Research Projects – Economics for Policy

Generational Accounting of Public Finances in Portugal

Francesco Franco

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This report explores the implications of ageing and low fertility for the sustainability of public finances in Portugal, and for monetary costs and benefits of government policy across generations. Measuring this sustainability is a challenging task. First, the temporal horizon of a nation is in principle unlimited, so the adjustment can be delayed for a long time. Second, sustainability depends on the future evolution of the macroeconomic environment, the design of public finances, and demographics. (…)

The Measurement of Cross-border Penetration in the EU Public Procurement Market

Francesco Franco

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The study explores the current state of play in cross-border activity in public procurement in the EU. The primary need for the research is to provide updated time series of the indicators computed in previous studies and gather additional economic evidence that could better contextualize these findings in the international settings of EU public procurement policy. (…)
The study is part of a larger project that E4P is currently doing in partnership with Prometeia and BIP .

The impact of the regulatory environment on digital automation in professional services

Francesco Franco

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The digital automation transformation that started in the last decade is changing business models by freeing humans from low value-added repetitive tasks and influencing consumers’ lives through cheaper online service delivery. Digital automation is also favouring the emergence of brand-new services (…)

FFMS – Estudo sobre Mercado Imobiliário

Paulo Rodrigues

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After a relatively inexpressive evolution in the 1990s and early 2000s, housing prices in Portugal have been increasing in the recent past, with several consequences and impacts on society. This study aims to analyse different issues of economic and social relevance related to the Portuguese real estate market. (…)

O impacto do IRC na economia Portuguesa

Pedro Brinca

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This project contributes to the analysis of the impact that the tax system and its changes have on the Portuguese economic, social and legal reality. The conceptual framework in which the analysis is developed will be centered on the QUEST model (…)

La Caixa Social State of the Country Report

Susana Peralta

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This report is an annual initiative, in partnership with the La Caixa Foundation. It uses several databases, with an emphasis on the European Union Survey on Income and Living Conditions, to characterize the situation of Portuguese households. (…)

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Orçamento, Economia e Democracia: uma Proposta de Arquitectura Institucional

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Qual a arquitectura institucional que melhor garantiria a eficácia e a transparência na formulação da política orçamental em Portugal? Este estudo, coordenado por Abel Mateus, tenta dar uma resposta a esta questão, de maneira a melhorar a forma como os fundos são alocados e o financiamento garantido em Portugal.

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Cultural Heritage in Portugal: Assessment of Social and Economic Value

José Tavares

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NOVA SBE and Spira – revitalização patrimonial, with the exclusive patronage of the Millennium Bcp Foundation, promote the ground-breaking Survey “Cultural Heritage in Portugal: Assessment of Social and Economic Value“. The Heritage Observatory is a partner in this survey that is supported by Portugal Heritage and patrimonio.pt as Media Partner.

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Project “FUNDOS EUROPEUS”

José Tavares

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The project “Fundos Europeus” estimates the actual impact of trans-European co-investment programs on local firm dynamics. It draws on econometric methods appropriate to address causality issues to determine the size, sign, and significance of the amounts of financing and the scope of funding on firm enrtry, exit, and net entry, as well as emplyment, using newly assembled datasets on European funds and firm dynamics for Portuguese municipalities.