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Main publications

 International Journals with referee

“Skill-biased technological knowledge without scale effects.” Applied Economics, vol. 38, issue 1, January 2006, pp. 13-21.
 

“Re-examining international technological-knowledge diffusion.” International Economic Journal, vol. 21, issue 2, June 2008, pp. 279-296. [with Paulo B. Vasconcelos]
 

“The ‘new’ stability and growth pact: more flexible, less stupid?” Intereconomics / Review of European Economic Policy, vol. 42, issue 4, July 2007, pp.218-225. [with Rui Henrique Alves]
 

“The impact of government on wage inequality without scale effects.” Economic Modelling, vol. 25, issue 2, March 2008, pp. 351-362.
 

“Can North-South trade regime explain intra and inter-country productivity differences?” The Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, vol. 17, issue 4, December 2008, pp. 561-595. [with Rui Henrique Alves]
 

“Evaluación de la reforma del Pacto de Estabilidad y Crecimiento: ¿nuevo y mejor?” Ekonomiaz, vol. 67, 1º cuatrimestre 2008, pp. 392-409. [with Rui Henrique Alves]
 

“Déficit excesivos e Investigación y desarrollo (I+D).” Ekonomiaz, vol. 68, 2º cuatrimestre 2008, pp. 354-369. [with Rui Henrique Alves y Paulo B. Vasconcelos]
 

“Endogenous Growth and European Fiscal Rules.” Applied Economics, vol. 41, issue 7, March 2009, pp. 849-858. [with Rui Henrique Alves]
 

“The Reform of the EU Budget: Finding New Own Resources.” Intereconomics / Review of European Economic Policy, vol. 44, issue 3, May 2009, pp. 177-184. [with Rui Henrique Alves]
 

“Public Deficits and Economic Growth.” Economic Modelling, vol. 26, issue 5, September 2009, pp. 1101-1109. [with Rui Henrique Alves and Paulo B. Vasconcelos]
 

“Growth and Wage Inequality in a Scale-Independent Model with R&D and Human-Capital Accumulation.” The Manchester School, vol. 78, issue 2, March 2010, pp. 149-182.
 

“Equilibrium Price Distribution with Directed Technical Change.” Economics Letters, vol. 108, issue 2, August 2010, pp. 130-133. [with Pedro Mazeda Gil and Fernanda Figueiredo]
 

“Learning-by-doing, technology-adoption costs and wage inequality.” Economic Modelling, vol. 27, issue 5, September 2010, pp. 1069-1078. [with Rui Leite]
 

“Non-Scale Effects of International Technological-knowledge Diffusion on Southern Growth and Wages.” The Japanese Economic Review, vol. 61, issue 3, September 2010, pp. 341-366.
 

“SBTC versus Trade: testing skill-premia evidence across 25 OECD countries.” Applied Economics Letter, vol. 17, issue 15, October 2010, pp. 1497-1501. [with Alexandre Almeida]
 

“Value of intangibles arising from R&D activities.” The Open Business Journal, vol. 3, December 2010, pp. 30-43. Available at: http://www.bentham.org/open/tobj/articles/V003/30TOBJ.pdf [with Ana Maria Bandeira]
 

“Technological-Knowledge Dynamics in Lab-Equipment Models of Quality Ladders.” Applied Economics Letter, forthcoming. [with Pedro Mazeda Gil]
 

“Which manufacturing firms learn by exporting?” The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, forthcoming. [with Armando Silva and Ana Paula Africano]
 

“The Skill Premium and Economic Growth with Costly Investment, Complementarities and International Technological-Knowledge Diffusion” The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, forthcoming. [with Pedro Neves and Maria Thompson]

Book Chapters

“Internacionalização da economia portuguesa: comércio externo e crescimento económico.” In História Económica de Portugal (1700-2000), Vol. III O Século XX, Capítulo 10 “Internacionalização da Economia” Pedro Lains e Alvaro Ferreira da Silva (eds.), 2005; Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa. [with Alvaro Aguiar]
 

“Fiscal Federalism in the European Union: How Far Are We?” In Fiscal Policy in the EU; Jesus Ferreiro, Giuseppe Fontana and Felipe Serrano (eds.); Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, pp. 6-24. [with Rui Henrique Alves]

 

Books

“Contributo do Comércio Externo para o Crescimento Económico Português, 1960-1993”, Série “Estudos e Documentos”, Conselho Económico e Social, Lisboa. 1999.

