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Published Papers

  1. Vilarinho H., Pereira M. A., D’Inverno G., Camanho A. S. (2026). A composite indicator framework integrating regulator perspectives for assessing water service quality. OMEGA, vol. 138, 103435, ISSN: 0305-0483, doi: 10.1016/j.omega.2025.103435
  2. Osório, F. J., Barbosa, F., D’Inverno, G., Camanho, A. S. (2026). Aligning education systems’ achievements with strategic goals for European Union countries. ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH, ISSN: 0254-5330, doi: 10.1007/s10479-026-07102-3
  3. Durães M. J., Barbosa F., D’Inverno G., Ana S. Camanho (2026). Are European regions on the right track to achieve the 2030 strategic education and training targets? A comprehensive performance assessment. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES, vol. 103, ISSN: 0038-0121, doi: 10.1016/j.seps.2025.102390
  4. D’Inverno G., Polo C., Sicilia G., Simancas R. (2025). International differences in educational equity: An assessment using the Benefit of the Doubt model. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES, vol. 99, 102206, ISSN: 0038-0121, doi: 10.1016/j.seps.2025.102206
  5. Carosi, L., D’Inverno, G.a, Senante, M. M. (2025). Malmquist Productivity Index from a regulator’s perspective. ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH, ISSN: 0254-5330, doi: 10.1007/s10479-025-06507-w
  6. D’Inverno G., Santos J. V., Camanho A.S. (2024). An innovative benefit‐of‐the‐doubt approach for health system effectiveness: a global case study on amenable mortality. INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS IN OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, ISSN: 0969-6016, doi: 10.1111/itor.13551
  7. Pereira, M. A., D’Inverno, G., Camanho, A.S. (2024). Learning mobility in European higher education: How has the Union’s flagship initiative progressed?. ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH, ISSN: 0254-5330, doi: 10.1007/s10479-024-06195-y
  8. D’Inverno, G., Carosi, L., Romano, G. (2024). Meeting the challenges of the waste hierarchy: A performance evaluation of EU countries. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, vol. 160, 111641, ISSN: 1470-160X, doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.111641
  9. Cambini, R., D’Inverno, G. (2024). Rank-two programs involving linear fractional functions. DECISIONS IN ECONOMICS AND FINANCE, vol. 47, p. 299-325, ISSN: 1593-8883, doi: 10.1007/s10203-024-00444-2
  10. Vilarinho, H., Pereira, M. A., D’Inverno, G., Nóvoa, H., Camanho, A. S. (2024). Water Utility Service Quality Index: A customer-centred approach for assessing the quality of service in the water sector. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES, vol. 92, 101797, ISSN: 0038-0121, doi: 10.1016/j.seps.2023.101797
  11. Pereira, M. A. , Vilarinho, H, D’Inverno, G., Camanho, A. S. (2023). A regulatory robust conditional approach to measuring the efficiency of wholesale water supply and wastewater treatment services. UTILITIES POLICY, vol. 83, 101594, ISSN: 0957-1787, doi: 10.1016/j.jup.2023.10159
  12. Badunenko O., D’Inverno G., De Witte K. (2023). On distinguishing the direct causal effect of an intervention from its efficiency-enhancing effects. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, vol. 310, p. 432-447, ISSN: 0377-2217, doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2023.03.030
  13. Vilarinho H., D’Inverno G., Novoa H., Camanho A. S. (2023). Performance analytics for regulation in retail water utilities: Guiding asset management by identifying peers and targets. UTILITIES POLICY, vol. 82, 101559, ISSN: 0957-1787, doi: 10.1016/j.jup.2023.101559
  14. D’Inverno G., Vidoli F., De Witte K. (2023). Sustainable budgeting and financial balance: Which lever will you pull?. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, vol. 309, p. 857-871, ISSN: 0377-2217, doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2023.01.036
  15. Vilarinho H., D’Inverno G., Novoa H., Camanho A. S. (2023). The measurement of asset management performance of water companies. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES, vol. 87, 101545, ISSN: 0038-0121, doi: 10.1016/j.seps.2023.101545
  16. Mergoni A., D’Inverno G., Carosi L. (2022). A composite indicator for measuring the environmental performance of water, wastewater, and solid waste utilities. UTILITIES POLICY, vol. 74, p. 1-13, ISSN: 0957-1787, doi: 10.1016/j.jup.2021.101285
  17. D’Inverno G, Moesen W, De Witte K (2022). Local government size and service level provision. Evidence from conditional non-parametric analysis. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES, vol. 81, 100917, ISSN: 0038-0121, doi: 10.1016/j.seps.2020.100917
  18. Henriques, AA A., Fontes, M., Camanho, A. S., D’Inverno, G., Amorim, P., S., Jaime G. (2022). Performance evaluation of problematic samples: a robust nonparametric approach for wastewater treatment plants. ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH, vol. 315, p. 193-220, ISSN: 0254-5330, doi: 10.1007/s10479-022-04629-z
  19. D’Inverno G., Carosi L., Romano G. (2021). Environmental sustainability and service quality beyond economic and financial indicators: A performance evaluation of Italian water utilities. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES, vol. 75, p. 1-14, ISSN: 0038-0121, doi: 10.1016/j.seps.2020.100852
  20. D’Inverno G, Smet M, De Witte K (2021). Impact evaluation in a multi-input multi-output setting: Evidence on the effect of additional resources for schools. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, vol. 290, p. 1111-1124, ISSN: 0377-2217, doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2020.08.042
  21. Carosi, L., Camanho, A. S. , D’Inverno, G., De Witte, K., Riccardi, R. (2020). Preface to the special issue on performance measurement and efficiency analysis—theory and practice. DECISIONS IN ECONOMICS AND FINANCE, vol. 43, p. 409-412, ISSN: 1593-8883, doi: 10.1007/s10203-020-00313-8
  22. Belmonte A, Bove V, D’Inverno G, Modica M (2020). School infrastructure spending and educational outcomes: Evidence from the 2012 earthquake in Northern Italy. ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW, vol. 75, 101951, ISSN: 0272-7757, doi: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2019.101951
  23. D’Inverno G, De Witte K (2020). Service level provision in municipalities: A flexible directional distance composite indicator. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, vol. 286, p. 1129-1141, ISSN: 0377-2217, doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2020.04.012
  24. D’Inverno, Giovanna, Carosi, Laura, Ravagli, Letizia (2018). Global public spending efficiency in Tuscan municipalities. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES, vol. 61, p. 102-113, ISSN: 0038-0121, doi: 10.1016/j.seps.2017.01.006
  25. D’Inverno, Giovanna, Carosi, Laura, Romano, Giulia, Guerrini, Andrea (2018). Water pollution in wastewater treatment plants: An efficiency analysis with undesirable output. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, vol. 269, p. 24-34, ISSN: 0377-2217, doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.08.028

