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  1. You do not love what you do not know: A discussion of individuals’ assessments of the volunteer experience.

    Article • The Humanistic Psychologist, June 2025, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Paulo Mourao

  2. Taylor’s rule, political cycle, and Latin America—An analysis of time series in search of responsibility for monetary stabilization

    Article • PLOS One, December 2021, PLOS

    Paulo Mourao

  3. Discussing the determinants of online budget transparency based on a spatial regression analysis of Croatian cities and municipalities: Do good neighbours make you better?

    Article • International Area Studies Review, January 2020, SAGE Publications

    Paulo Mourao

  4. ‘Keeping up with the (Portuguese) Joneses’—a study on the spatial dependence of municipal expenditure

    Article • Applied Economics, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Paulo Mourao

  5. Are there electoral cycles of emigration? An empirical investigation based on European data

    Article • International Migration, December 2017, Wiley

    Paulo Mourao

  6. The Impact of Fiscal Transparency on Corruption: An Empirical Analysis Based on Longitudinal Data

    Article • The B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, October 2017, De Gruyter

    Paulo Mourao

  7. The Irrelevance of Political Party Differences for Public Finances

    Article • European Review, September 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Paulo Mourao, André Corrêa d'Almeida

  8. The importance of new forms of capital in nonprofit organizations

    Article • International Journal of Social Economics, July 2017, Emerald

    Paulo Mourao

  9. What is China seeking from Africa? An analysis of the economic and political determinants of Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment based on Stochastic Frontier Models

    Article • China Economic Review, June 2017, Elsevier

    Paulo Mourao

  10. The Economics of Motorsports

    Article • January 2017, Nature

    Paulo Mourao

  11. Income Inequality in Host Countries and Remittances: A Discussion of the Determinants of Portuguese Emigrants' Remittances

    Article • International Migration, June 2016, Wiley

    Paulo Mourao

  12. UEFA EURO 2012: impact of the mega-event

    Article • Tourism and Hospitality Research, April 2016, SAGE Publications

    Paulo Mourao, Prof. José Cadima Ribeiro

  13. Scoring the efficiency of Portuguese wine exports – an analysis recurring to Stochastic Frontier Models

    Article • Ciência e Técnica Vitivinícola, January 2016, EDP Sciences

    Paulo Mourao

  14. Rhetoric on the economy: have European parties changed their economic messages?

    Article • Applied Economics, November 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Paulo Mourao

  15. Gini playing soccer

    Article • Applied Economics, May 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Paulo Mourao

  16. The complex relation between Belarusian trade openness and the agricultural sector

    Article • Land Use Policy, February 2015, Elsevier

    Paulo Mourao

  17. The choices of the fire — Debating socioeconomic determinants of the fires observed at Portuguese municipalities

    Article • Forest Policy and Economics, June 2014, Elsevier

    Paulo Mourao

  18. Does European regional competitiveness influence sports? An analysis of three sports

    Article • Applied Economics, February 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Paulo Mourao

  19. The messenger of inflation – how media change political competition

    Article • Applied Economics Letters, February 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Paulo Mourao

  20. Pork-Barrel versus Irrelevance Effects in Portuguese Public Spending

    Article • Environment and Planning C Government and Policy, January 2013, SAGE Publications

    Paulo Mourao

  21. Women Out, Children Out: The Effect of Female Labor on Portuguese Preschool Enrollment Rates

    Article • Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, January 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Paulo Mourao

  22. Does the Economic Cycle Change Our Prayers? A Discussion Based on Catholic Bulletins

    Article • Kyklos, October 2012, Wiley

    Paulo Mourao

  23. Microcredit borrowing rates

    Article • International Journal of Social Economics, June 2012, Emerald

    Paulo Mourao

  24. What makes non-profit soccer teams run? A panel data approach using a sample of Braga teams

    Article • Financial Theory and Practice, June 2012, Institute of Public Finance

    Paulo Mourao

  25. Soccer debt

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, June 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Paulo Mourao

  26. The African aid trap – are we helping the poorest or the richest?

    Article • Agrekon, June 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Paulo Mourao

  27. How the Cake is Distributed: The Case of Portuguese Decentralized Grants

    Article • Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, February 2012, SAGE Publications

    Paulo Mourao

  28. Toward a Centrality Index for Computing Grids

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paulo Mourao

  29. A Case of Dictator Game in Public Finances–Fiscal Illusion between Agents

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paulo Mourao

  30. Has Trade Openness Already Voted? A Panel Data Study

    Article • Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, November 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Paulo Mourao

  31. Time elapsed since the last medical visit: analysis of a statistical model applied to the case of Spanish women

    Article • Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, March 2011, Elsevier

    Paulo Mourao

  32. Tempo decorrido desde a última consulta: análise de um modelo estatístico aplicado ao caso das mulheres na Espanha

    Article • Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, March 2011, Elsevier

    Paulo Mourao

  33. Time elapsed since the last medical visit: analysis of a statistical model applied to the case of Spanish women

    Article • Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira (English Edition), March 2011, Elsevier

    Paulo Mourao

  34. Debate: The dangers of fiscal illusion

    Article • Public Money & Management, September 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Paulo Mourao

  35. Elections, Fiscal Policy and Fiscal Illusion

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2010, Elsevier

    Paulo Mourao

  36. “Fiscal Illusion Causes Fiscal Delusion – Please Be Careful!”

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paulo Mourao

  37. As exportações portuguesas entre 1714 e 1770: os efeitos do pombalismo através de uma discussão econométrica

    Article • Economia Aplicada, June 2009, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Paulo Mourao

  38. Why giving?

    Article • International Journal of Social Economics, October 2007, Emerald

    Paulo Mourao