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Game of zones : the political economy of conservation areas

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Möller, Kristoffer; Waights, Sevrin - 2014 - Version: April 2014

Provided there are positive external benefits attached to the historic character of buildings, owners of properties in designated conservation areas benefit from a reduction in uncertainty regarding the future of their area. At the same time, the restrictions put in place to ensure the...

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Sustainability of Portuguese fiscal policy in historical perspective

Marinheiro, Carlos Fonseca (contributor) - 2005

results suggest that fiscal consolidation efforts must, in fact, be continued in Portugal. …

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Transient and persistent efficiency and spatial spillovers : evidence from the Portuguese wine industry

Faria, Samuel da Silva; Gouveia, Sofia; Guedes, Alexandre; … - In: Economies : open access journal 9 (2021) 3, pp. 1-20

This paper investigates the presence of spatial spillovers in firms' productive (in)efficiency. For this purpose, a spatial stochastic frontier model is specified and estimated, accounting for spatial dependence and persistent and transient (in)efficiency. This approach is applied to a panel...

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Persistence in youth unemployment

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Gil-Alaña, Luis A. - 2012

, Portugal, Ireland and Finland, where appropriate policy actions are of the essence. Specifically, active labour market policies …

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Testing the role of trade on carbon dioxide emissions in Portugal

Leitão, Nuno Carlos - In: Economies : open access journal 9 (2021) 1/22, pp. 1-16

This article considers the relationship between trade intensity, energy consumption, income per capita, and carbon dioxide emissions from 1970-2016 for the Portuguese economy. Considering the arguments of monopolistic competition, the article tests the hypotheses of trade and energy consumption...

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Beyond Balassa and Samuelson : real convergence, capital flows, and competitiveness in Greece

Belke, Ansgar; Haskamp, Ulrich; Schnabl, Gunther; … - 2015

We scrutinize the role of capital flows for competitiveness in seven euro-area countries in the context of real convergence and crisis with a specific focus on Greece. The paper extends the seminal Balassa-Samuelson model to include international capital markets. Capital flows are assumed to be...

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Does corruption impact firm innovation? : evidence from Portugal

Cerdeira, Jorge; Lourenço, Diogo - In: Economies : open access journal 10 (2022) 7, pp. 1-10

This paper aims to analyze the impact of corruption on firm innovation in Portugal, using data from the World Bank … endogeneity in the corruption variable. Our results show that corruption fosters innovation in Portugal, regardless of the …

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The effects of monetary policy surprises and fiscal sustainability regimes in the Euro Area

Afonso, António; Alves, José; Ionta, Serena - 2023

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

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Drivers of fiscal sustainability : a time-varying analysis for Portugal

Afonso, António; Coelho, José Carlos - 2023

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. …

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A gravity model analysis of Portuguese foreign direct investment

Leitão, Nuno Carlos - In: Economies : open access journal 11 (2023) 9, pp. 1-16

Cultural and linguistic affinities have been studied in international business through the gravity model and economics of language. International investment theories enable the assessment of organisational, location, and internalisation motivations. The present study assesses the impact of...

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