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The role of foreign direct investment in the renewable electricity generation and economic growth nexus in Portugal: a cointegration and causality analysis
Cerdeira, Bento; Paulo, João - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This study attempts to investigate a supply function for electricity in Portugal through cointegration and causality … product, inward foreign direct investment, carbon emissions from electricity production and population size in Portugal by … crucial in boosting Portugal’s socio-economic development towards a more efficiency-orientated and less resource …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259320
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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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Foresight methodologies to understand changes in the labour process: Experience from Portugal
Moniz, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
features of the foresight methods are being used in some labour policy making experiences. Case studies developed in Portugal … applied to the European project WORKS on the work organisation re-structuring in the knowledge society, and on the work design …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260079
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Coping with ex-ante regulations for planting Bt maize: the Portuguese experience
Skevas, Theodoros; Wesseler, Justus; Fevereiro, Pedro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This article investigates the attitude and practices of Bt and non-Bt maize farmers in Portugal. Thirty-seven Bt maize …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294577
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Foreign direct investment-economic growth nexus: The role of domestic financial development in Portugal
Muhammad, Shahbaz; Nuno, Carlos Leitão; Summaira, Malik - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
development stimulates economic growth for the case of Portugal. Foreign direct investment also good promoter of economic growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325604
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Why and how must Portugal be synchronized with the European Union?
Caleiro, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
A retrospective analysis of the Portuguese business cycle synchronization with some business cycles of reference allows us to draw conclusions that support the vital need to invest in domestic production that, by its nature, being exportable and/or being substitute of imports. From this point of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372545
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Desemprego e felicidade em Portugal
Caleiro, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
and unemployment in Portugal. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372613
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Moody’s credit ratings and the stock market performance of Portuguese rated firms
Pacheco, Luís - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Never has the issue of sovereign credit ratings attracted such an interest by policy and opinion makers, bankers and journalists, or even the public opinion, as witnessed in the last couple of years. In spite of being accused of contributing to the instability of financial markets, credit rating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647328