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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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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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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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Performance measurement in tax offices with a stochastic frontier model

Barros, Carlos Pestana - In: Journal of Economic Studies 32 (2005) October, pp. 497-510

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to call the attention of public entities for the econometric frontier models which allows benchmarking the tax offices accurately. In the context of the European Maastricht, the European countries face public receipts shortage and to focus in the management...

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Growth in the ‘Cohesion Countries’: the Irish tortoise and the Portuguese hare, 1979-2002

Lains, Pedro - Departamento de Economia, Gestão e Engenharia … - 2006

of ‘cohesion’ countries. Ireland and Portugal stand out as the two extreme examples, as Ireland caught-up to the … forerunners very rapidly after the launching of EMU, in 1992, whereas Portugal lost ground. This paper looks at structural shifts … in order to explain the different performances of the two economies. We conclude that Portugal’s labour productivity lag …

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Regional Convergence in Portugal: Policy Impacts (1990-2001)

Freitas, Miguel Lebre de; Torres, Francisco; Amorim, Celeste - Departamento de Economia, Gestão e Engenharia … - 2005

social cohesion effects are also considered. As in the case of Portugal structural operations within the community framework …

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Competition Policy and EU Governance

Bongardt, Annette - Departamento de Economia, Gestão e Engenharia … - 2005

This paper focuses on competition policy in the European Union from an economic, micro-governance point of view. It analyses recent developments in economic governance in the field of the common competition policy, which had for a long time been the exclusive competence of the European...

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Instituições, Gestão e Crescimento Económico: Portugal, 1950-1973

Leite, Joaquim da Costa - Departamento de Economia, Gestão e Engenharia … - 2006

After a long period of economic divergence before 1914, the Portuguese economy recovered slightly until 1950, entering thereafter on a path of strong economic convergence. This paper focuses on Portuguese economic growth in the period 1950-1973 in order to show how institutional decisions...

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