Books and Chapters

  1. D’Inverno, G., Cambini, A., Carosi, L., Martein, L. (2025). Principles of mathematics for economics and business. Torino:G. Giappichelli Editore Srl, ISBN: 9791221116052
  2. Cambini, A., Carosi, L., D’inverno, G., Martein, L. (2025). Fondamenti di matematica per l’economia e l’azienda. Torino:G. Giappichelli Editore Srl, ISBN: 9791221114942
  3. D’Inverno G., Carosi L., Romano G. (2025). Compliance with the waste hierarchy in the European Union: a comparative assessment. In: (a cura di): Romano Giulia, Waste Hierarchy in action. Italian and European Models for a Sustainable Future. p. 67-86, MIlano:Franco Angeli, ISBN: 9788835183266
  4. D’Inverno G., Carosi L., Romano G. (2025). Aderenza alla gerarchia dei rifiuti nell’unione europea: una valutazione comparata della compliance ambientale. In: (a cura di): Giulia Romano, Gerarchia dei Rifiuti in Azione Modelli italiani ed europei per un futuro sostenibile. p. 65-84, MILANO:Franco Angeli s.r.l., ISBN: 9788835182788
  5. D’Inverno G., Coppeta, G. F., Agasisti T., De Witte K., (2025). From Benchmarking to Reform: Evidence-based Strategies for Improving Education (in “Public Sector Performance Programme 2022-2025: An International Benchmarking Study Sub-Study 2025” published by European Institute of Public Administration EIPA. https://www.eipa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Eipa_Benchmarking-Study_2025.pdf
  6. Camanho, A. S., D’Inverno, G. (2023). Data Envelopment Analysis: A Review and Synthesis. In: (a cura di): Pedro Macedo Victor Moutinho Mara Madaleno, Advanced Mathematical Methods for Economic Efficiency Analysis: Theory and Empirical Applications. LECTURE NOTES IN ECONOMICS AND MATHEMATICAL SYSTEMS, vol. 692, p. 33-54, Cham:Springer, ISBN: 978-3-031-29582-9, ISSN: 0075-8442, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-29583-6_3
  7. Agasisti T., Cannistrà M., D’Inverno G., De Witte K., (2023). Education (in “Public Sector Performance Programme 2022-2025: An International Benchmarking Study” published by European Institute of Public Administration EIPA, ISBN: 978-90-6779-224-0), pp. 216–265.
  8. Smet M., D’Inverno G., Tierens H., Bargagli Stoffi F., De Witte K., (2021). De effectiviteit van het GOK-beleid (in “Verschillen in onderwijs. Streven naar excellentie en gelijke onderwijskansen” published by Politeia, ISBN: 9782509038692), pp. 255–276.

Working papers and policy reports

  1. D’Inverno G., Moesen W., Camanho A. S., De Witte K., (2025). The use of composite indicators in education: A tale of beauty contest and policy making, Policy Brief No. 13, EFFEct project
  2. D’Inverno G., Vidoli F., De Witte K. (2023). Sustainable budgeting and financial balance: Which lever will you pull? Policy Brief No. 1, DemoTrans project
  3. De Witte K., D’Inverno G., Smet M., (2018). The effect of additional resources for schools with disadvantaged students: Evidence from a conditional efficiency model. Steunpunt Sono Research Report

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