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Urban expansion effects on real estate ecosystems: Identification and neutrosophic analysis of causal dynamics Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Inês C. Correia, Fernando A.F. Ferreira, Constantin Zopounidis, Neuza C.M.Q.F. Ferreira
Real estate ecosystems are the result of symbiotic relationships between different types of real estate, including residential, commercial, or industrial properties. Maintaining a balance among these categories is essential for these ecosystems’ ability to function properly. Real estate currently is largely a product of urban expansion caused by population increases and distances from primary-sector
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A statistical analysis of COVID-19 mortality dynamics: Unraveling the interplay between vaccination trends, socioeconomic factors, and government interventions in Brazilian states Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Jéssica Villar, Lucas Maddalena, Thaís de Abreu Camargo, Paula Medina Maçaira, Fernanda Baião, Fernando Luiz Cyrino Oliveira
The main challenges in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil included socioeconomic inequality among different states and the lack of consensus on the measures implemented to contain and prevent the pandemic. This study analyzes the dynamics of COVID-19-related deaths in Brazilian states associated with the evolution of vaccination trends, socioeconomic factors, and government interventions through
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A single-valued neutrosophic CIMAS-CRITIC-RBNAR decision support model for the financial performance analysis: A study of technology companies Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Karahan Kara, Galip Cihan Yalçın, Aslı Çetinkaya, Vladimir Simic, Dragan Pamucar
Financial performance stands as a fundamental performance indicator that reflects companies' current financial conditions, providing information to investors and stakeholders about companies' financial well-being. In this research, a decision support system is developed for identifying the financial performance of companies traded on stock exchanges. This decision support system is based on a multicriteria
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European agricultural sector: The tortuous path across efficiency, sustainability and environmental risk Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Anna Mergoni, Anna Rita Dipierro, Chiara Colamartino
This research aims at investigating the relationship between efficiency, sustainability, and environmental risk in the European agricultural sector. On the one hand, we assess whether efficiency and sustainability are complementary or competing targets; on the other, we explore to what extent environmental risk exposure can represent a motivation or a threat to promoting sustainability in the sector
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A practical optimization framework for political redistricting: A case study in Arizona Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Rahul Swamy, Douglas M. King, Ian G. Ludden, Kiera W. Dobbs, Sheldon H. Jacobson
Following the decennial census, each state in the U.S. redraws its congressional and state legislative district boundaries, which must satisfy various legal criteria. For example, Arizona’s Constitution describes six legal criteria, including contiguity, population balance, competitiveness, compactness, and the preservation of communities of interest, political subdivisions and majority–minority districts
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Planning for the optimal vaccination sequence in the context of a population-stratified model Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Jingwen Zhang, Xinwei Wang, Lili Rong, Qiuwei Pan, Chunbing Bao, Qinyue Zheng
We explore strategies for optimally controlling the pandemic through practical vaccination planning across different subpopulations, with the aiming of striking a balance between minimizing mortalities and conserving vaccines. To achieve this objective, the total population is categorized into four subpopulations: health workers, young individuals, middle-aged individuals, and the elderly, based on
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Benchmarking performance through efficiency analysis trees: Improvement strategies for colombian higher education institutions Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Jose Luis Zofio, Juan Aparicio, Javier Barbero, Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia
We introduce benchmarking analysis based on state-of-the-art machine learning techniques applied to the measurement of efficiency to assess the performance of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). We rely on Efficiency Analysis Trees (EAT) and its Convexified frontier counterpart (CEAT) to assess the efficiency of 144 private HEIs in Colombia and compare the results with those achieved with classical
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An empirical analysis of the effect of economic activity and COVID-19 restrictions on road traffic accidents in Italy Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Beatrice Biondi, Mario Mazzocchi
Road traffic accidents are one of the leading causes of death for the young segment of the population. Prevention strategies can mitigate the occurrence of road accidents, and successful actions should take into account the most relevant causes of accidents. We use a comprehensive dataset which reports information from police records on all road traffic accidents with injures and/or deaths in Italy
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Energy poverty as capacity deprivation: A study of social housing using the partially ordered set Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Chiara Grazini
The energy crisis generated by the Russia-Ukraine war has further highlighted the urgency of addressing energy poverty. A comprehensive understanding of its incidence, severity, and drivers is crucial to contrast its increasing diffusion effectively. This need is even more evident in the Italian social housing sector, characterized by the deep obsolescence of the building stock and the economic precariousness
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Measuring the impact of the EU health emergency response authority on the economic sectors and the public sentiment Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Daniel Felix Ahelegbey, Alessandro Celani, Paola Cerchiello
