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Kristof De Witte

Kristof De Witte

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
41
Citations
6343
World Ranking
2203
National Ranking
24

Kristof De Witte publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kristof De Witte sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 233 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Kristof De Witte D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kristof De Witte sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kristof De Witte is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences through research and publication. Their work covers a range of social science topics, with a strong focus on education, economics, and operations research.

The scientist's research spans multiple subfields, including:

  • Education
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Accounting
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Political Science and International Relations

Key topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
  • Higher Education Governance and Development
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Local Government Finance and Decentralization

Their recent papers showcase a blend of methodological and applied research across diverse social science issues. Selected recent publications are:

  • "Fifty years of Data Envelopment Analysis," 2024, European Journal of Operational Research
  • "Puzzles of insurance demand and its biases: A survey on the role of behavioural biases and financial literacy on insurance demand," 2021, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance
  • "School Outcomes of Children Raised by Same-Sex Parents: Evidence from Administrative Panel Data," 2020, American Sociological Review
  • "The role of national culture in financial literacy: Cross-country evidence," 2020, Journal of Consumer Affairs
  • "Service level provision in municipalities: A flexible directional distance composite indicator," 2020, European Journal of Operational Research

The frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • European Journal of Operational Research
  • International Transactions in Operational Research
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Collaboration is an important aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Kenneth De Beckker
  • Francisco Pitthan
  • Tommaso Agasisti
  • Deni Mazrekaj
  • Giovanna D'Inverno

Best Publications

  • Efficiency in education: a review of literature and a way forward

    Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte;Laura López-Torres

  • Local governments' efficiency: A systematic literature review—part I

    Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá;Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte

  • Designing performance incentives, an international benchmark study in the water sector

    Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte;Rui Cunha Marques

  • COOPER-framework: A unified process for non-parametric projects

    Ali Emrouznejad;Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte

  • What explains the performance of students in a heterogeneous environment? Conditional efficiency estimation with continuous and discrete environmental variables

    Kristof De Witte;Mika Kortelainen

  • Evaluating efficient public good provision: Theory and evidence from a generalised conditional efficiency model for public libraries

    Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte;Benny Geys

  • Local governments' efficiency: a systematic literature review - part II

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  • Sizing the government

    Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte;Willem Moesen

  • Efficiency and equity in private and public education: a nonparametric comparison

    Laurens Cherchye;Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte;Erwin Ooghe;Ides Nicaise

  • Influential observations in frontier models, a robust non-oriented approach to the water sector

    Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte;Rui Cunha Marques

  • Big data and the measurement of public organizations’ performance and efficiency: the state-of-the-art

    Nicky Rogge;Tommaso Agasisti;Kristof De Witte

  • Direct democracy and local government efficiency

    Zareh Asatryan;Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte

  • Dropout from Secondary Education: all's well that begins well

    Kristof De Witte;Nicky Rogge

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

    Pedro Simões;Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte;Rui Cunha Marques

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

    Rui Cunha Marques;Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte

  • Citizen coproduction and efficient public good provision: Theory and evidence from local public libraries

    Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte;Benny Geys;Benny Geys

  • Does ICT matter for effectiveness and efficiency in mathematics education

    Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte;Nicky Rogge

  • The role of innovations in secondary school performance - Evidence from a conditional efficiency model

    Carla Haelermans;Carla Haelermans;Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte

  • Does school time matter?-On the impact of compulsory education age on school dropout

    Sofie J. Cabus;Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte

  • Urban water sector performance in Africa: A step-wise bias-corrected efficiency and effectiveness analysis

    Dorcas Mbuvi;Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte;Sergio Perelman

  • Efficiency in education: a review of literature and a way forward

    Kristof De Witte;Laura López Torres

Frequent Co-Authors

Wim Groot
Wim Groot Maastricht University
Tommaso Agasisti
Tommaso Agasisti Polytechnic University of Milan
Jill Johnes
Jill Johnes University of Huddersfield
Geraint Johnes
Geraint Johnes Lancaster University
Subal C. Kumbhakar
Subal C. Kumbhakar Binghamton University
Jan Van Damme
Jan Van Damme KU Leuven
Ali Emrouznejad
Ali Emrouznejad University of Surrey
Frederik Maes
Frederik Maes KU Leuven

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