Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, J. M. (2024). Benchmarking performance through efficiency analysis trees: Improvement strategies for colombian higher education institutions. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 92, Article 101845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2024.101845

Pastor, J. T., Zofío, J. L., Aparicio, J., & Borrás, F. (2024). The standard reverse approach for decomposing economic inefficiency. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 75(4), 647-659. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2023.2198556

Rey-Blanco, D., Zofío, J. L., & González-Arias, J. (2024). Improving hedonic housing price models by integrating optimal accessibility indices into regression and random forest analyses. Expert Systems with Applications, 235, Article 121059. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.121059

Barbero, J., & Zofío, J. L. (2023). The measurement of profit, profitability, cost and revenue efficiency through data envelopment analysis: A comparison of models using BenchmarkingEconomicEfficiency.jl. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 89, Article 101656. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2023.101656

Pastor, J. T., Zofío, J. L., Aparicio, J., & Pastor, D. (2023). A general direct approach for decomposing profit inefficiency. Omega (United Kingdom), 119, Article 102889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2023.102889

Zofio, J. L., Aparicio, J., Barbero, J., & Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, J. M. (2023). The influence of bottlenecks on innovation systems performance: Put the slowest climber first. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 193, Article 122607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122607

Aparicio, J., & Zofío, J. L. (2023). Decomposing profit change: Konüs, Bennet and Luenberger indicators. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 87, Article 101573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2023.101573

Aparicio, J., Zofío, J. L., & Pastor, J. T. (2023). Decomposing Economic Efficiency into Technical and Allocative Components: An Essential Property. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 197(1), 98-129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10957-023-02188-2

Gallego, N., Llano, C., & Zofío, J. L. (2023). Transportation gateways and trade: how accessibility to the border shapes the spatial concentration of commerce. Regional Studies, 57(3), 537-559. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2094907

Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A., & Zofío, J. L. (2022). Endogenous Dynamic Inefficiency and Optimal Resource Allocation: An application to the European Dietetic Food Industry. European Journal of Operational Research, 303(3), 1444-1457. Article In press.

Bas, J., Zofío, J. L., Cirillo, C., Chen, H., & Rakha, H. A. (2022). 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, 164, 242-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2022.08.007

Sáiz, P., & Zofío, J. L. (2022). The making and consolidation of the first national trademark system: the diffusion of trademarks across Spanish regions, 1850–1920. Regional Studies, 56(2), 256-275. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1887472

Díaz-Lanchas, J., Zofío, J. L., & Llano, C. (2022). A trade hierarchy of cities based on transport cost thresholds. Regional Studies, 56(8), 1359-1376. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1967922

Vidal‑Meliá, L., Arguedas, C., Camacho-Cuena, E., & Zofío, J. L. (2022). An Experimental Analysis of the Effects of Imperfect Compliance on Technology Adoption. Environmental and Resource Economics, 81(3), 425-451. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-021-00634-1

Balk, B., De Koster, R., Kaps, C., & Zofío, J. L. (2021). An Evaluation of Cross-Efficiency Methods: With an Application to Warehouse Performance. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 406, 126261. Article 126261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2021.126261

Barbero, J., Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, JM., & Zofío, J. L. (2021). Is more always better? On the relevance of decreasing returns to scale on innovation. Technovation, 107, Article 102314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2021.102314

Zofío, J. L., González, J., Prieto, A., & Vicente, J. (2021). Modelling the spatial and sectoral benefits of productivity enhancing innovations using a transport oriented multiregional IO framework: the ‘megatruck’ in Spain. Economic Systems Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2021.1951178

Aparicio, J., & Zofio, J. L. (2021). Economic Cross-Efficiency. Omega, 100, Article 102374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2020.102374

Balk, B., Barbero, J., & Zofío, J. L. (2020). A Toolbox for Calculating and Decomposing Total Factor Productivity Indices. Computers and Operations Research, 115, Article 104853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2019.104853