We present the main findings of an extensive quantitative analysis aimed at quantifying the correlated risk and the effects, on the most important economic sectors, of the Covid-19 pandemic and of a list of actions undertaken at the EU level. The considered data relates to the time series of equities and public sentiment of 89 top-listed companies from EuroStoxx 600. We show the relevant impact of
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Welfare maximization in stable sharing services Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Pietro Salmaso
We propose a model of sharing of public services among local governments. Our model is an application of Nicoló et al. (2023) and combines features of two models: assignment games (Shapley and Shubik, 1971) and the division problem (Sprumont, 1991). I show that the SAM algorithm provided in Nicoló et al. (2023) generates a stable allocation that maximizes utilitarian welfare when preferences are Euclidean
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Bank failure prediction models: Review and outlook Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Alberto Citterio
This paper presents a literature review of recent empirical contributions on bank default prediction. The topic has always been important in the banking and finance literature, but it gained increasing interest especially after the 2008–2009 global financial crisis. The significant consequences of bankruptcy cases have highlighted the need for managers and regulators to develop and adopt appropriate
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The humanitarian vehicle routing problem with non-routineness of trips Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Ibrahim Alturki, Seokcheon Lee
In this study, we address a pressing yet underexplored problem in humanitarian logistics (HLs), which is enhancing the safety and security of humanitarian personnel in conflict zones, through the introduction of non-routineness of trips in vehicle routing models. This research is critically justified, as evidenced by the alarming statistics from 2020, where over 100 road ambushes were reported, affecting
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An original approach to anomalies in intertemporal choices through functional data analysis: Theory and application for the study of Hikikomori syndrome Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Viviana Ventre, Roberta Martino, Salvador Cruz Rambaud, Fabrizio Maturo, Annamaria Porreca
The pattern of intertemporal preferences is related to critical behavioural aspects involving individuals' emotional and cognitive spheres. The characteristics of the discount function can provide a quantitative interpretation of pathological conditions, such as addiction, depression, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In the literature on intertemporal preferences, researchers commonly
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Governance forms of the pharmaceutical supply chain of Bogota, Colombia Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Rafael Guillermo García-Cáceres, Sergio Torres-Valdivieso, Adolfo del Razo-Hernandez
The present work analyzes the relation between governance forms and supply chain performance as mediated by transaction cost determinants. Based on the Transaction Cost Theory, the governance forms of the pharmaceutical supply chain of the city of Bogota (Colombia) are analyzed through their capability to minimize transaction costs at each link of the supply chain. The object of study was a sample
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Private entities motivations to participate in public-private partnerships Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Agnieszka Kopańska, Roman Osinski, Bartosz Korbus
The study explores the critical aspect of private entities' motivation to participate in crucial public projects through Public-Private Partnerships (PPP). The research provides significant theoretical and practical insights, grounded in Transaction Cost Theory and a unique database of PPP tenders in Poland for the 2009–2020. We examine the role of the legal form, payment model, project length, advisory
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A risk-averse stochastic optimization model for community resilience planning Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Tasnim Ibn Faiz, Kenneth W. Harrison
Community resilience planning is challenging as it involves several large-scale systems with interdependency, populations with diverse socio-economic characteristics, and numerous stakeholders. This study introduces a new optimization model to decrease a community's burden in developing viable alternative sets of decisions while considering costs and risks associated with uncertain hazard events. The
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Effects of environmental liability insurance on illegal pollutant discharge of heavy polluting enterprises: Emission reduction incentives or pollution protector? Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Juan Lu, He Li, Ran Yang
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Cost-effectiveness of a medication review intervention for general practitioners and their multimorbid older patients with polypharmacy Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Katharina Tabea Jungo, Paola Salari, Rahel Meier, Michael Bagattini, Marco Spruit, Nicolas Rodondi, Sven Streit, Matthias Schwenkglenks
Older adults with multiple chronic conditions and polypharmacy are at an increased risk of having adverse health outcomes, affecting quality of life and generating costs. Primary care has to be effective to guarantee excellent treatment to these patients, who are among the most vulnerable. This project aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of a tool aimed at improving general practitioners' (GPs)
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Combination of autoregressive graphical models and time series bootstrap methods for risk management in marine insurance Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Federico Carli, Elena Pesce, Francesco Porro, Eva Riccomagno
