Co-supervision of Ph.D. students

• Sobrie, Léon,  Ghent University, 2020-2024.

• Men, Changyu,  IESEG-KU Leuven, 2021-2025.

• Oukassou, Ahmed-Youssef, IESEG-KU Leuven, 2021-2025.

• Xie Jiatian, IESEG - Lille Economie Management, 2023-2026.

In progress, close to (re-)submission (see also scholar.google): 

1. Cherchye, L., Demuynck, T., De Rock, B., Duprez, C., Magerman, G., Verschelde, M., Structural identification of productivity under biased technological change.

2. Men, C., Van den Broeke, M., Verschelde, M., Employee-centric operations: A review and future directions towards Industry 5.0.

3. Oukassou, A-Y., Parvulescu, R., Rogge, N., Verschelde, M., From outlier to sustainability identification in nonparametric performance analysis: a review and path forward.

Under review (see also scholar.google):

1. Cherchye, L., De Rock, B., Ferrando, A., Mulier, K. Verschelde, M., Identifying financial constraints from production data. Revise&Resubmit.

2. Nasini, S., Verschelde, M., Merlevede, B., Optimal transfer prices and technology in decentralized business groups. Revise&Resubmit.

Published papers (see also scholar.google):

1. Sobrie, L., Verschelde, M., Real-time decision support for human-machine interaction in digital railway control rooms. Decision Support Systems.  Accepted.

2. Sobrie, L., Verschelde, M., Roets, B., Explainable real-time predictive analytics on employee workload in digital railway control rooms. European Journal of Operational Research. Accepted.

3. Cherchye, L., De Rock, B., Saelens, D., Verschelde, M., Productive efficiency analysis with incomplete output information.  Journal of Productivity Analysis. Accepted.

4. Cherchye, L., De Rock, B., Saelens, D., Verschelde, M., Roets, B., (2024), Productive efficiency analysis with unobserved inputs: An application to endogenous automation in railway traffic management. European Journal of Operational Research. 313 (2), pp. 678-690. 

5. Sobrie, L., Verschelde, M., Hennebel, V., Roets, B., (2023), Capturing complexity over space and time via deep learning: An application to real-time delay prediction in railways. European Journal of Operational Research. 310(3), pp. 1201-1217. 

6. Dewitte R., Dumont M., Merlevede B., Rayp G., Verschelde M., (2020), Firm-Heterogeneous Biased Technological Change: A Nonparametric Approach under Endogeneity, European Journal of Operational Research, 283(3), pp. 1172–1182.

7. Atmaca S., Schoors K., Verschelde M., (2020), Bank loyalty, Social Networks and Crisis, Journal of Banking & Finance, 112(1), pp. 105269.

8. Roets B., Verschelde M., Christiaens J., (2018), Multi-output efficiency and operational safety: An analysis of railway traffic control centre performance, European Journal of Operational Research, 271, pp. 224-237.

9. Hennebel V., Simper R., Verschelde M., (2017), Is there a prison size dilemma? An empirical analysis of output-specific scale economies, European Journal of Operational Research, 262(1), pp. 306-321. 

10. Gavoille N., Verschelde M., (2017), Electoral competition and political selection: An analysis of the activity of French deputies, 1958-2012, European Economic Review, 92, pp. 180-195.

11. Dumont M., Rayp G., Verschelde M., Merlevede B., (2016), The contribution of start-ups and young firms to industry-level efficiency growth, Applied Economics, 48(59), pp. 5786-5801.

12. Verschelde M., Dumont M., Rayp G., Merlevede B., (2016), Semiparametric metafrontier efficiency of European manufacturing firms, Journal of Productivity Analysis, 45(1), pp. 53-69.

13. Rogge N., Simper R., Verschelde M., Hall M., (2015), An analysis of managerialism and performance in English and Welsh male prisons, European Journal of Operational Research, 241(1), pp. 224-235.

14. Verschelde M., Hindriks J., Rayp G., Schoors K., (2015), School staff autonomy and educational performance: within-school-type evidence, Fiscal Studies, 36(2), pp. 127-155.

15. Rogge N., Verschelde M., (2013), A composite index of citizen satisfaction with local police services, Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 36(2), pp. 319-342.

16. Verschelde M., D'Haese M., Rayp G., Vandamme E., (2013), Challenging small-scale farming: a non-parametric analysis of the (inverse) relationship between farm productivity and farm size in Burundi, Journal of Agricultural Economics, 64(2), pp. 319-242.

17. Verschelde M., Rogge N., (2012), An environment-adjusted evaluation of citizen satisfaction with local police effectiveness: Evidence from a conditional Data Envelopment Analysis approach, European Journal of Operational Research, 223(1), pp. 214-225.

Book chapters:

• Cherchye L., De Rock B., Estache A., Verschelde M., (2018), Efficiency measures in regulated industries: History, outstanding challenges and emerging solutions, 2018, Oxford Handbook of Productivity Analysis, eds. Griffel, Emili, Lovell, Knox and Sickles, Robin, Oxford University Press. Chapter 15, pp. 493-521.

Selected policy papers:

• Hindriks J., Verschelde M., L'école de la chance. Regards Economiques, 77, February 2010.