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The impact of class absenteeism on undergraduates’ academic performance: evidence from an elite Economics school in Portugal
Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2013
Portugal, it is shown that even when controlling for potential endogenous factors associated to attendance and academic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010842595
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The Iberian Tigers versus The Celtic Tiger: Economic Growth Paths in an Economic History Perspective
Sequeira, Tiago Neves - EconWPA - 2003
The years following the Second World War were those of the greatest economic growth that Europe had ever seen. If the countries of the Iberian Peninsula, neutral in the conflict and ruled by dictatorial regimes, enjoyed that growth and had participated in the convergence phenomenon, Ireland,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076554
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To Be or Not To Be in Office Again: Political Business Cycles with Local Governments
Baleiras, Rui Nuno; Costa, José da Silva - EconWPA - 2003
Most opportunistic-type models of political business cycles tend to posit a given objective for incumbents: maximisation of re-election chances. Though taking an opportunistic view too, we suggest a new explanation for a fiscal policy cycle: the incumbent’s concern with her own welfare in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076618
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Housing and Labor Market Connections: the Portuguese Case
Carvalho, Pedro Guedes - EconWPA - 2002
European housing systems - Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece Œ under the assumption that they had a different path other than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076780
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COMPETITIVENESS OF NATIONS IN THE GLOBALIZATION ERA: IS THE (IN)EXISTENCE OF A COLLECTIVE STRATEGY RELEVANT?
Rola, Luis; Alves, Rui Henrique - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2012
degree of uncertainty/risk. Portugal, facing this new global environment, has been experiencing poor economic performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651582
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Methodological approaches for measuring the creative employment: a critical appraisal with an application to Portugal
Cruz, Sara Santos; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2012
combined industry and occupation-based approach for estimating the scale of creative employment in Portugal. Using micro data … Portugal amounts to 6.9% of total employment (i.e., 215525 workers), with the most important creative sectors being …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010542068
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Empreendedorismo político local em Portugal. Uma análise exploratória
Silva, Carina; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2011
O artigo identifica as actividades empreendedoras e os municípios empreendedores em Portugal. Cerca de metade dos …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291605
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Organizational Characteristics and Performance of Export Promotion Agencies: Portugal and Ireland compared
Ferreira, Maria Inês Veloso; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2011
to improve the competitiveness of firms by increasing knowledge and competences applied to export market development … knowledge, no studies have yet been conducted that analyze, detail and explain which of the EPAs’ organizational characteristics … Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal (AICEP) emerges as an organization without any clear component of intentionality, being …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009292410
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The internationalization profiles of Portuguese SMEs
Oliveira, Pedro; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2011
experience, foreign market dependency, introduction of organizational innovation, exporting to ‘High income countries’ and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367054
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Crossing Mountains: The Effect of Competition on the Laffer Curve
Abreu, Hugo Miguel de Oliveira Cruz Pinto de; Brandão, … - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2014
Regarding states and state-like entities as producers and taxation as a price, this paper connects the thoroughly studied impacts of the market structures in microeconomics to the controversial Laffer curve, suggesting that the outcome of the “taxation market” depends also on competition. By...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010842590