In this paper a methodology to assess risk by forecasting the trend of marine losses at a global scale is presented. The proposed procedure, which can be used to continuously update an insurance company’s costing model, identifies the most relevant risk indicators through Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGMs). The use of PGMs makes the variable selection more understandable since they provide a clear
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Home healthcare in Spanish rural areas: Applying vehicle routing algorithms to health transport management Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Cristian Castillo, Eduard J. Alvarez-Palau, Laura Calvet, Javier Panadero, Marta Viu-Roig, Anna Serena-Latre, Angel A. Juan
Depopulation of rural areas poses a range of new challenges for the provision of public services. Access to primary care centres is essential for promoting and protecting quality of life, especially for the older population. However, many rural municipalities face abandonment from public administrations by not even having a local clinic and forcing their dwellers to drive to the nearest facility. This
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Delphi-based scenarios and risk management: A parallelism between paths destined to meet Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Simone Di Zio, Mario Bolzan, Marco Marozzi, Manuela Scioni
The complexity that characterizes our current society expresses new, articulated and not always punctually classifiable problems. Traditional risk management processes are typically based on projections obtained from historical data and are not suitable to address new, unexpected or complex risks. A proactive and forward-looking approach to risk management should be followed, which can be defined as
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The government intervention effectiveness in promoting remanufacturing: Subsidy or remanufacturing target? Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Li Luo, Renbang Shan, Jie Xiang
Rapid resource consumption and rising environmental pollution have caught worldwide attention. Recycling and remanufacturing are widely recognized as one of the effective ways to address the above issues. However, due to the lack of government regulation, the recycling and remanufacturing industry has not developed well. Therefore, our study investigates the impact of two key government policies: recycling
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An optimization approach to improve equitable access to local parks Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Anisa Young, Emily L. Tucker, Mariela Fernandez, David White, Robert Brookover, Brandon Harris
Local parks are public resources that promote human and environmental welfare. Unfortunately, park inequities are commonplace as historically marginalized groups may have insufficient access. Platforms exist to identify the geographical areas that would benefit from future park improvements. However, these platforms do not optimize decisions nor include key features, such as budget and infrastructure
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School education development index: A meta-frontier range directional measure benefit-of-the-doubt model Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Rachita Gulati, Vincent Charles, Sunil Kumar
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The alternative ranking using two-step logarithmic normalization method for benchmarking the supply chain performance of countries Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Karahan Kara, Galip Cihan Yalçın, Vladimir Simic, Zeynep Baysal, Dragan Pamucar
Supply chain performance signifies the success of countries in material and information flow within international trade activities. Countries strive to enhance their supply chain performance by increasing connectivity with partner countries and reducing dwell times at logistics hubs. In this study, the supply chain performance of countries based on international tracking indicators is examined using
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Uncovering heterogeneous inequities induced by COVID-19 interventions: Evidence from three states in the U.S. Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Vysaaly Sivakumaar, Shakiba Enayati, Ekundayo Shittu
The debate surrounding the efficacy of the interventions stipulated at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic is still raging. Specifically, there are mixed reactions to the success of the interventions. Even when the response strategies were deemed satisfactory, there were still lingering perceptions of inherent systemic failures due to the inequity of the seeming success. The objective of this paper is
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Assessing the impact of hybrid teaching on students’ academic performance via multilevel propensity score-based techniques Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Alessandra Ragni, Daniel Ippolito, Chiara Masci
This study employs multilevel propensity score techniques in an innovative analysis pipeline to assess the impact of hybrid teaching – a blend of face-to-face and online learning – on student performance within engineering programs at Politecnico di Milano implemented in response to Covid-19 pandemic. Analyzing students’ credits earned and grade point average, the investigation compares outcomes of
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Government should be merciful or strict: Penalizing defaulting suppliers in emergency supply chains Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Xuanyu Wu, Min Yang, Liang Liang
The potential for profit-seeking suppliers in emergency supply chains (ESCs) to default and how to penalize defaulting suppliers has not been adequately discussed. In this paper, we construct an ESC consisting of a supplier and a government, in which the supplier pre-stocks supplies for the government for a pre-disaster contract period, and the government orders supplies from the supplier after the
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Wealth inequality and economic growth: Evidence from the US and France Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Laura Policardo, Edgar J. Sanchez Carrera
Economic inequality, in terms of income or wealth, is one of the most complex and perplexing challenges of our current capitalist economic system. While the dynamic relationship between income inequality and economic growth has been extensively investigated (since the beginning of the last century), the dynamic link between wealth inequality (or wealth concentration) and economic growth has been largely
