Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate empirically the relationship between property‐liability insurance premiums and economic and financial development in the case of Portugal, assuming a supply‐leading causality pattern of development. In other words, the expansion of the...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the factors that influence the profitability of 17 banks in Angola between 2010 and 2016, as low profitability weakens the ability and willingness of banks to finance the wider economy. Design/methodology/approach: The paper conducts panel data...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the determinants of workers’ compensation insurance prices in Portugal. Design/methodology/approach: Multiple regression analysis was used to study the insurance price determinants. The independent variables considered are: payroll, number of...

Purpose: The objective of the paper is to test the existence of a direct effect between the funding level of a firm's pension fund and its respective market price in Portugal, from 2010 to 2015, using a selected sample of Portuguese Stock Index (PSI Geral) firms. Although this relationship has...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of homeownership in Europe. Design/methodology/approach: In this study, a logit model that predicts whether an individual is a homeowner or not was estimated. Wave 6 (2015) from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to construct and evaluate value and growth portfolios in Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain, which are commonly known as the EU PIIGS, from 2003 to 2015. Previous research evidence suggests that stocks trading at a lower price relative to their...

This paper analyses the account of the benefits sub-system as well as its impact on the portfolio of Social Security Trust Fund ("FEFSS"). Section 2 describes state social security and the account projections of the benefits sub-system. Section 3 analyses the actuarial and financial equilibrium...