Research

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

2025

*** Tan Y., Walheer B., On decomposing the energy rebound effect, Energy Economics.

***  Walheer B., Perelman S., Resource capacity and economic growth convergence,  Journal of Productivity Analysis.

2024

*** Mwaku J., Perelman S., Walheer B., Mapapa M., Effectiveness and efficiency of urban water access in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A panel directional approach, Environmental Science & Policy 160, 103837.

*** Walheer B., Agro‐climatic environment heterogeneity and productivity convergence. Journal of Quantitative Economics, 1-37.

*** Walheer B., Bigandi S., Have countries accumulated enough capital? A non-parametric approach. Applied Economics Letters, 1-7.

*** Tan Y., Walheer B., Stability and economic performances in the banking industry: the case of China, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 95, 326-345.

*** Walheer B., Meta-frontier: literature review and toolkit. Operational Research 24, 20.

*** Walheer B., A sequential benefit-of-the-doubt composite indicator. European Journal of Operational Research 316, 228-239.

***  Nsabiman R, Perelman S., Walheer B., Mapapa M., Effectiveness and efficiency in access to reliable electricity: the case of East African countries. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 93, 101898.

2023

*** Gautier A., Nsabimana R., Walheer B., Quality performance gaps and minimal electricity losses in East Africa, Utilities Policy 82, 101558.

*** Walheer B., One world several technologies ? A nonparametric test of club technology convergence, Applied Economics Letters 31, 1234-1242.

*** Walheer B., Meta-frontier and technology switchers: a nonparametric approach. European Journal of Operational Research 305, 463-474.

2022

*** Walheer B., Global Malmquist and cost Malmquist indexes for group comparison. Journal of Productivity Analysis 58, 75-93.

*** Lui F., Walheer B., Financial inclusion, financial technology, and economic development: A composite index approach. Empirical Economics 63, 1457-1487. 

*** Walheer B., Zhang L., Tourism productivity indicators in a multi-activity framework. Tourism Analysis 27, 233-236.

*** Walheer B., Cross-efficiency for advanced manufacturing technology selection: a multi-task approach, RAIRO-Operations Research, 56 (5), 3471-3490.

2021

*** Walheer B., A directional technology convergence index. Economics Bulletin 41, 1330-1337.

*** Walheer B., Labour productivity and technology heterogeneity. Journal of Macroeconomics 68, 103290.

2020

*** Walheer B., Output, input, and undesirable output interconnections in Data Envelopment Analysis: convexity and returns-to-scale. Annals of Operations Research 284, 447-467.

*** He M., Walheer B., Spillovers and path dependences in the Chinese manufacturing industry: a firm-level analysis. Journal of Development Studies 56, 817-839.

*** He M., Walheer B., Technology intensity and ownership in the Chinese manufacturing industry: A labor productivity decomposition approach. National Accounting Review 2, 110-137.

*** Walheer B., Zhang L., Yingchan L., Bidirectional technological spillover in the Chinese star-rated hotel sector: an empirical investigation. Economic Modelling 86, 210-226.

*** Walheer B., He M., Technical efficiency and technology gap of the manufacturing industry in China: Does firm ownership matter? World Development 127, 104769.

*** Perelman S., Walheer B., Economic growth and under-investment: a nonparametric approach. Economics Letters 186, 108824.

*** Walheer B., A sector-based nonparametric decomposition of economic growth.  Economics and Business Letters 9, 48-55.

2019

*** Walheer B., Dynamic directional nonparametric profit efficiency analysis for a single decision making unit: an aggregation approach. OR Spectrum 41, 1123-1149.

*** Walheer B., Input allocation in multi-output settings: nonparametric robust efficiency measurements. Journal of the Operational Research Society 70, 2127-2142.

*** Walheer B., Hudik M., Reallocation of resources in multi-divisional firms: a nonparametric approach. International Journal of Production Economics 214, 196-205.

*** Walheer B., Aggregating Farrell efficiencies with private and public inputs. European Journal of Operational Research 276, 1170-1177.

*** Walheer B., Disaggregation for efficiency analysis. Journal of Productivity Analysis 51, 137-151.

*** Walheer B., Disentangling heterogeneity gaps and pure performance differences in composite indexes over time: the case of the Europe 2020 strategy. Social Indicators Research 143, 22-45.

*** Walheer B., Scale, congestion, and technical efficiency of European countries: a sector-based nonparametric approach. Empirical Economics 56, 2025-2078.

*** Walheer B., Is constant returns-to-scale a restrictive assumption for sector-level empirical macroeconomics? The case of Europe. Applied Economics Letters 26, 231-236.

*** Walheer B., How foreign investments contribute to economic growth of industrial parks in China: a production-frontier decomposition approach. Applied Economics Letters 26, 281-285.

*** Walheer B., Malmquist productivity index for multi-output producers: an application to electricity generation plants. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 65, 76-88.

2018

*** Walheer B., Economic growth and greenhouse gases in Europe: a non-radial multi-sector nonparametric production-frontier analysis. Energy Economics 74, 51-62.

*** Walheer B., Zhang L., Profit Luenberger and Malmquist-Luenberger indexes for multi-activity decision making units: the case of the star-rated hotel industry in China. Tourism Management 69, 1-11.

 ***  Walheer B., Labour productivity growth and energy in Europe: a production-frontier approach. Energy 152, 129-143.

*** Walheer B., Aggregation of metafrontier technology gap ratios: the case of European sectors in 1995-2015. European Journal of Operational Research 269, 1013-1026.

*** Walheer B., Scale efficiency for multi-output cost minimizing producers: the case of the US electricity plants. Energy Economics 70, 26-36.

*** Walheer B., Decomposing the Europe 2020 index. Social Indicators Research 140, 875-905.

*** Walheer B., Cost Malmquist Productivity Index: an output-specif approach for group comparison. Journal of Productivity Analysis 49, 79-94.

*** Walheer B., Disaggregation of the Cost Malmquist Productivity Index with joint and output-specific inputs. OMEGA - The International Journal of Management Science 78, 1-12.

2016

 *** Walheer B., A multi-sector nonparametric production-frontier analysis of the economic growth and the convergence of the European countries. Pacific Economic Review 21, 498-524.

*** Walheer B., Growth and Convergence of the OECD countries: A multi-sector production-frontier approach.  European Journal of Operational Research 252, 665-675.

*** Cherchye L., De Rock B., Walheer B., Multi-Output Profit Efficiency and Directional Distance Functions. OMEGA - The International Journal of Management Science 61, 100-109.

2015

***  Cherchye L., De Rock B., Walheer B., Multi-output efficiency with good and bad outputs. European Journal of Operational Research 240, 872-888 .

Chapters in edited collective volumes

2015

*** Cherchye L., De Rock B., Walheer B., Reducing energy use without affecting the economic objectives: a sectoral analysis. The next generation of economic issues in energy policy in Europe, CEPR Press.