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Municipal strategies, fiscal incentives and co-production in urban waste management Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Fabio Fiorillo, Elvina Merkaj
We present a theoretical model examining household, firm, and municipal strategies in urban waste management. The model incorporates co-production by households and firms and introduces a private collector as a municipal competitor in waste management. Households can only dispose of recycled waste through the municipal system, while firms can choose between municipal waste management and selling recycled
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Water dynamics and environmental social practice in a differential game Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Marta Biancardi, Gianluca Iannucci, Giovanni Villani
This paper investigates how socially and environmentally responsible practice influences the dynamics of a common aquifer and its impact on social welfare. We analyze a differential game between two firms, profit seeking (PS) and environmental corporate social responsibility (ECSR), that pump water to sell it to farmers. The profit of the PS firm is composed of revenues, extraction and taxation cost
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A holistic decision-making approach to assessing service quality in higher education institutions Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Aleyna Sahin, Gul Imamoglu, Mirac Murat, Ertugrul Ayyildiz
Service quality in universities significantly impacts student satisfaction, enrollment, and institutional reputation. This study presents a comprehensive methodology for evaluating university service quality by integrating political, economic, social, technological, and environmental (PESTE) factors with sub-criteria aligned with the dimensions of service quality (SERVQUAL): tangibles, reliability
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Is austerity good for efficiency, at least? A counterfactual assessment for the Italian NHS Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Calogero Guccio, Giacomo Pignataro, Domenica Romeo, Francesco Vidoli
In recent decades, austerity measures have been widely adopted in public healthcare systems, so as to cope with financial constraints. This paper assesses the impact of a specific austerity policy implemented in Italy since 2007, with the purpose of reducing the budget deficit of regional governments originated by an excessive healthcare expenditure, the so called Recovery Plans (Piani di rientro)
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Robustness analysis for imprecise additive value efficiency analysis with an application to evaluation of special economic zones in Poland Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-07 Anna Labijak-Kowalska, Miłosz Kadziński, Luis C. Dias
We introduce an algorithmic framework for investigating the robustness of efficiency analysis results in the presence of imprecise information about data and preferences. We employ an additive value efficiency model accepting ordinal and interval information about the performances of Decision Making Units and imprecision in the specification of input and output weights and the shapes of marginal value
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Decentralized exam timetabling: A solution for conducting exams during pandemics Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-06 Atiyeh Modirkhorasani, Pooya Hoseinpour
Traditionally, exams were scheduled into designated timeslots within a centralized campus. However, the outbreak of COVID-19 disrupted this practice, forcing universities to prioritize the safety of individuals during exams. In response, a shift to online assessments occurred, bringing forth new challenges such as academic dishonesty and inadequate infrastructure. This study presents a novel approach
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Fuzzy clustering of the healthy life expectancy decomposition: A multi-population analysis Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-06 Leonardo Salvatore Alaimo, Susanna Levantesi, Andrea Nigri
This work analyses healthy life expectancy, which combines information on the period life table with the age-specific disability prevalence data in a single indicator. We quantify how much mortality and disability contributed to changes in healthy life expectancy over a fixed time horizon by age group and population to understand if life expectancy is increasing faster than the decline of disability
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Income inequality convergence among EU regions Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Francesco Savoia
Economic inequality has increased in many EU countries in the past few decades. Yet efforts to assess regional disparities across the EU mostly concentrate on convergence in average per capita incomes, offering little analysis of how regional income is distributed. Using new data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) for 1989–2013, we test whether income inequality convergence has taken place among
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Water Utility Service Quality Index: A customer-centred approach for assessing the quality of service in the water sector Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Hermilio Vilarinho, Miguel Alves Pereira, Giovanna D’Inverno, Henriqueta Nóvoa, Ana S. Camanho
This work delves into the crucial role of service quality in the water supply and sanitation sector. Despite extensive research and implementation of quality management practices in this sector, a universally accepted definition of quality is still lacking, resulting in various service quality assessment procedures that are difficult to compare. To address this issue, the World Bank launched the ‘Utility
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Dual mode scheduling in volunteer management Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-30 Mariana Escallon-Barrios, Reut Noham, Karen Smilowitz
Nonprofit organizations have adopted online scheduling platforms that give autonomy to volunteers in the scheduling process. However, this strategy can create imbalances in task coverage, often requiring staff to fill the gaps. The aim of this study is to develop scheduling strategies to create a balanced schedule that effectively combines workforce types (paid staff and volunteers) while keeping volunteers