Alvarez, I., Barbero, J., & Zofío, J. L. (2020). A Data Envelopment Analysis Toolbox for MATLAB. Journal of Statistical Software, 95, 1-49. https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v095.i03

Aparicio, J., Kapelko, M., & Zofío, J. L. (2020). The Measurement of Environmental Economic Inefficiency with Pollution-generating Technologies. Resource and Energy Economics, 62, Article 101185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2020.101185

Balk, B., & Zofío, J. L. (2020). Symmetric Decompositions of Cost Variation. European Journal of Operational Research, 185, 1189-1198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.02.034

Alvarez, I., Barbero, J., Rodríguez-Pose, A., & Zofío, J. L. (2018). Does institutional quality matter for trade? Institutional conditions in a sectoral trade framework. World Development, 106, 72-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.10.010

Barbero, J., Behrens, K., & Zofío, J. L. (2018). Industry location and wages: The role of market size and accessibility in trading networks. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 71, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2018.04.005

Edquist, C., Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, JM., Barbero, J., & Zofío, J. L. (2018). On the meaning of innovation performance: Is the synthetic indicator of the Innovation Union Scoreboard flawed? Research Evaluation, 27(3), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvy011

Gallego, N., & Zofío, J. L. (2018). Trade Openness, Transport Networks and the Spatial Location of Economic Activity. Networks and Spatial Economics, 18(1), 205-236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11067-018-9394-1

Condeço-Melhorado, A., Zofío, J. L., & Christidis, P. (2017). Drivers of changes in Spanish accessibility for the 1960–2010 period. European Transport Research Review, 9(2), Article 19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12544-017-0229-9

Alvarez, I., Barbero, J., & Zofío, J. L. (2017). A panel data toolbox for MATLAB. Journal of Statistical Software, 76(6), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v076.i06

Aparicio, J., Pastor, JT., & Zofío, J. L. (2017). Revisiting the Decomposition of Cost Efficiency for Non-homothetic Technologies: A Directional Distance Function Approach. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 48(2/3), 133-146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-017-0512-8

Aparicio, J., Kapelko, M., Pastor, JT., Barbero, J., & Zofío, J. L. (2017). Testing the Consistency and Feasibility of the Standard Malmquist-Luenberger Index: Environmental Productivity in World Air Emissions. Journal of Environmental Management, 196, 148-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.03.007

Aparicio, J., Pastor, JT., & Zofío, J. L. (2017). Evaluating productive performance: A new approach based on the product-mix problem consistent with Data Envelopment Analysis. Omega, 67, 134-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2016.04.007

Aparicio, J., Pastor, JT., & Zofío, J. L. (2017). Can Farrell's allocative efficiency be generalized by the directional distance function approach? European Journal of Operational Research, 257(1), 345-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2016.08.007

Alvarez, I., Condeço-Melhorado, AM., Gutiérrez, J., & Zofio Prieto, J. (2016). Integrating network analysis and interregional trade to study the spatial impact of transport infrastructure using production functions. Regional Studies, 50(6), 996-1015. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2014.953472

Zofio Prieto, J., & Maroto, A. (2016). Accessibility gains and road transport infrastructure in Spain: A productivity approach based on the Malmquist index. Journal of Transport Geography, 52, 143-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.03.008

Alvarez, I., Barbero, J., & Zofio Prieto, J. (2016). A spatial autoregressive panel model to analyze road network spillovers on production. Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, 93, 83-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2016.08.018

Barbero, J., & Zofio Prieto, J. (2016). The multiregional core-periphery model: The role of the spatial topology. Networks and Spatial Economics, 16(2), 469-496. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11067-015-9285-7

Aparicio, J., Pastor, JT., & Zofio Prieto, J. (2015). How to properly decompose economic efficiency using technical and allocative criteria with non-homothetic DEA technologies. European Journal of Operational Research, 240(3), 882.

