Publications
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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)
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. (2023). Efficiency of Italian Municipalities and Waste Regulatory Target (No. 2023018). Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
Available at UCL
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
In this section I enter which possible new ideas and projects I would like to develop. If you would ever like to collaborate on these topics/projects please write to me!
- Frontier analysis of the Electricity and Natural gas retail market in Italy
- Frontier analysis in the Waste sector
- Frontier analysis in the Water sector