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Patient adherence in healthcare operations: A narrative review Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Hakan Kılıç, Evrim Didem Güneş
Patient nonadherence to healthcare providers’ recommendations is a major obstacle to desired health outcomes. It results in health deterioration and hospitalization, which might have been avoided with a high level of patient adherence. This paper reviews the literature addressing the issue of adherence in healthcare operations. A total of 73 published articles from operations research and management
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Goal-gradient point rewards can increase consumers' willingness to purchase poverty-alleviating products Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Fei Zou, Mei Yang, Yanju Zhou, Yaling Deng, Baiwei Xie
One of the ways to solve the world's poverty problem is by effectively marketing poverty-alleviating products. Some studies show that point rewards can increase consumer willingness to purchase products. In this paper, three types of rewards are designed: tournament point rewards, piece-rate point rewards, and goal-gradient point rewards. Based on the goal-gradient effect, warm glow effect, the psychological
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Suburban fertility and the role of local contexts in a Mediterranean country: A spatial exercise Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Barbara Ermini, Margherita Carlucci, Marianna Cucci, Kostas Rontos, Luca Salvati
Assuming spatial fertility as contextual to the development stage of a given region, this study formulates an interpretative framework integrating small-scale fertility variations with metropolitan cycles and economic downturns. Using spatial econometrics, spatial trends in a gross fertility rate were investigated along a sequence of economic expansions and recessions, distinguishing urban, suburban
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Natural disasters, stock price volatility in the property-liability insurance market and sustainability: An unexplored link Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 José-María Montero, Viviane Naimy, Nermeen Abi Farraj, Rim El Khoury
The close interrelationship between sustainability and natural disasters is both bidirectional and complex, holding paramount significance within the realm of the economics of natural disasters. The ravaging effects of natural disasters extend beyond the directly affected regions, influencing sustainability and impeding recovery efforts. The aftermaths are felt across economic sectors, making it imperative
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Multi-period state healthcare efficiency for heterogeneous parallel hospital units Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Kok Fong See, Nurhafiza Md Hamzah, Ming-Miin Yu
Healthcare delivery in public hospitals is operated and managed individually, while performance monitoring, budget and human resource allocation are administered through the Ministry of Health state offices, reflecting the dependency between the two decision units. The geographical distribution of hospitals varies within the states of Malaysia, which requires an efficiency measurement that assesses
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Implications of trust, preparedness, risk perceptions, and local context on deprivation costs and disaster relief planning Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Johanna Amaya, Ivan Serrano, Víctor Cantillo, Julián Arellana, Cinthia C. Pérez
Deprivation Costs Functions (DCFs) are key to designing effective relief distribution operations after disasters. In this paper, data are collected in Colombia and Ecuador to estimate DCFs for water and food, considering the influence of individuals' attitudes on preparedness, risk perception, and trust in response agents. Hybrid Choice Models are used to analyze and compare the estimated DCFs. The
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Does productivity change at all in Swedish district courts? Empirical analysis focusing on horizontal mergers Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Xiaoqing Chen, Kristiaan Kerstens, Mike Tsionas
This contribution is the first to compare the Malmquist and Hicks-Moorsteen productivity indices in the context of horizontal mergers of Swedish district courts during the period 2000-2017. It is also the first to calculate these productivity indices for convex and nonconvex nonparametric frontier specifications in courts under both constant and variable returns to scale. Moreover, a one-sample symmetric
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A two-stage stochastic game model for elective surgical capacity planning and investment Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Jorge A. Acuna, Daniela Cantarino, Rodrigo Martinez, José L. Zayas-Castro
Waiting for elective procedures has become a major health concern in both rich and poor countries. The inadequate balance between the demand for and the supply of health services negatively affects the quality of life, mortality, and government appraisal. This study presents the first mathematical framework shedding light on how much, when, and where to invest in health capacity to end waiting lists
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Sustainable development spillover effects among selected Asian countries: Analysis of integrated sustainability perspective Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Yao Liang, Xu Jin, Vahid Taghvaee
This study aims to investigate how different pillars of sustainable development in Iran interrelate with those in Russia and Saudi Arabia from the perspective of integrated sustainability. For this investigation, it assesses the spillover effects of sustainable development in these countries by estimating their sustainability elasticities. It maps the regional spillover effects between the sustainability
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Measuring productivity in networks: A game-theoretic approach Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 N. Allouch, Luis A. Guardiola, A. Meca
