For these reasons, agriculture took advantage of big tax exemptions renewed until the end of 2013. The tax exemption of the sector is supposed to promote, attract and develop private investments. Actually, in the two last years, agricultural sector was the second one, after real estate, to...

Based on the Krugman (1991) model, the aim of this study is to analyse whether the adoption by Portugal of an exchange rate target zone regime in the context of the participation of the Portuguese escudo in the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) of the European Monetary System (EMS), allowed the...

In line with the EU strategy on smart and sustainable growth, increasing attention has been directed to Research and Development activities in the Czech Republic. Both public and private Gross Expenditures on R&D (GERD) have doubled between 2000 and 2008. Whereas the private sector still...