Working Papers

“The Impact of International Trade on Economic Growth.” Investigação – Trabalhos em Curso, nº 106, FEP, Porto, Maio 2001. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/wp106.pdf
 

“Non-Scale Effects of North-South Trade on Economic Growth.” DEGIT Conference Papers c008_013, DEGIT 2003, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade. Available at: http://www.degit.ifw-kiel.de/papers/degit_08/C008_013.pdf [with Alvaro Aguiar]
 

“Comércio Externo e Crescimento da Economia Portuguesa no Século XX.” Investigação – Trabalhos em Curso, nº 146, FEP, Porto, Maio 2004. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/04.05.06_WP146_Afonso%20e%20Aguiar.pdf [with Alvaro Aguiar]
 

“Human-Capital Accumulation and Wage Inequality with Scale-Independent North-South Technological Diffusion.” DEGIT Conference Papers c009_026, DEGIT 2004, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade. Available at: http://www.degit.ifw-kiel.de/papers/degit_09/C009_026.pdf [with Alvaro Aguiar]
 

“Price-Channel Effects of North-South Trade on the Direction of Technological Knowledge and Wage Inequality” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 170, FEP, Março de 2005. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/05.03.22_WP170_oscar.pdf [with Alvaro Aguiar]

“North-South Diffusion of a General Purpose Technology.” DEGIT Conference Papers c010_024, DEGIT 2005, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade. Available at: http://www.degit.ifw-kiel.de/papers/degit_10/C010_024.pdf [with Alvaro Aguiar]
 

“Numerical computation for initial value problems in economics” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 202, FEP, Fevereiro de 2006. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/06.02.08_WP202_afonsovasc.pdf [with Paulo B. Vasconcelos]
 

“Impact of International Technological-Knowledge Diffusion on Southern Convergence.” Computing in Economics and Finance 2006 224, Society for Computational Economics. Available at: http://ideas.repec.org/p/sce/scecfa/224.html [with Paulo B Vasconcelos]
 

“The “New” Stability and Growth Pact: More Flexible, Less Stupid?” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 218, FEP, Julho de 2006. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/06.07.04_WP218_rhalvesafonso.pdf [with Rui Henrique Alves]
 

““To Deficit or Not to Deficit”: Should European Fiscal Rules Differ Among Countries?” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 219, FEP, Julho de 2006. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/06.07.04_WP219_afonsorhalves.pdf [with Rui Henrique Alves]
 

“Fiscal Federalism in the European Union: How Far Are We?” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 244, FEP, Julho de 2007. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/07.07.26_wp244_AlvesAfonso.pdf [with Rui Henrique Alves]
 

“Numerical solution of linear models in economics: the SP-DG model revisited” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 249, FEP, Setembro de 2007. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/07.10.03_wp249_Andradeetal.pdf [with Tiago Andrade, Gonçalo Faria, Vasco Leite, Fabio Verona, Miguel Viegas e Paulo B. Vasconcelos]
 

“Effects of Learning-by-doing and Technology-adoption costs on wage inequality” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 272, FEP, Abril de 2008. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/08.04.07_wp272.pdf [with Rui Leite]
 

“Re-evaluating the impact of natural resources on economic growth” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 278, FEP, Junho de 2008. Available at:  http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/08.06.12_wp278.pdf [with Nuno Torres]
 

“Technological-Knowledge Dynamics in Lab-Equipment Models of Quality Ladders” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 283, FEP, Julho de 2008. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/08.07.04_wp283.pdf [with Pedro Mazeda Gil]
 

“A Model of Quality Ladders with horizontal entry” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 296, FEP, Outubro de 2008. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/08.10.10_wp296.pdf [with Pedro Mazeda Gil and Paulo Brito]
 

“Costly investment, complementarities and the skill premium” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 323, FEP, Abril de 2009. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/09.04.28_wp323.pdf [with Maria Thompson]
 

“Costly investment, complementarities and the skill premium” NIPE – WP 10/2009, Abril de 2009. Available at: http://www3.eeg.uminho.pt/economia/nipe/docs/2009/NIPE_WP_10_2009.pdf [with Maria Thompson]
 

“Which Portuguese firms are more innovative? The importance of multinationals and exporters” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 326, FEP, Junho de 2009. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/09.06.05_wp326.pdf [with Armando Silva and Ana Paula Africano]
 

“Equilibrium Price Distribution with Directed Technical Change” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 327, FEP, Julho de 2009. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/09.07.06_wp327.pdf [with Pedro Gil and Fernanda Figueiredo]
 

“Natural resources, economic growth and institutions – a panel approach” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 338, FEP, Julho de 2009. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/09.10.20_wp338.pdf [with Nuno Torres and Isabel Soares]
 

“Economia Não Registada em Portugal” Working Paper Nº 4/2009 OBEGEF, Edição Húmus, ISBN: 978-989-8139-08-5, Novembro de 2009. Available at: http://www.gestaodefraude.eu/images/gf_upload/wp004.pdf [with Nuno Gonçalves]
 

“Geographic oil concentration and economic growth – a panel data analysis” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 343, FEP, Novembro de 2009. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/09.11.11_wp343.pdf [with Nuno Torres and Isabel Soares]
 

“Growth and Firm Dynamics with Horizontal and Vertical R&D” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 356, FEP, Janeiro de 2010. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/10.01.11_wp356.pdf [with Pedro Mazeda Gil and Paulo Brito (2010).]
 