Measuring individual productivity (or equivalently distributing the overall productivity) in a network structure of workers displaying peer effects has been a subject of ongoing interest in many areas ranging from academia to industry. In this paper, we propose a novel approach based on cooperative game theory that takes into account the peer effects of worker productivity represented by a complete
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A novel decision support system for the appraisal and selection of green warehouses Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Michael Sandra, Samayan Narayanamoorthy, Massimiliano Ferrara, Nisreen Innab, Ali Ahmadian, Daekook Kang
Global warming is a prevalent issue across the world. In supply chains, warehouses contribute significantly to the increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Achieving carbon reduction within the warehouse is an issue that must be addressed in the design of a green warehouse. The objective of this research is to establish a hybrid fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making (F-MCDM) paradigm for assisting stakeholders
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Local government efficiency and economic growth: The Italian case Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-03 Francesco Perugini
This paper builds on the empirical literature that analyses the relationship between government efficiency and economic growth by investigating the link on a sample of about 3800 Italian municipalities. While the correlation has been explored at country or regional level, empirical studies at municipal or city level are virtually absent. This is a severe limitation given the numerous fiscal decentralization
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Does economic liberalization foster corporate investment? Theory and evidence from US and Canadian firms Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Alfonsina Iona, Leone Leonida, Michele Limosani, Dario Maimone Ansaldo Patti, Pietro Navarra
Prior studies have largely debated and demonstrated the positive effect of economic liberalization on economic growth, but they have not clarified how and to which extent economic liberalization affects corporate investment, the main driver of a country's economic growth. This paper investigates the relationship between economic liberalization and corporate investment by modelling the microeconomic
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Measuring participation in undeclared work in Europe using survey data: A method for resolving social desirability bias Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-02 Maria Felice Arezzo, Ioana A. Horodnic, Colin C. Williams, Giuseppina Guagnano
Measuring participation in undeclared work using surveys has been criticized for under-estimating the level of engagement due to social desirability bias that leads to an under-reporting of “bad” behavior. Until now, few studies have sought to quantify the amplitude of this bias in surveys of undeclared work. The aim of this paper is to fill this gap by using the most appropriate methodologies for
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Assessing the triage and efficacy of strategies of SAARC to improve regional integrity of South Asia using multicriteria group decision making under q-rung orthopair hesitant fuzzy environment Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-25 Souvik Gayen, Debamitra Banerjee, Arun Sarkar, Animesh Biswas
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) plays a crucial role in fostering regional integration and cooperation among the countries of South Asia. However, the organization faces various challenges in achieving its objectives due to the complex and dynamic nature of the region. This study aims to assess the triage and efficacy of strategies employed by SAARC in pursuit of regional
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Doubly multiplicative error models with long- and short-run components Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 A. Amendola, V. Candila, F. Cipollini, G.M. Gallo
We suggest the Doubly Multiplicative Error class of models (DMEM) for modeling and forecasting realized volatility, which combines two components accommodating long-run, respectively, short-run features in the data. Three such models are considered, the Spline-MEM which fits a spline to the slow-moving pattern of volatility, the Component-MEM, which uses daily data for both components, and the MEM-MIDAS
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Some considerations on assessing the importance of a coefficient Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Carmen Ramos-Carvajal, Elena Lasarte-Navamuel, Geoffrey J.D. Hewings
In input-output models, a technical coefficient is considered important when its variation causes significant changes in output, thus having great capacity to influence the economy. This concept of importance has limitations, some of which are resolved in this paper. Thus, a generalization of this concept is proposed by including in the analysis households as another sector to be considered. A new
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Comparative performance of Algeria's education districts: The Influence of colonial legacy through cultural capital Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Mohamed Touati-Tliba
This article aims to analyze the comparative performance of Algeria's education districts using a two-stage DEA methodology. Modeling their functioning as non-homogeneous parallel sub-unit production systems, districts are considered Decision-Making Units with three educational subunits. This type of modeling provides an overall regional efficiency analysis of the entire education sector. Furthermore
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Determining criteria weights with genetic algorithms for multi-criteria decision making methods: The case of logistics performance index rankings of European Union countries Socio-Econ. Plan. Sci. (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Hasan Emin Gürler, Mehmet Özçalıcı, Dragan Pamucar
One of the most critical metrics for evaluating countries’ logistics performance is the Logistics Performance Index (LPI). Although the LPI is an effective tool, it is also an index with some concerns regarding performance evaluation. The two main concerns with LPI are assuming equal criterion weights and ignoring operational logistics performance and macroeconomic indicators. To overcome these problems