Portugal shows that from an output oriented perspective, between 85 and 95 percent of municipalities would increase their …

budget balance in France, Germany, Portugal, and Spain. We try to uncover past trends behind the development of public …

I exploit an exogenous reform introducing a local business tax in Portugal to study tax mimicking among jurisdictions …

This note provides a succinct overview of long-run developments regarding public finances in Portugal with an emphasis … on the spending side. Issues addressed are, for instance, the excessive deficit experiences of Portugal, the past … experience with fiscal consolidations, and labour cost competitiveness. Public spending control has been a problem in Portugal …

projection model for the Euro Area (aggregate data), Germany, Italy, and Portugal, we analyze the interaction between both …

We assess the drivers of fiscal sustainability in Portugal during the period 1999Q4-2021Q4. We resort to expanding … the debt-to-GDP ratio. Our results show the prevalence of a Ricardian fiscal regime in Portugal. If the (i-g) differential … financial assistance program to Portugal, between 2011Q2 and 2014Q2. …