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{"title":"Sustainable planning of penal facilities through multi-objective location-allocation modelling and data envelopment analysis","authors":"Atıl Kurt,&nbsp;Mehmet Gumus","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102147","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102147","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The escalating population of inmates necessitates a substantial increase in penal facilities. Consequently, there arises a pressing need for strategic planning to identify the location and capacities of new penal facilities, along with the appropriate allocation of prisoners therein. This study proposes a solution methodology to address this imperative by considering multiple future periods and objectives. Specifically, the study examines three objective functions simultaneously based on the three dimensions of sustainability, delineated along economy, society, and environment. To operationalize this framework, a multi-objective mixed integer linear programming model is developed, and an iterative solution methodology is proposed to generate alternative solutions. The alternative solutions are created for two scenarios: exact and fractional assignment of prisons in cities. Subsequently, the efficacy of these alternatives is assessed through the application of super-efficiency and cross-efficiency data envelopment analysis techniques. In each of these scenarios, the most efficient solution among alternatives is identified as the final solution. The empirical data utilized in the study is sourced from real-world cases in Turkey. Comparative analyses of the solutions under each scenario offer valuable insights into their respective advantages and disadvantages, thereby contributing to a comprehensive understanding of the problem.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 102147"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143134561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social network of peer-to-peer accommodations for a visual decision support system in tourism: The case of the Canary Islands","authors":"Víctor A. Vargas-Pérez ,&nbsp;Oscar Cordón ,&nbsp;Manuel Chica ,&nbsp;Juan M. Hernández","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102145","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102145","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The peer-to-peer accommodation market has experienced significant growth in recent years, leading to increased competition and offer heterogeneity. This scenario presents challenges for investors and stakeholders, required to value the importance of differentiation and accommodations’ typology to ensure favorable profits and social impact. In this work, we examine the touristic accommodation market in the Canary Islands using real data from Airbnb and applying a novel network-based visual methodology. The data analysis methodology involves the creation and visualization of a network that places accommodations based on their similarity. Using community detection algorithms, we identify accommodation typologies, perform a descriptive analysis of the resulting clusters, and evaluate economic and exogenous variables. Nine accommodation types are found having key differentiating characteristics such as guest capacity, number of properties owned by the host, and managerial aspects (for example, cancellation policy). Clusters with higher economic benefits (characterized by a large capacity) are placed on the periphery of the visual map in contrast to common accommodation types, located in the center; thus showing the importance of differentiation. The accommodations’ typologies are not specific to a particular island, but are homogeneously distributed in the Canaries archipelago. The results emphasize the managerial advantage of this decision support system for investors and tourist managers in making informed strategic decisions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 102145"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143134559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perceived bidirectional coordination on disaster-induced health-related efforts among decision-making units","authors":"Samantha Shane Evangelista ,&nbsp;Charldy Wenceslao ,&nbsp;Rica Villarosa ,&nbsp;Fatima Maturan ,&nbsp;Nadine May Atibing ,&nbsp;Lanndon Ocampo","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102148","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102148","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study introduces a novel computational approach for inter-organization coordinated rescue and humanitarian efforts in mitigating disaster-related health impacts deployed in three interrelated phases. First, the fuzzy Stepwise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis is used to generate importance weights of the criteria defining coordination among decision-making units. Second, treating the criteria as layers of information, the hesitant triangular fuzzy sets handle information uncertainty, and the aggregation of such information obtains the proposed “perceived coordination index”. As a novel concept in this work, the proposed index describes the decision-making unit's directional willingness to coordinate with other units. Lastly, to encourage a more beneficial “give-take” relationship arising from the proposed index, the sorting method based on Additive Ratio ASsessment facilitates the establishment of bidirectional relations that mutually inform decision-making units on which of the other units they should build coordination. An actual case study among 21 municipalities in South Cebu, Philippines, demonstrates the deployment of the proposed framework. The results highlighted the significance of distance, frequency of communication, and collaborative training in disaster response and revealed top municipalities that are highly willing to collaborate, forming extensive networks with neighboring counterparts and four clusters of municipalities with high coordination potential. Findings of the sorting process revealed that the City of Talisay and the Municipality of Ronda possess the greatest number of collaborative networks, positioning them as key hubs for cooperation. The former is a city belonging to a high economic class with a well-established disaster risk and management office, while the latter is situated in a location easily accessible and close to other municipalities. Other municipalities prioritize regional partnerships, emphasizing the importance of customized disaster management strategies. These findings emphasize the role of geographical proximity in disaster preparedness and collaborative response efforts. Sensitivity analysis to changes in criteria importance and comparative analysis with other sorting methods reveal the robustness of the proposed framework.