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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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