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On the Regional Incidence of Public Investment in Highways in the USA

Pereira, Alfredo M.; Andraz, Jorge M. - Department of Economics, College of William & Mary - 2008

Portugal, focusing on the effects for each administrative region of both local investments and investments in other regions. We …

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SOCIAL SECURITY AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN PORTUGAL: AFTER ALL THAT HAS BEEN SAID AND DONE HOW MUCH HAS ACTUALLY CHANGED?

Pereira, Alfredo M.; Andraz, Jorge M. - Department of Economics, College of William & Mary - 2009

This paper provides an empirical estimate of the macroeconomic effects of the Portuguese payas- you-go social security system based on data for the period 1970-2007 and on VAR estimates using GDP, the unit cost of labor, the unemployment rate, the savings rate and social security spending. The...

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Public Investment and Budgetary Consolidation in Portugal

Pereira, Alfredo M.; Pinho, Maria de Fátima - Department of Economics, College of William & Mary - 2006

in Portugal. We also find that these positive effects are not strong enough for public investment to pay for itself in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005168596

On the Economic and Fiscal Effects of Investment in Road Infrastructure in Portugal

Pereira, Alfredo M.; Andraz, Jorge M. - Department of Economics, College of William & Mary - 2006

Portugal, focusing on the effects for each administrative region of both local investments and investments in other regions. We …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005168597

ON THE ECONOMIC AND BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF INVESTMENTS IN SCUTS -THE PORTUGUESE TOLL-FREE HIGHWAYS

Pereira, Alfredo M.; Andraz, Jorge M. - Department of Economics, College of William & Mary - 2006

-free highways in Portugal, the so-called SCUTS, in an effort to bring some clarity to the current policy debate on these highways …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005588168

Public Investment in Transportation Infrastructures and Industry Performance in Portugal

Pereira, Alfredo M.; Andraz, Jorge M. - Department of Economics, College of William & Mary - 2006

infrastructures in Portugal. The empirical results are based on VAR/ECM models for the Portuguese economy and for eighteen industries …-term economic performance in Portugal it does so in a way that is rather unbalanced across industries. …

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Fossil Fuel Prices and the Economic and Budgetary Challenges of a Small Energy-Importing Economy: The Case of Portugal

Pereira, Alfredo Marvão; Pereira, Rui M. - Department of Economics, College of William & Mary - 2012

This paper examines the economic and budgetary impacts of fuel prices using a dynamic general equilibrium model of the Portuguese economy which highlights the mechanisms of endogenous growth and includes a detailed modeling of the public sector. The fuel price scenarios are based on forecasts by...

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What is it going to take to achieve 2020 Emission Targets? Marginal abatement cost curves and the budgetary impact of CO2 taxation in Portugal (

Pereira, Alfredo Marvão; Pereira, Rui M. - Department of Economics, College of William & Mary - 2014

existing climate policy target for Portugal. In turn, changes in tax revenues, together with reductions in public spending …

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Final energy demand in Portugal: How persistent it is and why it matters for environmental policy*

Pereira, Alfredo Marvão; Belbute, José Manuel - Department of Economics, College of William & Mary - 2013

The objective of this paper is to analyze the degree of persistence of final energy demand in Portugal. Our results …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008804911

Identifying Priorities in Infrastructure Investmentin Portugal

Pereira, Alfredo Marvão; Pereira, Rui M. - Department of Economics, College of William & Mary - 2015

performance using a newly developed data set for Portugal. We find that investments in other transportation infrastructures …

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