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 102148"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143134564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How does townships’ economic landscape affect urban–rural income inequality in China?","authors":"Rongrong Dou ,&nbsp;Bingrui Zhu ,&nbsp;Wei Chen ,&nbsp;Qiao Li ,&nbsp;Sun Zhang ,&nbsp;Wenzhe Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102150","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102150","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The grassroots economy has an important influence on in promoting the formation of regional economic ties to reduce inequality in urban–rural development, especially in developing countries. Township, as grassroots organizations, serve as conduits connecting rural and urban areas, receiving the economic radiation effects of urban development and influencing rural economies. It plays a significant role in promoting coordinated development between urban and rural regions. However, the impact pathways and effects of township economy on the coordinated development of urban and rural economy have not been effectively evaluated yet. We use data from 24,758 township units in 2017 to examine towns’ economic characteristics, selecting 312 prefecture-level cities to measure economic patterns and quantify TEL from absolute and relative perspectives to analyze the impact on urban–rural income gap. The results show that the impact of TEL on the urban–rural income gap is significantly heterogeneous in space. The higher level of urbanization and industrial development in townships, the more conducive it is to narrowing the urban-rural income gap. The urbanization of townships in the eastern region has a greater impact on the urban-rural income gap, while industrial development of townships in the western region has a greater impact on the urban-rural income gap. The high level multicenter TEL can alleviate the urban–rural income gap in places with large urban space, while a high level single-center TEL can narrow the urban–rural income gap in places with small urban space.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 102150"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143134504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Information acquisition, disclosure, and financing strategy in a capital-constrained supply chain","authors":"Lin Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102149","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102149","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We develop a supply chain including a manufacturer and a capital-constrained retailer to investigate the interaction between information acquisition strategy (acquisition/non-acquisition), information disclosure strategy (voluntary disclosure/mandatory disclosure), and financing strategy (trade credit financing/external financing). First, we study the optimal information acquisition strategy, and find that the capital-constrained retailer would acquire more accurate demand information when the information acquisition cost is below the threshold value, which is different under different financing options and information disclosure ways. Next, we study the optimal information disclosure strategy, and find that the capital-constrained retailer would disclose the acquired information when the market potential is below a threshold value. The capital-constrained retailer is more willing to acquire information under voluntary disclosure, and voluntary disclosure is profitable when the information acquisition cost is below the threshold value. Then, we study information acquisition incentive under different financing options, and find that the capital-constrained retailer under external financing is more likely to acquire more accurate demand information. Finally, we study the optimal financing strategy. We find that with information acquisition, trade credit financing is optimal if and only if the specified condition is satisfied under different information disclosure ways; while with information non-acquisition, trade credit financing is always optimal. We also employ a numerical method to validate the main results. These findings help the capital-constrained supply chain facing the uncertain demand market to improve operational efficiency.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 102149"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143134562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Data depth for mixed-type data through MDS. An application to biological age imputation","authors":"Ignacio Cascos,&nbsp;Aurea Grané,&nbsp;Jingye Qian","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102140","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102140","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>For a mixed-type dataset, we propose a new procedure to assess the quality of an observation as a central tendency. Next, we apply this technique to valuate the functional condition of a human organism in terms of its biological age, which is based on biomarkers, medical conditions, life habits, and sociodemographic variables. These records are of mixed type since they are made up by numerical and categorical variables. In order to evaluate the centrality of an observation in a mixed-type dataset, we obtain a Multidimensional Scaling representation and use some classical notion of multivariate data depth in an appropriate space. The biological age of an individual is finally assessed in terms of the age that would make it as deep as possible with respect to a sample of individuals of a similar age subject to it retaining all other features unchanged.