Publications

Refereed Journals (JCR)

Socio-Economic Planning SciencesZofío, José L.; Aparicio, Juan; Barbero, Javier; Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel. (2024). Benchmarking performance through efficiency analysis trees: Improvement strategies for colombian higher education institutions. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 92(101845): 1-5.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2024.101845
Research PolicyBarbero, Javier; Diukanova, Olga; Gianelle, Carlo; Salotti, Simone; Santoalha, Artur (2024).
Technologically related diversification: One size does not fit all European regions
Research Policy, 53(3): 104973.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.104973
Spatial Economic AnalysisBarbero, Javier; Christou, Tryfonas; Crucitti, Francesca; García Rodríguez, Abián; Lazarou Nicholas-Joseph, Monfort, Philippe; Salotti, Simone (2024).
A spatial macroeconomic analysis of the equity-efficiency trade-off of the European cohesion policy
Spatial Economic Analysis, Forthcoming.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2024.2306948
Regional Studies
Barbero, Javier; Conte, Andrea; Crucitti, Francesca; Lazarou, Nicholas-Joseph; Sakkas, Stylianos; and Salotti, Simone (2024)
The impact of the recovery fund on EU regions: a spatial general equilibrium analysis
Regional Studies, 58(2): 336-349
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2123467
The Annals of Regional ScienceGianelle, Carlo; Guzzo, Fabrizio; Barbero, Javier; Salotti, Simone (2023).
The governance of regional innovation policy and its economic implications
The Annals of Regional Science. Forthcoming.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-023-01241-2
Industry and InnovationSantos, Anabela; Barbero, Javier; Salotti, Simone; Diukanova, Olga; Pontikakis, Dimitrios (2023).
On the road to regional ‘Competitive Environmental Sustainability’: the role of the European structural funds.
Industry and Innovation. 30(7): 801-823.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2023.2236048
Socio-Economic Planning SciencesBarbero, Javier, & Zofío, José L. (2023).
The measurement of profit, profitability, cost and revenue efficiency through data envelopment analysis: A comparison of models using BenchmarkingEconomicEfficiency.jl.
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 89(101656): 1-18.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2023.101656
Economic ModellingMarques Santos, Anabela; Barbero, Javier; Salotti, Simone; Conte, Andrea (2023).
Job creation and destruction in the digital age: Assessing heterogeneous effects across European Union countries.
Economic Modelling. 126(106405): 1-12.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2023.106405
Journal of Regional SciencePersyn, Damiaan; Barbero, Javier; Díaz-Lanchas, Jorge; Lecca, Patrizio; Mandras, Giovanni; Salotti, Simone (2023).
The ripple effects of large-scale transport infrastructure investment
Journal of Regional Science. 63(4): 755-792.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12639
Technological Forecasting & Social ChangeZofio, José Luis; Aparicio, Juan; Barbero, Javier; Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel (2023). The influence of bottlenecks on innovation systems performance: Put the slowest climber first.
Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 193(122607): 1-15.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122607
Journal of Common Market StudiesBarbero, Javier; Christensen, Martin; Conte, Andrea; Lecca, Patrizio; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; and Salotti Simone (2023)
Improving Government Quality in the Regions of the EU and its System-Wide Benefits for Cohesion Policy
Journal of Common Market Studies, 61(1): 38-57.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13337
The Annals of Regional ScienceBarbero, Javier; and Rodríguez-Crespo, Ernesto (2022)
Technological, institutional, and geographical peripheries: regional development and risk of poverty in the European regions
The Annals of Regional Science, 69, 311-332.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-022-01127-9
Regional StudiesBarbero, Javier; Diukanova, Olga; Gianelle, Carlo; Salotti, Simone; Santoalha, Artur (2022).
Economic modelling to evaluate Smart Specialisation: an analysis of research and innovation targets in Southern Europe
Regional Studies, 56(9), 1496-1509.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1926959
Transport PolicyPersyn, Damiaan; Díaz-Lanchas, Jorge and Barbero, Javier (2022)
Estimating road transport costs between and within European Union regions
Transport Policy, Volume 124, 33-42.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.04.006
TechnovationBarbero, Javier; Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel; Zofío, José L. (2021).