“Learning-by-exporting: what we know and what we would like to know.” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 364, FEP, Março de 2010. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/10.03.01_wp364.pdf [with Armando Silva and Ana Paula Africano (2010).]
 

“Economic performance and international trade engagement: the case of Portuguese manufacturing firms.” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 369, FEP, Abril de 2010. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/10.04.09_wp369.pdf [with Armando Silva and Ana Paula Africano]
 

“A growth model for the Quadruple Helix Innovation Theory.” NIPE – WP 12/2010. Available at: http://www3.eeg.uminho.pt/economia/nipe/docs/2010/NIPE_WP_12_2010.pdf [with Sara Monteiro and Maria Thompson]
 

“A growth model for the Quadruple Helix Innovation Theory.” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 370, FEP, Abril de 2010. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/10.04.22_wp370.pdf [with Sara Monteiro and Maria Thompson]
 

“Do Portuguese manufacturing firms self select to exports?” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 371, FEP, Abril de 2010. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/10.04.22_wp371.pdf [with Armando Silva and Ana Paula Africano]
 

“Value of intangibles arising from R&D activities.” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 372, FEP, Abril de 2010. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/10.04.27_wp372.pdf [with Ana Maria Bandeira]
 

“Do Portuguese manufacturing firms learn by exporting?” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 373, FEP, Abril de 2010. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/10.04.30_wp373.pdf [with Armando Silva and Ana Paula Africano]
 

“The connection between oil and economic growth revisited.” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 377, FEP, Maio de 2010. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/10.05.21_wp377.pdf [with Nuno Torres and Isabel Soares]

“Economic growth, Ecological technology and public intervention.” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 378 FEP, Junho de 2010. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/10.06.02_wp378.pdf [with Mónica Meireles and Isabel Soares]
 

“Costly Investment, Complementarities, International Technological-Knowledge Diffusion and the Skill Premium” NIPE – WP 19/2010. Available at: http://www3.eeg.uminho.pt/economia/nipe/docs/2010/NIPE_WP_19_2010.pdf [with Pedro Neves and Maria Thompson]
 

“Costly Investment, Complementarities, International Technological-Knowledge Diffusion and the Skill Premium” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 382, FEP, Julho de 2010. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/10.07.23_wp382.pdf [with Pedro Neves and Maria Thompson]
 

“Which Portuguese Manufacturing Firms Learn by Exporting?” Gabinete de Estatégia e Estudos (GEE); Ministério da Economia, da Inovação e do Desenvolvimento – GEE papers, nº 26, Setembro de 2010. Available at: http://www.gee.min-economia.pt/RePEc/WorkingPapers/gee_papers_26.pdf [with Armando Silva and Ana Paula Africano]

“E3 Models Revisited.” Investigação – Trabalhos em curso – nº 393 FEP, Junho de 2010. Available at: http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/workingpapers/10.12.02_wp393.pdf [with Susana Silva and Isabel Soares]


Clippings: crónicas na revista Visão

“Observando a sombra” (2009/04/02); Available at: http://aeiou.visao.pt/observando-a-sombra=f503049

“A sombra (de)cresce” (2009/08/06); Available at: http://aeiou.visao.pt/a-sombra-decresce=f524573

“Economia Não Registada: o que abrange e o que é geralmente abrangido” (2009/10/29); Available at: http://aeiou.visao.pt/economia-nao-registada-o-que-abrange-e-o-que-e-geralmente-abrangido=f534891

“Economia não registada em Portugal” (2010/02/11); Available at: http://aeiou.visao.pt/economia-nao-registada-em-portugal=f547568

“Reflectindo sobre as consequências da Economia Não Registada” (2010/04/15); Available at: http://aeiou.visao.pt/reflectindo-sobre-as-consequencias-da-economia-nao-registada=f555228

“Especulando sobre algumas causas da economia não registada em Portugal” (2010/06/09); Available at: http://aeiou.visao.pt/especulando-sobre-algumas-causas-da-economia-nao-registada-em-portugal=f561714

“Como medir a economia sombra” (2010/08/12); Available at: http://aeiou.visao.pt/como-medir-a-economia-sombra=f568757

“Qual o Peso da Economia Sombra Sectorial em Portugal?” (2010/10/08); Available at: http://aeiou.visao.pt/qual-o-peso-da-economia-sombra-sectorial-em-portugal=f574751