Prieto, AM., Zofio Prieto, J., & Alvarez, I. (2015). Cost economies, urban patterns and population density: The case of public infrastructure for basic utilities. Papers in Regional Science, 94(4), 795-816. https://doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12096

Álvarez, I. C., Prieto, Á. M., & Zofío, J. L. (2014). Cost Efficiency, Urban Patterns and Population Density When Providing Public Infrastructure: A Stochastic Frontier Approach. European Planning Studies, 22(6), 1235-1258. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2013.778957

Aparicio, J., Pastor, J. T., & Zofio, J. L. (2014). How to properly decompose economic efficiency using technical and allocative criteria with non-homothetic DEA technologies. European Journal of Operational Research, 240(3), 882-891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2014.08.012

Zofio Prieto, J., Condeço-Melhorado, AM., Maroto, A., & Gutiérrez, J. (2014). Generalized transport costs and index numbers: A geographical analysis of economic and infrastructure fundamentals. Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, 67, 141-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2014.06.009

Aparicio, J., Pastor, JT., & Zofio Prieto, J. (2013). On The Inconsistency of the Malmquist-Luenberger Index. European Journal of Operational Research, 229, 738-743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.03.031

Jiménez-Sáez, F., Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, J. M., & Zofío, J. L. (2013). Who leads research productivity growth? Guidelines for R&D policy-makers. Scientometrics, 94(1), 273-303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-012-0763-0

Zofio Prieto, J., Aparicio, J., & Pastor, JT. (2013). The Directional Profit Efficiency Measure: On Why Profit Inefficiency is either Technical or Allocative. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 40, 247-266. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-012-0292-0

Jiménez-Sáez, F., Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, J. M., Zofío, J. L., & Castro-Martínez, E. (2011). Evaluating research efficiency within National R&D programmes. Research Policy, 40(2), 230-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2010.10.005

Arguedas, C., Camacho-Cuena, E., & Zofio Prieto, J. (2010). Environmental Policy Instruments: Technology Adoption Incentives with Imperfect Compliance. Environmental and Resource Economics, 47(2), 261-274. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-010-9375-4

Cuesta, RA., Knox Lovell, CA., & Zofio Prieto, J. (2009). Environmental Efficiency Measurement with Translog Distance Functions. Ecological Economics, 68, 2232-2242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.02.001

Paramio, JL., & Zofio Prieto, J. (2008). Labor Market Duality and Leisure Industries in Spain: Quality of Life versus Standard of Living. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 67(4), 683-717. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1536-7150.2008.00591.x

Prieto, AM., & Zofio Prieto, J. (2007). Network DEA Efficiency in Input-Output Models: With an Application to OECD Countries. European Journal of Operational Research, 178, 292-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2006.01.015

Zofio Prieto, J. (2007). Malmquist Productivity Index Decompositions: A Unifying Framework. Applied Economics, 39, 2371-2387. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840600606260

Zofio Prieto, J., & Prieto, AM. (2006). Return to Dollar, Generalized Distance Function and the Fisher Productivity Index. Spanish Economic Review = Revista Espanola de Economia, 8, 113-138. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10108-006-9004-0

Cuesta, RA., & Zofio Prieto, J. (2005). Hyperbolic Efficiency and Parametric Distance Functions: With Application to Spanish Savings Banks. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 24, 31-48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-005-3039-3

Prieto, AM., & Zofio Prieto, J. (2001). Evaluating Effectiveness in Public Provision of Infrastructure and Equipment: The Case of Spanish Municipalities. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 15, 41-58. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026595807015

Zofio Prieto, J., & Knox Lovell, CA. (2001). Graph Efficiency and Productivity Measures: An Application to U.S. Agriculture. Applied Economics, 33, 1433-1442. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840010009865

Zofio Prieto, J., & Prieto, AM. (2001). Environmental Efficiency and Regulatory Standards: The Case of CO2 Emissions from OECD countries. Resource and Energy Economics, 23(1), 68-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0928-7655(00)00030-0

García, M. I., Fernández, Y., & Zofío, J. L. (2003). The economic dimension of the Culture and Leisure Industry in Spain: National, sectoral and regional analysis. Journal of Cultural Economics, 27(1), 9-30. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021525019776