Simone Di Leo, Phd

Simone Di Leo, Phd

Assistant Professor Not Tenure Track (RTD-A) at Sapienza University of Rome

Publications

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Waste Management studies

D’Adamo, I., Daraio, C., Di Leo, S. et al. (2024). A Flexible and Sustainable Analysis of Waste Efficiency at the European Level. Glob J Flex Syst Manag.
Available at GJFSM

Abstract

This paper analyses the waste management efficiency of European Union countries using a flexible nonparametric methodology known as directional data envelopment analysis (DEA). The study evaluates performance at the macro (country) level, considering waste generated as input, landfilled and incinerated waste as bad output and recycled waste as output. The analysis incorporates the heterogeneity and specificities of each country, with respect to social and economic sustainability, establishing specific and realistic targets for each country to achieve efficiency. The research introduces a flexible and innovative method for assessing waste management efficiency and provides new empirical evidence on European waste management, considering economic and social sustainability. The results reveal a significant disparity among European countries in both waste generation and waste recycling. Countries are categorised into five groups according to their level of efficiency, and Central European nations are observed to exhibit generally better performance. A pragmatic approach, based on clear collaboration among countries, could optimise the unique waste management characteristics of individual nations to enhance the overall efficiency of the European waste management system, contributing to a circular economy and sustainable development.

Daraio, C., Di Leo, S. & Simar, L. (2024). Viable eco-efficiency targets for waste collection communities. Sci Rep 14, 15038.

Available at SCI REP

D’Adamo I., Daraio, C., Di Leo, S., Gastaldi M. & Rossi E.N. (2024). Driving EU sustainability: Promoting the circular economy through municipal waste efficiency. Sustainable Production and Consumption 50, 462-474.

Available at SUS PROD

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Daraio, C., Di Leo, S. & Simar, L. (2024). Impact of a regulatory target and external factors on the waste efficiency of Italian municipalities. Waste Management & Research 0734242X241262698.

Available at WM&R

Electricity market studies

Di Leo, S., Chicca, M., Daraio, C., Guerrini, A., & Scarcella, S. (2024). A robust benchmarking of direct margin in Italy’s energy retail markets. Utilities Policy, 86, 101701.

Available at UP

Di Leo, S., Chicca, M., Daraio, C., Guerrini, A., & Scarcella, S. (2022). A Framework for the Analysis of the Sustainability of the Energy Retail Market. Sustainability, 14(12), 7320.

Full text (open access) available at Sustainability

Higher education studies (Universities)

Di Leo, S., Avenali, A., Daraio, C. et al. (2024). Climbing university rankings under resources constraints: a combined approach integrating DEA and directed Louvain community detection. Annals Oper Res

Available at ANOR

Avenali, A., Daraio, C., Di Leo, S., & Wolszczak-Derlacz, J. (2024). Heterogeneity of national accounting systems, world-class universities and financial resources: What are the links?. Journal of Informetrics, 18(2), 101502.

Full text (open access) available at JOI

Machine Learning Tool presented in the article available at ARWU Estimator

Bruni, R., Daraio, C., Di Leo, S., Ghamiloo, O., & Bianchi, G. (2023). An integrated dataset providing a landscape of the Italian Universities. Data in Brief, 48, 109163.

Full text (open access) available at DIB

Daraio, C., Di Leo, S., Iazzolino, G., & Laise, D. (2023). DEA, balanced scorecard and intellectual capital including the gender dimension: A comprehensive list of indicators. International Transactions in Operational Research.

Full text (open access) available at ITOR

Daraio, C., Di Leo, S. & Leydesdorff, L. A heuristic approach based on Leiden rankings to identify outliers: evidence from Italian universities in the European landscape. Scientometrics 128, 483–510 (2023).

Full text (open access) available at Scientometrics

Daraio, C., Di Leo, S., & Scannapieco, M. (2022). Accounting for quality in data integration systems: a completeness-aware integration approach. Scientometrics, 127(3), 1465-1490.

Full text (open access) available at Scientometrics

Daraio, C., Iazzolino, G., Laise, D., Coniglio, I. M., & Di Leo, S. (2022). Meta-choices in ranking knowledge-based organizations. Management Decision, 60(4), 995-1016.

Full text (open access) available at MD

Methodological Articles

Bruni R., Daraio C., Di Leo S.(2024). Flexible Techniques to Detect Typical Hidden Errors in Large Longitudinal Datasets. Symmetry 16(5):529.

Full text (open access) available at Symmetry

Avenali, A., Daraio, C., Di Leo, S., Matteucci, G., & Nepomuceno, T. (2023). Systematic reviews as a metaknowledge tool: caveats and a review of available options. International Transactions in Operational Research.

Full text (open access) available at ITOR

Datasets

Bruni, R., Daraio, C., Di Leo, S., Ghamiloo, O., & Bianchi, G. (2023). A multiperspective view of the Italian Universities. Mendeley Data, 48, 109163.

Dataset available at Mendeley Data

Bruni, R., Daraio, C., Di Leo, S. (2024), “A detection tool for longitudinal data specific errors applied to the case of European universities”, Mendeley Data.

Dataset available at Mendeley Data

Phd Thesis

Di Leo, S. (2024), Performance evaluation of public services with nonparametric frontiers.

Full text (Under emargo) available at IRIS

Working papers

Daraio, C., Di Leo, S., & Simar, L. (2024). Conical FDH Estimators of Directional Distances and Luenberger Productivity Indices for General Technologies (No. 2024009). Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).

Available at UCL

Contribution in University Course book

Realization of Chapter 23 and Chapter 24 and support for the correction of the other chapters for the book Daraio C, Lopresto L. (2023), I nobel per l’economia (1969-2022).

Possible new Research projects

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