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É Tudo Sobre Produtividade: contribuições para a compreensão da estagnação da economia portuguesa

Researchers: Miguel Portela, Fernando Alexandre (Principal Investigators - PI), Ana Carvalho (NIPE) Carla Sá (NIPE), Francisco Veiga (NIPE), Gilberto Loureiro (NIPE), João Cerejeira (NIPE), Luís Aguiar-Conraria (NIPE), Marta Silva Marta Simões (UCoimbra), Nuno Azevedo (NIPE), Octávio Figueiredo (UPorto), Paulo Guimarães (Banco de Portugal), Pedro Bação (U. Coimbra), and Sujiao ZHAO (Banco de Portugal)

FundingFundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) (Foundation for Science and Technology - Portugal).

Reference: PTDC/EGE-ECO/29822/2017.

Duration: 3 years (2018-10-1 a 2021-09-30).

 

Term Limits and Local Finances

Researchers:  Francisco Veiga e Linda Veiga  (Principal Investigators - PI).

FundingFundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos

Duration: 17 months (2015-9-22 a 2017-2-22).

 

Political Business Cycles and Economic Voting

ResearchersLinda Veiga (PI), Francisco Veiga and Miguel Portela

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Foundation for Science and Technology - Portugal) and FEDER,  (Ref: PTDC/EGE-ECO/118 501/2010)

Duration: 3 years (2012-2-1 a 2015-1-31).

 

Financial globalization and economic growth

Researchers: Francisco Veiga (PI) and Delfim Gomes Neto (NIPE).

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Foundation for Science and Technology - Portugal) and FEDER (Ref: PTDC/EGE-ECO/112169/2009)

Duration: 2 years and 3 months (2011-1-1 to 2013-3-31).

Political competition and economic performance

ResearchersLinda Veiga (PI) e Francisco Veiga

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Foundation for Science and Technology - Portugal) and FEDER (Ref: PDTC/ECO/65711/2006)

Duration: 3 years (2008-1-1 to 2010-12-31).

 

Economic growth, convergence and institutions

Researchers: Francisco Veiga (PI), Miguel Lebre de Freitas (University of Aveiro) and Francisco Torres (Portuguese Catholic University)

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Foundation for Science and Technology - Portugal) and FEDER (Refs: POCI/EGE/55423/2004 and PPCDT/EGE/55423/2004)

Duration: 3 years (2006-7-1 to 2009-6-30).

Interactions between economics and politics in Portugal

Researchers: Linda Veiga (PI) and Francisco José Veiga

FundingFundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Foundation for Science and Technology - Portugal) and FEDER (Ref: POCTI/EGE/58641/2004).

Duration: 3 years (2005-8-1 to 2008-7-31).

Voters, policymakers and the economy

Researchers:   Linda Veiga (PI) and Francisco José Veiga

Funding:   Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Foundation for Science and Technology - Portugal) and FEDER  (Ref. POCTI/2001/ECO/37457)

Duration: 3 years (2002-4-1 to 2005-3-31)  

 

Timing, performance and causes of failure of inflation stabilization plans

Researchers:   Francisco José Veiga (PI)

Funding:   Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Foundation for Science and Technology - Portugal) and FEDER  (Ref. POCTI/99-00/ECO/32491)

Duration: 3 years (2000-12-1 to 2003-11-30)

Voters, policymakers and the economy: an application to Portugal

Researchers:   Linda Veiga (PI) and Francisco José Veiga

Funding:   Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Foundation for Science and Technology - Portugal) and FEDER  (Ref. POCTI/99-00/ECO/32609)

Duration: 1 year (2000-12-1 to 2001-11-30)

 

 

 

Consulting Projects:

 

Growth of the Portuguese Economy (Crescimento da Economia Portuguesa)

Team of UMinho:  Francisco Veiga (coordinator-NIPE), Fernando Alexandre (NIPE), João Cerejeira Silva (NIPE) e Pedro Arezes (EEng.-UMinho)

Contracting entity: Associação Missão Crescimento.

Duration: 2019-7-1 a 2019-10-22.

Final report (in Portuguese) (PDF)

 

Expert Study on Export Performance and Internal Devaluation in the Context of a Performance Audit of the Greek Economic Adjustment Programme

Study undertaken by the Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels, Belgium)

Team Daniel Gros (coordinator-CEPS), Antonis Adam (U. Ioanina, Greece), Cinzia Alcidi (CEPS), Ansgar Belke (U. Duisburg-Essen, Germany), Miguel Lebre De Freitas (U. Aveiro, Portugal), Thomas Moutos (U. Athens, Greece), and Francisco Veiga  (UMinho-NIPE, Portugal)

Contracting entity: European Court of Auditors (Luxembourg).

Duration: 2015-1-15 a 2015-10-14.

 

Monitorization of the evolution of the revenues and expenditures of Portuguese municipalities

Team of UMinho:  Francisco Veiga (coordinator-NIPE), António Tavares (CICP), Francisco Carballo-Cruz (NIPE), Linda Veiga.(NIPE) and Pedro Camões (CICP)

Contracting entity: Direção Geral das Autarquias Locais - DGAL (General Directory of Local Governments, Portugal).

Duration: 2015-4-15 a 2015-7-17.

Final report (in Portuguese) (PDF)

 

Territorial cooperation and culture

Team of UMinho-NIPE:  Francisco Veiga (coordenador), Francisco Carballo-Cruz and Linda Veiga.

Contracting entitySecretaria de Estado da Cultura - GEPAC (Secretary of State of Culture, Portugal)

Duration: october 2013 to june 2014.

Final report (in Portuguese)  (PDF). Executive summary (in English) (PDF)

 

Evaluation of the economic impact of the modernization program of secondary schools 

Team of UMinho-NIPE:  Francisco Veiga (coordinator), Francisco Carballo-Cruz, João Cerejeira Silva, Miguel Lebre de Freitas, Miguel Portela, Sílvia Sousa, Rui Baleiras.

Contracting entityParque Escolar, E.P.E.

Duration: june 2010 to march 2011.

 

 

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