Is foreign direct investment crossing Europe towards the East? During the last few years, news of foreign direct disinvestments have regularly emerged on the Portuguese media. The group of suspects have been identified as the new European Union members, where low wages, low corporate taxes and a...

The change of economic, social and political orientation in Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC), together with their expressed intention of joining the European Union (EU) in a foreseeable future, have raised a number of challenging questions. One object of interest has been the...

The recent controversy over the excessive deficit procedure in Germany and France has reopened the discussion over the long run sustainability of fiscal policies. This paper tests the hypothesis of stainability in a group of six EU countries, with an econometric methodology allowing the...

The existence of higher education institutions (HEIs), dispersed in different locations throughout the country, is probably one of the most striking features associated with the expansion of this level of education in Portugal in the last 40 years. This phenomenon is particularly relevant since...

The change of economic, social, and political orientation in Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC), together with the accession of a first group into the European Union in 2004, has raised a number of challenging questions. One object of interest has been the implications of Eastern...