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Como é sabido, os movimentos migratórios à escala regional são fruto de uma diversidade de factores. Sendo entendidos como uma reacção, por parte da população, a desvantagens (inaceitáveis) de natureza económica apresentadas pela região de origem, estes movimentos demográficos...
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The main objective of this paper is to present facts and arguments trying to prove that unfair prices are the most important cause for the dilapidation of human and natural resources. In many poor countries farmers sell their products at prices below their real cost. In these countries, most...
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Despite some notable achievements in many parts of the planet the gap between the rich and the poor has become wider rather than tighter. On the political sphere success seems much more unequivocal, though. Indeed, beyond a handful of anachronistic exceptions, the world seems to have surrendered...
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What are the potential sources of growth and how is the convergence process of the Portuguese economy within the EU characterised? We answer this question by determining the most suitable specification of the aggregate production function, CES or Cobb-Douglas, for the EU countries as in...
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A formação de alianças de base tecnológica conheceu um incremento notável nas décadas de 1980 e 1990, representando actualmente uma estratégia empresarial importante de acesso ao conhecimento tecnológico, fortemente incentivada pela generalidade dos países da OCDE. A literatura sobre...
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The decision-making process concerning the co-incineration of industrial dangerous waste in Portugal has most certainly been transformed into a conflict centered on the unequal distribution of risks to the environment and to public health, opposing local population to the government. It is also...
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In section 1 we refer to a historical synopsis, section 2 classifies the different land reforms using KAWAGOE (1999) typology. Afterwards we link the concepts of human capital and land reform within the theory of economic growth. In section 3 a simplified formal dynamic model of land reform...
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O aumento nos níveis de produto e de rendimento é uma condição fundamental para a promoção do desenvolvimento económico, nos países e nas regiões. Ceteris paribus, níveis de rendimento mais elevados permitem que as famílias possam usufruir de níveis de rendimento disponível também...
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A existência de uma marcada sazonalidade no número de nascimentos que se verificam ao longo dos diversos meses do ano em Portugal, detectada em trabalho complementar a este, a qual se mostra robusta face à tendência claramente decrescente na fecundidade que se tem verificado no nosso país,...
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In this paper we examine the following two hypotheses which traditional theories of capital structure are relatively silent about: (i) the determinants of financial leverage decisions are different for micro, small, medium and large firms; and (ii) the factors that determine whether or not a...
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