This study examined the policy evolution of electricity price cross-subsidies in China from the perspective of industrial electricity utilization efficiency. Using the Price-gap Approach, Ramsey electricity prices and cross-subsidy amounts for the residential and industrial sectors from 2008 to...

Purpose - This study focuses on the evaluation of youth platforms as an important social incubator of the National Initiative for Human Development (NIHD) in Morocco, particularly to promote social entrepreneurship and support very small enterprises (VSE). Numerous social incubators have been...

Background In the rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing hospital operations by enhancing operational efficiency and patient care. This study focuses on the integration of AI in energy management within Italian hospitals and the role of energy...

The scope for increasing public spending to meet development needs in many developing and developed countries is limited by low revenue and/or high debt. Increasing the efficiency of spending is therefore crucial. This note presents a timely analysis on public spending efficiency in human and...

This paper provides nonparametric identification results for random coefficient distributions in perturbed utility models. We cover discrete choice and models of multiple purchases. We establish identification using variation in mean quantities. The results apply even when an analyst observes...

Most farms in the Global South are small family farms and supporting these in generating ideal profits is critical for reducing poverty. We study the state of Bihar, the poorest in India where approximately 100 million people source their food and income from farms smaller than two hectares. Our...

This work develops an inverse data envelopment analysis (Inverse DEA) framework for portfolio optimization, treating return as a desirable output and volatility as an undesirable output. Using 20 industry-level portfolios from the Taiwan Stock Exchange (1365 stocks; FY-2020), we first evaluate...