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 102140"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143134563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strategies to control corruption in economic development: The role of government spending and public satisfaction","authors":"Shih-Yung Chiu ,&nbsp;Hsiu-Wan Hung ,&nbsp;Chih-Yu Yang ,&nbsp;Chiu-Mi Chen ,&nbsp;Yung-ho Chiu","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102144","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102144","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The current efforts of various countries to promote economic development bring income to the nation, used for various government expenditures to further social development. However, economic development often comes with issues related to government corruption and misconduct. This study collects variables related to economic and social development and applies the DN-SBM (Dynamic Network Slack-Based Measure) to analyze the economic development efficiency of 20 European Union member states (referred to as EU20) through a two-stage approach. This model considers intertemporal carry-over variables across different periods and evaluates the impact of corruption on overall national economic development, leading to a more objective assessment. Through empirical analysis, the study explores the influence of economic and social development on overall national economic development. Additionally, it further analyzes each variable using Total-Factor Social Efficiency (TFSE) to understand the reasons influencing national economic development. Empirical findings indicate that some countries are efficient in economic development but inefficient in social development (e.g., Belgium, Denmark), while others are efficient in social development but inefficient in economic development (e.g., Estonia, Finland, France, Poland). TFSE analysis reveals that GDP, security expenditure, and corruption affect citizens' subjective well-being in these countries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 102144"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143134560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unleashing efficiency potential: The power of non-convex double frontiers in sustainable transportation supply chains","authors":"Reza Farzipoor Saen ,&nbsp;Balal Karimi ,&nbsp;Amirali Fathi","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102143","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102143","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study introduces an innovative technique to assess the sustainability of transportation supply chains by incorporating a unique free disposal hull (FDH) approach within a network data envelopment analysis (NDEA) framework. Unlike traditional DEA models that often overlook Supply chains' internal complexities, our proposed model is specifically designed to capture the intricate network structures of decision-making units (DMUs). This work extends FDH applicability by introducing a double frontier model that enables evaluation under both optimistic and pessimistic sustainability scenarios. Additionally, our model uniquely handles undesirable outputs and non-discretionary inputs, providing a more comprehensive assessment of supply chain sustainability. To demonstrate its real-world relevance, we apply our model in a case study focused on the transportation industry, yielding insights into environmental, economic, and social performance aspects and uncovering potential areas for improvement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 102143"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143134443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Estimating potential economic savings of water utilities due to improvements on technical and allocative inefficiencies","authors":"Alexandros Maziotis ,&nbsp;Ramon Sala-Garrido ,&nbsp;Manuel Mocholi-Arce ,&nbsp;Maria Molinos-Senante","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102142","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102142","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research investigated both technical and allocative inefficiencies in water utilities, and its impact on production costs. Using the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) primal system, the study delved into the Chilean water sector between 2010 and 2017. Results showed an average technical inefficiency (TI) of 0.507 and allocative inefficiency (AI) of −0.417, indicating an overemphasis on capital over operational expenditures. The economic consequences of TI and AI were approximately US$ 1297 million and US$ 237 million per annum, respectively. On an individual scale, the increase on production costs due to TI and AI were estimated at 0.390 US$/m³, 0.471 US$/m³ and 0.038 US$/m³ for full private utilities, concessionary utilities and the public utility, respectively. The results of the study evidence the need for holistic efficiency assessments to avoid biased policymaking, illuminating the prevailing trend of favoring capital expenditures, and revealing potential economic benefits for consumers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 102142"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143134444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An integrative approach to reviewing the literature on judicial efficiency in Europe","authors":"Miguel Alves Pereira ,&nbsp;Luiza Bădin ,&nbsp;Kristiaan Kerstens ,&nbsp;Maria Conceição Silva","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102137","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2024.102137","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The law exists to regulate the behaviour of the members of its community. Economics exists to study the behaviour of individual or group economic agents in allocating resources for production, distribution, and consumption. Together, law and economics concern the application of economics to the practice of law, seeing the law as an economic efficiency-promoting tool for social purposes. Indeed, economic development and litigation have evolved hand in hand, which led to a growing difference between supply and demand with a direct impact on judicial efficiency. However, evaluating the functioning of judicial machinery has been addressed superficially in the literature. Furthermore, grasping the big picture of judicial efficiency in a structured way has never been attempted. Therefore, this integrative literature review investigates judicial efficiency within the European context by synthesising law and economics research. From over 6,500 articles, 50 were critically analysed, offering new perspectives for future research and policy implications on enhancing European judicial systems. This analysis concerned bibliographic data (e.g., 80% of the studies have been published over the last decade), application context (e.g., Italian courts are the most studied entities), model structure (e.g., Data Envelopment Analysis-based methods are the most used ones to measure judicial efficiency), and key findings (e.g., courts across Europe are very heterogeneous). In the end, we provide several renewed perspectives on judicial efficiency that can pave the way for the future of this topic.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 102137"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143134503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}