No presente artigo apresentamos a importância do processo empreendedor e uma resenha do empreendedorismo em Portugal e do seu posicionamento em termos internacionais. Analisamos os determinantes da intenção empreendedora de uma amostra de estudantes universitários do norte de Portugal a...

While financial statements are the primary source of information about a firm, they tend to be under earnings management practices, namely to avoid paying tax. Therefore, we aim to examine whether taxes still affect earning persistence in an era of prevalent digital information. For that...

Evidence of the asymmetric wealth effect has important implications for investors and continues to merit research attention, not least because much of the evidence based on linear models has been refuted. Indeed, stock and house prices are influenced by economic activity and react non-linearly...

The main source of financing is bank loans for Portuguese small and medium-sized entities (SMEs), which implies several constraints to obtaining additional funds. Relying on the argument of Positive Accounting Theory (PAT) that accounting choices are not neutral and on Agency Theory that...

We investigate whether accounting information system quality has an impact on the level and efficiency of firms' investments. While firms' growth depends on investment and financing decisions, accounting information is fundamental for the decision-making of several stakeholders. We assess the...

While financial statements are the primary source of information about a firm, they tend to be under earnings management practices, namely to avoid paying tax. Therefore, we aim to examine whether taxes still affect earning persistence in an era of prevalent digital information. For that...

The current economic context brings new challenges for all countries in order to take action for fiscal adjustment, as a reaction for decreasing of public revenues, through lowering the tax base and the capacity to collect taxes, and for the inability to adjust the public expenditures. Fiscal...

In the setting of a dynamic general equilibrium model we ask the following question: What happens if the interest rate is settled exogenously in a level that differs from the one which emerges from equilibria in the markets? Although the subject of the setting of the interest rate by an external...

I construct a model of a small open economy in which government spending is necessary to mitigate transaction cost. This provides a simple raison d’etre for a government and generates features many sovereign default models do not have: taxes and government spending. Even though the government...

Many people are in danger of missing out on the welfare state that they helped to create. Many people are also missing out on having the chance of being a citizen in a welfare state, something that has been promised. Obviously we are talking about the Old EU Member states and of the New EU...