This work focuses on the importance of local incentives, in the region of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro (Portugal), during the 12th and the 16th centuries. It aims to test the hypothesis that actualised incentives are factors of municipal attractivity. For this purpose, a model is enunciated; this...

What is an indicator? Seemingly, the solution is so clear that it can deceive us, economists and other social scientists. This work aims at enlightening the answer to the suggested question, discussing the methodological dimensions of the economic indicators – since the phase of production...

A teacher needs, as an economic analyst, to use indicators that give her accurate information about the classes. This work aims at testing the hypothesis: “The perceptions of the students about the subjects and about the teacher vary according to the specificity of each class”. For this...

Students may remark that, “Economics are not real.” This work suggests how Economics may help us to understand our world better. Steinbeck’s well-known novel, The Grapes of Wrath, tried to relate basic economic concepts to the events portrayed in the book to show that both Economics and...

Um elemento que comportou consideráveis avanços na Economia do Século XX foi o reconhecimento de que a informação não era perfeita nos diversos mercados. Este trabalho sintetiza a relevância da Economia da Informação, debruçando-se sobre os dois principais campos de influência: o...

O presente trabalho (Asas para voar – Estudo sobre o Crescimento e a Crise de uma Região Europeia) oferece-se como um importante manual de Economia Regional, observando, a partir de um caso prático, a aplicação correcta de diversos instrumentos de apoio à Economia. A partir deste estudo,...

This paper synthesises some of the (New) Public Expenditures Theories. It also focuses on the Fiscal Adjustments theme. We analysed public expenditures evolution in a sample composed by seventeen OCDE countries observed between 1870 and 1990. Our conclusion recognizes the heterogeneity of the...

Where are the brotherhoods of the Patriarchate of Lisbon? Why are these brotherhoods located in such spaces? The present work answers to these two questions, being a pioneer attempt about the thematic, in Portugal. Through the empirical validation recurring to logit models, this paper identifies...

Abstract: Planning on the space needs sharing, conceiving, dividing and acting: sharing resources, conceiving policies, dividing the territory, deciding by an enlightened way and acting with efficiency and with efficacy. This work shows the richness related to the definition of regional space...

Este trabalho, publicado na Revista Brotéria – Cristianismo e Cultura, vol. 162 (IV), pp. 441-458, debruça-se, numa expressão muito pessoal, sobre oportunidades de desenvolvimento do procedimento profissional das e dos Cientistas. Para o efeito, partindo da sugestão deixada pelos...