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  1. A New Player in the International Bond Market: Comparing the Macroeconomic Determinants of Foreign-Currency Denominated Debt Before the Inclusion of the Renminbi in the SDR

    Article • Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  2. Using Survey Data to Estimate Intergenerational Mobility in Income and Education in Portugal

    Article • Social Indicators Research, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  3. Using machine learning to unveil the predictors of intergenerational mobility

    Article • Review of Income and Wealth, August 2024, Wiley

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  4. Uncovering the (Possible) Relationship between Central Bank Independence and Economic Growth in the Context of Monetary Unions

    Article • CESifo Economic Studies, August 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  5. THE REVIVAL OF THE FELDSTEIN-HORIOKA PUZZLE AND MODERATION OF CAPITAL FLOWS AFTER THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS (2008/09)

    Article • Research in International Business and Finance, April 2022, Elsevier

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  6. When firms go international: deliberate or random?

    Article • Review of International Business and Strategy, March 2022, Emerald

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  7. Determinants of Africa’s Development: An Exploratory Study

    Article • The Journal of Developing Areas, January 2022, Project Muse

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  8. Quantitative easing and economic growth in Japan: A meta‐analysis

    Article • Journal of Economic Surveys, July 2021, Wiley

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, Tiago N Sequeira

  9. The relationship between tax rates and tax revenues in eurozone member countries ‐ exploring the Laffer curve

    Article • Bulletin of Economic Research, November 2019, Wiley

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  10. Explaining Growth in African Countries – What Matters?

    Article • Acta Oeconomica, July 2019, Akademiai Kiado

    Tiago N Sequeira, Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, José Augusto Lopes da Veiga

  11. Unconventional monetary policies and bank credit in the Eurozone: An events study approach

    Article • International Journal of Finance & Economics, October 2018, Wiley

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  12. Human capital and genetic diversity

    Article • Eurasian Economic Review, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tiago N Sequeira, Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  13. Social capital decreases the depreciation of physical capital

    Article • Applied Mathematics and Computation, March 2018, Elsevier

    Tiago N Sequeira, Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  14. Trade Protectionism and Intra-industry Trade: A USA - EU Comparison

    Article • Research in World Economy, November 2017, Sciedu Press

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  15. Income Inequality and Technological Adoption

    Article • Journal of Economic Issues, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Tiago N Sequeira, Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  16. An empirical analysis of the influence of macroeconomic determinants on World tourism demand

    Article • Tourism Management, August 2017, Elsevier

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  17. Income Inequality, TFP, and Human Capital

    Article • Economic Record, January 2017, Wiley

    Tiago N Sequeira, Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  18. Do large governments decrease happiness? New evidence of a negative effect in Europe

    Article • International Journal of Happiness and Development, January 2017, Inderscience Publishers

    Tiago N Sequeira, Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  19. Determinants of co-movement and of lead and lag behavior of business cycles in the Eurozone

    Article • International Review of Applied Economics, November 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  20. Income and religion: a heterogeneous panel data analysis

    Article • Review of Social Economy, June 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Tiago N Sequeira, Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  21. REGIONAL AND SECTORAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN PORTUGAL SINCE JOINING THE EUROPEAN UNION: A DYNAMIC PORTRAIT

    Article • Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, October 2015, Wiley

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  22. Measuring Labour Mismatch in Europe

    Article • Social Indicators Research, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tiago N Sequeira, Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  23. Public Debt, Economic Growth and Inflation in African Economies

    Article • South African Journal of Economics, August 2015, Wiley

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, Tiago N Sequeira

  24. Quantifying distortions from pollution in a R&D endogenous growth model

    Article • Estudios de economía, June 2014, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, Tiago N Sequeira

  25. The dynamics of the trade balance and the terms of trade in Central and Eastern European countries

    Article • Acta Oeconomica, March 2014, Akademiai Kiado

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, Tiago N Sequeira

  26. The Welfare Cost of the EMU for Transition Countries

    Article • Prague Economic Papers, January 2014, University of Economics

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  27. A growth model with qualities, varieties, and human capital: stability and transitional dynamics

    Article • Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics, January 2014, De Gruyter

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, Tiago N Sequeira

  28. A Regional Development Index for Portugal

    Article • Social Indicators Research, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  29. Exponential discounting bias

    Article • Journal of Economics, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, Tiago N Sequeira

  30. Social capital and investment in R&D: new externalities

    Article • Journal of Business Economics and Management, February 2013, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, Tiago N Sequeira

  31. When sociable workers pay off: Can firms internalize social capital externalities?

    Article • Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, June 2012, Elsevier

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, Tiago N Sequeira

  32. On the effect of technological progress on pollution: an overlooked distortion in endogenous growth

    Article • Oxford Economic Papers, March 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, Tiago N Sequeira

  33. Business Cycles Association in a Small Monetary Union: The Case of Switzerland

    Article • Spatial Economic Analysis, March 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, Tiago N Sequeira

  34. An Endogenous Growth Model with Human and Social Capital Interactions

    Article • Review of Social Economy, December 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Tiago N Sequeira, Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  35. BUSINESS CYCLES IN REUNIFIED GERMANY: CLOSER TOGETHER OR FURTHER APART?

    Article • Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, July 2011, Wiley

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, Tiago N Sequeira

  36. In or out? The welfare costs of EMU membership

    Article • Economic Modelling, March 2010, Elsevier

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  37. Does a Federal Country Need Federal Transfers When It Has Labour Mobility?

    Article • Regional Studies, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, Tiago N Sequeira

  38. Externalities in an endogenous growth model with social and natural capital

    Article • Ecological Economics, January 2010, Elsevier

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, Tiago N Sequeira

  39. Business Cycles, Core, and Periphery in Monetary Unions: Comparing Europe and North America

    Article • Open Economies Review, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  40. Should the Federal Government Reallocate Funds within Federal Transfers?

    Article • Public Finance Review, August 2009, SAGE Publications

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, Tiago N Sequeira

  41. A Benchmarking of the Undergraduate Economics Major in Europe and in the United States††The authors thank the valuable comments from Catarina Roseta Palma and two anonymous referees. The usual disclaimer applies.

    Article • International Review of Economics Education, January 2007, Elsevier

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  42. A Comparison of the Undergraduate Economics Major in Europe and in the United States

    Article • January 2006, Dinamia'cet-IUL

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  43. Does a federal country needs federal transfers when it has labour mobility?

    Article • January 2006, Dinamia'cet-IUL

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, Tiago N Sequeira

  44. A flexibilidade das estruturas curriculares portuguesas

    Article • January 2005, Dinamia'cet-IUL

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  45. Os Ciclos Económicos nos Países pertencentes à União Europeia

    Article • January 2003, Dinamia'cet-IUL

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  46. Business Cycles in European Union: Brief Comparison of the Economic Behaviour of Member Countries

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  47. A Comparison of the Undergraduate Economics Major in Europe and in the United States

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes

  48. The Flexibility of Portuguese Study Plans in the Bologna Process on Economics

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Associate Professor Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes