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  1. Is cooperation cost reducing? An analysis of public–public partnerships and inter-municipal cooperation in Brazilian local government

    Article • Local Government Studies, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Hugo Consciência Silvestre, Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  2. PPP project procurement model selection in China: does it matter?

    Article • Construction Management and Economics, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  3. Economies of scope in Portuguese local government using an augmented Hicks–Moorsteen approach

    Article • Regional Studies, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  4. Regulatory Impact Assessment

    Article • Water Policy, January 2017, IWA Publishing

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques, Bruno Carvalho

  5. Identifying congestion levels, sources and determinants on intensive care units: the Portuguese case

    Article • Health Care Management Science, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  6. Redrafting Water Governance

    Article • Utilities Policy, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques, Dr Francisco Silva Pinto

  7. Water services performance: do operational environment and quality factors count?

    Article • Urban Water Journal, November 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques, Dr Francisco Silva Pinto

  8. Comparing efficiency of holding business model and individual management model of airports

    Article • Journal of Air Transport Management, October 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  9. Malmquist and Hicks–Moorsteen Productivity Indexes for Clusters Performance Evaluation

    Article • International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making, September 2016, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  10. What Really Matters Concerning Local Government Evaluation: Community Sustainability

    Article • Lex localis - Journal of Local Self Government, August 2016, Institut Za Lokalno Samoupravo in Javna Narocila Maribor

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  11. Structuring composite local governance indicators

    Article • Policy Studies, July 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  12. Willingness to pay for the water supply service in Cape Verde – how far can it go?

    Article • Water Science & Technology Water Supply, June 2016, IWA Publishing

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  13. Computing Economies of Scope Using Robust Partial Frontier Nonparametric Methods

    Article • Water, March 2016, MDPI AG

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  14. Tariff Suitability Framework for Water Supply Services

    Article • Water Resources Management, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques, Dr Francisco Silva Pinto

  15. Assessing the sustainability of water companies: A synthetic indicator approach

    Article • Ecological Indicators, February 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  16. Estimating size and scope economies in the Portuguese water sector using the Bayesian stochastic frontier analysis

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, February 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  17. Measuring the sustainability of urban water services

    Article • Environmental Science & Policy, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  18. Road-Network Development in Quickly Growing Economies: Brazilian Case Study MG-050

    Article • Journal of Infrastructure Systems, December 2015, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  19. PPP arrangements in the Brazilian water sector: a double-edged sword

    Article • Water Policy, September 2015, IWA Publishing

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  20. Tariff recommendations: A Panacea for the Portuguese water sector?

    Article • Utilities Policy, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Francisco Silva Pinto, Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  21. Contingent valuation method applied to waste management

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, June 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  22. Erratum for “Empirical Evidence for Renegotiation of PPP Contracts in the Road Sector” by Carlos Oliveira Cruz, Rui Cunha Marques, and Pedro Cardoso

    Article • Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, May 2015, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  23. Is bigger better? An empirical analysis of waste management in New South Wales

    Article • Waste Management, May 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  24. Tariff Structures for water and sanitation urban households: a primer

    Article • Water Policy, April 2015, IWA Publishing

    Dr Francisco Silva Pinto, Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  25. The most efficient clusters of Brazilian water companies

    Article • Water Policy, March 2015, IWA Publishing

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  26. Real Options in Infrastructure: Revisiting the Literature

    Article • Journal of Infrastructure Systems, March 2015, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  27. Economic-financial analysis of the Italian packaging waste management system from a local authority's perspective

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  28. Rocky Road of Urban Transportation Contracts

    Article • Journal of Management in Engineering, September 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  29. Análise econômica do sistema da reciclagem em Portugal

    Article • Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental, September 2014, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  30. Scorecards for sustainable local governments

    Article • Cities, August 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  31. Cost efficiency of Portuguese hotels in the Algarve: a comparative analysis using mathematical and econometric approaches

    Article • Tourism Economics, August 2014, SAGE Publications

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  32. Maximizing the value for money of PPP arrangements through flexibility: An application to airports

    Article • Journal of Air Transport Management, July 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  33. Estimating Size and Scope Economies in the Portuguese Water Sector Using the Most Appropriate Functional Form

    Article • The Engineering Economist, June 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  34. Should inpatients be adjusted by their complexity and severity for efficiency assessment? Evidence from Portugal

    Article • Health Care Management Science, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  35. The influence of the operational environment on efficiency of international airports

    Article • Journal of Advanced Transportation, May 2014, Wiley

    Rui Marques, Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  36. Nonparametric Benchmarking of Japanese Water Utilities: Institutional and Environmental Factors Affecting Efficiency

    Article • Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, May 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  37. Revisiting the determinants of local government performance

    Article • Omega, April 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  38. Computing economies of vertical integration, economies of scope and economies of scale using partial frontier nonparametric methods

    Article • European Journal of Operational Research, April 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  39. Costs and benefits of packaging waste recycling systems

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, April 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  40. Economic viability of packaging waste recycling systems: A comparison between Belgium and Portugal

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, April 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  41. Environmental, economic and social costs and benefits of a packaging waste management system: A Portuguese case study

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, April 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  42. Did the corporatization of Portuguese hospitals significantly change their productivity?

    Article • The European Journal of Health Economics, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  43. Mixed companies as local utilities

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer, March 2014, ICE Publishing

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  44. Packaging waste recycling in Europe: Is the industry paying for it?

    Article • Waste Management, February 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  45. Economies of size and density in municipal solid waste recycling in Portugal

    Article • Waste Management, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  46. Theoretical Considerations on Quantitative PPP Viability Analysis

    Article • Journal of Management in Engineering, January 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  47. Efficiency performance of the Algarve hotels using a revenue function

    Article • International Journal of Hospitality Management, December 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  48. Integrating Infrastructure and Clinical Management in PPPs for Health Care

    Article • Journal of Management in Engineering, October 2013, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  49. Exogenous Determinants for Renegotiating Public Infrastructure Concessions: Evidence from Portugal

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, September 2013, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  50. Public–Private Partnerships: Infrastructure, Transportation and Local Services

    Article • Local Government Studies, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel, Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  51. Efficiency and its determinants in Portuguese hotels in the Algarve

    Article • Tourism Management, June 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  52. The Market Structure of Urban Solid Waste Services: How Different Models Lead to Different Results

    Article • Local Government Studies, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  53. Endogenous Determinants for Renegotiating Concessions: Evidence from Local Infrastructure

    Article • Local Government Studies, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  54. Regulação do serviço de resíduos sólidos em Portugal

    Article • Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental, June 2013, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  55. New development: The challenges of designing municipal governance indicators

    Article • Public Money & Management, May 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  56. Managing Public Utilities: Lessons from Florida

    Article • Lex localis - Journal of Local Self Government, April 2013, Institut Za Lokalno Samoupravo in Javna Narocila Maribor

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  57. Flexible contracts to cope with uncertainty in public–private partnerships

    Article • International Journal of Project Management, April 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  58. Risk-Sharing in Highway Concessions: Contractual Diversity in Portugal

    Article • Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, April 2013, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  59. Introduction

    Article • Utilities Policy, March 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  60. Using the Economic and Financial Reequilibrium Model to Decrease Infrastructure Contract Incompleteness

    Article • Journal of Infrastructure Systems, March 2013, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  61. Disentangling the cost efficiency of jointly provided water and wastewater services

    Article • Utilities Policy, March 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  62. Renegotiation

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  63. Contract Management

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  64. Introduction

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  65. Contractual Flexibility

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  66. Conclusions

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  67. Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  68. Public Sector Comparator

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  69. The hurdles of local governments with PPP contracts in the waste sector

    Article • Environment and Planning C Government and Policy, January 2013, SAGE Publications

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  70. Delivering Local Infrastructure through PPPs: Evidence from the School Sector

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, December 2012, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  71. Economic cost recovery in the recycling of packaging waste: the case of Portugal

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, December 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  72. Water sector regulation in small island developing states: an application to Cape Verde

    Article • Water Policy, October 2012, IWA Publishing

    Rui Marques, Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  73. Assessing and exploring (in)efficiency in Portuguese recycling systems using non-parametric methods

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, October 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  74. Performance assessment of refuse collection services using robust efficiency measures

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, October 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  75. Estimating the efficiency of Portuguese hospitals using an appropriate production technology

    Article • International Transactions in Operational Research, September 2012, Wiley

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  76. On the economic performance of the waste sector. A literature review

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, September 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  77. Using Probabilistic Methods to Estimate the Public Sector Comparator

    Article • Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, July 2012, Wiley

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  78. Risk-Sharing in Seaport Terminal Concessions

    Article • Transport Reviews, July 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Rui Marques, Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  79. Influence of regulation on the productivity of waste utilities. What can we learn with the Portuguese experience?

    Article • Waste Management, June 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  80. A meta-regression analysis of benchmarking studies on water utilities market structure

    Article • Utilities Policy, June 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  81. Measuring the efficiency of water utilities: a cross-national comparison between Portugal and Italy

    Article • Water Policy, April 2012, IWA Publishing

    Giulia Romano, Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  82. MIXED COMPANIES AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE: NO MAN CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS

    Article • Public Administration, January 2012, Wiley

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  83. Using non-parametric technologies to estimate returns to scale in the Iberian and international seaports

    Article • International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics, January 2012, Inderscience Publishers

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  84. Risks, Contracts, and Private-Sector Participation in Infrastructure

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, November 2011, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  85. The influence of the operational environment on the efficiency of water utilities