Is more always better? On the relevance of decreasing returns to scale on innovation
Technovation, Volume 107 (102314), 1-15.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2021.102314
Regional StudiesBarbero, Javier; Mandras, Giovanni; Rodríguez-Crespo, Ernesto; and Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2021).
Quality of government and regional trade: evidence from European Union regions
Regional Studies, 55(7), 1240-1251.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1873934
Regional StudiesMieszkowski, Krzysztof and Barbero, Javier (2021)
Territorial patterns of R&D+I grants supporting Smart Specialisation projects funded from the ESIF in Poland
Regional Studies, Volume 55(3), 390-401.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2020.1782877
Telecommunications PolicyAbeliansky, Ana Lucia; Barbero, Javier and Rodriguez-Crespo, Ernesto (2021)
ICTs quality and quantity and the margins of trade
Telecommunications Policy, Volume 45 (1), 102056.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2020.102056
Computers & Operations ResearchBalk, Bert M.; Barbero, Javier and Zofío, José L. (2020)
A toolbox for calculating and decomposing Total Factor Productivity indices
Computers & Operations Research, Volume 115 (104853), 1-23.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2019.104853
Journal of Statistical SoftwareÁlvarez, Inmaculada C.; Barbero, Javier and Zofío, José L. (2020)
A Data Envelopment Analysis Toolbox for MATLAB
Journal of Statistical Software, Volume 91 (3), 1-49.
http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v095.i03
The World EconomyBarbero, Javier and Rodriguez-Crespo, Ernesto. (2018)
The effect of broadband on European Union trade: A regional spatial approach
The World Economy, Volume 41 (11), 2895-2913.
https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12723
Research EvaluationEdquist, Charles; Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel; Barbero, Javier and Zofío, José L., (2018)
On the meaning of innovation performance: Is the synthetic indicator of the Innovation Union Scoreboard flawed?
Research Evaluation, Volume 27(3), 196–211.
https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvy011
Regional Science & Urban EconomicsBarbero, Javier.; Behrens, Kristian and Zofío, José L., (2018)
Industry location and wages: The role of market size and accessibility in trading networks
Regional Science and Urban Economics, Volume 71, pp. 1-24.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2018.04.005
World DevelopmentÁlvarez, Inmaculada C.; Barbero, Javier; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés and Zofío, José L., (2018)
Does Institutional Quality Matter for Trade? Institutional Conditions in a Sectoral Trade Framework
World Development, Volume 103, pp. 72-87.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.10.010
Aparicio, Juan; Barbero, Javier; Kapelko, Magdalena; Pastor, Jesús T. and Zofío, José L., (2017)
Testing the consistency and feasibility of the standard Malmquist-Luenberger index: Environmental productivity in world air emissions
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 196, pp 148-160.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.03.007
Journal of Statistical SoftwareÁlvarez, Inmaculada C.; Barbero, Javier and Zofío, José L, (2017)
A Panel Data Toolbox for MATLAB.
Journal of Statistical Software. Volume 76, Issue 6, pp 1-27.
http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v076.i06
Transportation Research Part AÁlvarez, Inmaculada C., Barbero, Javier, and Zofío, José L. (2016).
A spatial autoregressive panel model to analyze road network spillovers on production.
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 93(C), pages 83-92.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2016.08.018
Networks & Spatial EconomicsBarbero, Javier and Zofío, José L (2016)
The Multiregional Core-periphery Model: The Role of the Spatial Topology.
Networks and Spatial Economics, Springer US, Volume 16, Issue 2, pp 469–496.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11067-015-9285-7
Applied EconomicsÁlvarez, Inmaculada C. and Barbero, Javier, (2016)
The Public Sector and Convergence with Spatial Interdependence: Empirical Evidence from Spain.
Applied Economics. Volume 48, Issue 24, Pages 2238-2252.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2015.1117048

Working Papers and Technical Reports:

Not published in academic journals:

Lecca, P., Barbero, J., Christensen, M., Conte, A., Di Comite, F., Diaz-Lanchas, J., Diukanova, O., Mandras, G., Persyn, D. and Sakkas, S. (2018), RHOMOLO V3: A Spatial Modelling Framework, EUR 29229 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2018, ISBN 978-92-79-85886-4, doi:10.2760/671622, JRC111861.