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Comércio Externo e Crescimento da Economia Portuguesa no Século XX
Afonso, Óscar; Aguiar, Álvaro - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2004
century, Portugal did not suffer, apparently, from further trade imbalances due to the increasing openness - the Balance of … at the end of the XXth century, Portugal relies crucially on European economic integration to benefit from technological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005059508
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Export variety, technological content and economic performance: The case of Portugal
Rebelo, Francisco; Silva, Ester Gomes da - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2013
Although the analysis of the relationship between international trade and economic growth has an important tradition in the economic literature, the specific focus on a related matter, the link between export variety and economic growth, remains a relatively unexplored field of research....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010636774
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Esboço da quantificação da fraude em Portugal
Pimenta, Carlos - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto; OBEGEF - … - 2009
fraud in Portugal. However it is a social imperative and it is technically possible to get values which a low probability of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895376
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Economia não registada em Portugal
Afonso, Óscar; Gonçalves, Nuno - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto; OBEGEF - … - 2009
This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the volume of the Non-Observed Economy (ENR) in Portugal, by … cial GDP in Portugal has evolved since the 19%, in 1977, up to 23%, in 2008. In particular, it is observed that after the … ENR in Portugal tends to positively affect the growth of the official economy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895380
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O papel do sector empresarial no combate à corrupção: algumas considerações em torno do caso Português
Branco, Manuel Castelo; Sousa, Luís de - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto; OBEGEF - … - 2012
This article is about the role of the business sector in the fight against corruption in Portugal. By corruption it is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895383
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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
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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 Shadow Economy in Portugal: An Analysis Using the MIMIC Model
Barbosa, Eduardo Augusto Soares Coelho; Pereira, Samuel … - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2013
Portugal, and to analyze its evolution over the period between 1977 and 2011. For the econometric analysis we used the … the share of the Shadow Economy in Portugal, during the period under review, had a sharp decrease between 1997 and 2000 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010842613
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Yardstick Competition among Portuguese Municipalities: The Case of Urban Property Tax (IMI)
Costa, José da Silva; Cravalho, Armindo - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2013
In this paper we gather empirical evidence on the existence of strategic interaction among Portuguese municipal executives when they set rates of property tax and in particular if we are in the presence of yardstick competition. For that purpose, we adopted the assumption of geographic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010648272
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Household Sorting and Politics: Empirical Evidence for the Metropolitan Area of Porto (Portugal)
Costa, José da Silva; Fernandes, Ruben; Natálio, Ana - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2014
Sorting and heterogeneity of households at metropolitan level has been a subject of many empirical studies. Interest in the subject goes beyond the knowledge of household mobility because it also has importance for the debate on the Tiebout’s hypothesis that households “vote with the feet”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010742553