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, October 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  86. Special Issue on: “Water utility regulation in developed countries”

    Article • Utilities Policy, September 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  87. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP CONTRACTS: A TALE OF TWO CITIES WITH DIFFERENT CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS

    Article • Public Administration, July 2011, Wiley

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  88. Gaming in a benchmarking environment. A non-parametric analysis of benchmarking in the water sector

    Article • Water Policy, June 2011, IWA Publishing

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  89. Is big better? On scale and scope economies in the Portuguese water sector

    Article • Economic Modelling, May 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  90. How does the operational environment affect utility performance? A parametric study on the waste sector

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, May 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  91. Contribution to the study of PPP arrangements in airport development, management and operation

    Article • Transport Policy, March 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  92. Together or separately? The efficiency and market structure of Portuguese airports

    Article • Journal of Air Transport Management, March 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  93. Viability of Municipal Companies in the Provision of Urban Infrastructure Services

    Article • Local Government Studies, February 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  94. Public–private partnerships for wind power generation: The Portuguese case

    Article • Energy Policy, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  95. Performance of European airports: regulation, ownership and managerial efficiency

    Article • Applied Economics Letters, December 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  96. Does performance evaluation help public managers? A Balanced Scorecard approach in urban waste services

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, December 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  97. Revisiting the Strengths and Limitations of Regulatory Contracts in Infrastructure Industries

    Article • Journal of Infrastructure Systems, December 2010, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  98. Acessibilidade e capacidade para pagar pelos serviços de água e de esgotamento sanitário em Portugal

    Article • Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental, December 2010, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  99. Performance of Portuguese water utilities: how do ownership, size, diversification and vertical integration relate to efficiency?

    Article • Water Policy, November 2010, IWA Publishing

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  100. Measuring the influence of congestion on efficiency in worldwide airports

    Article • Journal of Air Transport Management, November 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  101. Regulation of Water and Wastewater Services: An International Comparison

    Article • Water Intelligence Online, July 2010, IWA Publishing

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  102. Influence of Congestion Efficiency on the European Seaports Performance: Does It Matter?

    Article • Transport Reviews, July 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  103. Regulatory structures and operational environment in the Portuguese waste sector

    Article • Waste Management, June 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  104. Reform and regulation of the Portuguese rail sector. What has failed?

    Article • Utilities Policy, June 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  105. Market structure, privatisation and regulation of Portuguese seaports

    Article • Maritime Policy & Management, March 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  106. Academic rankings: an approach to rank portuguese universities

    Article • Ensaio Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação, March 2010, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  107. Incorporating heterogeneity in non-parametric models: a methodological comparison

    Article • International Journal of Operational Research, January 2010, Inderscience Publishers

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  108. Towards a benchmarking paradigm in European water utilities

    Article • Public Money & Management, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  109. Performance and congestion analysis of the portuguese hospital services

    Article • Central European Journal of Operations Research, December 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  110. Avaliação do desempenho dos serviços de resíduos urbanos em Portugal

    Article • Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental, June 2009, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  111. Comparison of regulatory models of higher education in Europe: the Portuguese situation

    Article • Avaliação Revista da Avaliação da Educação Superior (Campinas), March 2009, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  112. Governance and performance evaluation of the Portuguese seaports in the European context

    Article • International Journal of Services Economics and Management, January 2009, Inderscience Publishers

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  113. The yardstick competition regulatory model: discussing the Portuguese experience

    Article • Water Science & Technology Water Supply, December 2008, IWA Publishing

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  114. Does the sunshine regulatory approach work?

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, July 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  115. Airport regulation in Europe: Is there need for a European Observatory?

    Article • Transport Policy, May 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  116. Measuring the total factor productivity of the portuguese water and sewerage services

    Article • Economia Aplicada, January 2008, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  117. Comparing private and public performance of Portuguese water services

    Article • Water Policy, October 2007, IWA Publishing

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  118. Designing Incentives in Local Public Utilities: An International Comparison of the Drinking Water Sector

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  119. A yardstick competition model for Portuguese water and sewerage services regulation

    Article • Utilities Policy, September 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  120. Análise da variação da produtividade dos serviços de água portugueses entre 1994 e 2001 usando a abordagem de malmquist

    Article • Pesquisa Operacional, April 2006, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  121. MEASURING EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF WATER AND SANITATION SERVICES – A BENCHMARKING EXERCISE IN PORTUGAL

    Article • Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, January 2004, Water Environment Federation

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  122. Big and Beautiful? On Non-Parametrically Measuring Scale Economies in Non-Convex Technologies

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  123. Capturing the Environment: A Metafrontier Approach to the Drinking Water Sector

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  124. Water Sector Regulation in Small Island Developing States: An Application to Cape Verde

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  125. A Meta-Regression Analysis of Benchmarking Studies on Water Utilities Market Structure

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Professor Rui Cunha Marques