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Protectionism under R&D policy: innovation rate and welfare

Mello-Sampayo, Felipa de; Sousa-Vale, Sofia de; … - In: Journal of Economic Studies 39 (2012) January, pp. 106-124

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain how eventual pressures from national lobbies may lead governments to shift from an optimal into a non-optimal innovation policy. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical model is developed in order to examine and explain the growth and...

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Long-term effects of fiscal policies in Portugal

Pereira, Alfredo Marvão - In: Journal of Economic Studies 38 (2011) January, pp. 114-127

Purpose – This paper seeks to estimate the long-term effects on output of different fiscal policies in Portugal. Design … consolidation in Portugal. Also, deficit-neutral policies that offset increases in public investment with increases in indirect …

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Education, Vocational Training and R&D: Towards New Forms of Labor Market Regulation

Lopes, Margarida Chagas - Centro de Investigação em Sociologia Económica e das … - 2011

Labor market regulation and its relations with education and training have been performing an historical trajectory which closely intertwined with developments in economic thought. Under the form of human capital theories, neo-classical economics set the bridge between labor market equilibrium...

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Determinants of the property-liability insurance market: evidence from Portugal

Garcia, Maria Teresa Medeiros - In: Journal of Economic Studies 39 (2012) 4, pp. 440-450

premiums and economic and financial development in the case of Portugal, assuming a supply-leading causality pattern of … explaining the level of property-liability insurance demand in Portugal. Originality/value – To the best of the author …'s knowledge, this is the first attempt to examine determinants of property-liability casualty insurance in Portugal, using time …

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A emigração portuguesa hoje: o que sabemos e o que não sabemos

Peixoto, João - Centro de Investigação em Sociologia Económica e das … - 2012

Due to the asymmetry, in recent decades, between the study of immigration and emigration in Portugal - the first was …

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Regulating self-regulating professional associations: What changes in the Portuguese context with the Law 6/2008?

Rego, Raquel - Centro de Investigação em Sociologia Económica e das … - 2011

interest. These professional groups thus acquire a privileged relation with the State (Halliday, 1987). In Portugal, these … Portugal belongs to the most common pattern of the European Continent, in which the professional associations have the monopoly …

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Trust and political orientations

Freire, João; Marques, Rafael - Centro de Investigação em Sociologia Económica e das … - 2011

This paper discuss the rebirth of trust studies in recent years, especially in the field of political attitudes and opinions. The case study presented try to explore the relationship between electoral behaviour and political orientations, regarding the people’s views about the role of state,...

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Is Public Education Viable? A brief critical review of neoliberalism in education with a special focus on the Portuguese situation

Lopes, Margarida Chagas - Centro de Investigação em Sociologia Económica e das … - 2013

As well as in other social domains, neoliberalism has been invading education. This trend is leading to a general commodification and to the progressive substitution of some basic values, as the equality of opportunities, by efficiency and competitiveness. At the same time, education policies...

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Fragmentation in the automobile manufacturing industry: evidence from Portugal

Faustino, Horácio C.; Leitão, Nuno Carlos - In: Journal of Economic Studies 38 (2011) July, pp. 287-300

components industry between Portugal and the European Union 27 (EU-27) and the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China … variables. Findings – The results indicate that VIIT is a positive function of the difference in per-capita GDP between Portugal … distance influences negatively this type of VIIT between Portugal and the EU-27 only. The results do not confirm the hypothesis …

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Measuring performance in defense-sector companies in a small NATO member country

Barros, Carlos Pestana - In: Journal of Economic Studies 31 (2004) May, pp. 112-128

In all European national defense-sector industries, organizational efficiency forms a vital component of the operations that improves competitiveness in the market. The Portuguese government subsidizes companies that are active in this sector in its mission for the companies to achieve improved...

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