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Contributions of Marine Cluster for Regional Sustainability: Economic Prospecti...
Paramio, Luz; Tiago, Maria Teresa Borges; Tiago, Flávio Borges; Vieira, José CabralThe project SEAValue proposes to develop a first integrate approach to valuation of the Sea of Azores from economic view analyses.The project aims the estimation of the contribution of the sea, namely, maritime sector and marine ecosystem services, and their benefits for the sustainable development of the Autonomous Region of Azores through a responsive and effective decision support process.Nowadays, the world...
The propensity and intensity of export activities of companies operating in Europe
Couto, João Pedro Almeida; Tiago, Maria Teresa Borges; Vieira, José Cabral; Silva, FranciscoCopyright © 2008 Clute Institute. ; Previous studies have explored the substantial benefits for companies and governments of exporting. Nevertheless the role of government has been analysed mainly trough export promotion programs and the importance of the subsidiaries of multinational companies to increment a country exports has not been tested together with other variables present in the literature on export ...
Willingness to pay for airline services attributes: microeconometric evidence f...
Menezes, António Gomes de; Vieira, José CabralWe analyze consumer preferences for airline services attributes between Ponta Delgada and Lisbon. For this purpose, we conduct a stated preferences choice game and estimate a microeconometric model à la McFadden (1974). Our results are statistically significant and imply willingness to pay measures economically high for attributes such as punctuality warranties and comfort. We interpret these results at the lig...
Computable general equilibrium models: a literature review
Menezes, António Gomes de; Fortuna, Mário; Silva, Francisco; Vieira, José CabralApplied general equilibrium models have become popular tools used on ongoing economic policy debates. In this paper we discuss at length the most proeminent features of applied general equilibrium models in a comprehensive and non-technical way, thus accessible to the reader interested in economic policy but with no prior formal exposure to economic modeling. We rationalize the increasing political demand for s...
Eficiência técnica dos hospitais portugueses 1997-2004: uma análise (regional) ...
Menezes, António Gomes de; Rendeiro, Marco Forjaz; Vieira, José CabralEste estudo estima um modelo de fronteira estocástica à la Battese e Coelli (1992, 1995) para explicar a função custo variável de um conjunto de 51 hospitais Portugueses para o período 1997-2004. Os resultados obtidos têm forte valor estatístico e interessante significado económico. Entre os diversos resultados inovadores do estudo, de referir que os hospitais SA/EPE e os hospitais com sistemas de gestão de qua...
Equalization effects of local financing models in Portugal
Fortuna, Mário; Vieira, José Cabral; Mendes, MargaridaOne objective frequently found in models of decentralized financing is that of equalization. The concern is that poorer jurisdictions receive enough resources for basic services and for development promotion, thus eliminating horizontal and vertical imbalances. In Portugal, decentralization has occurred at two levels: the local, for the whole country and the regional for the autonomous regions of the Azores and...
Medidas de disponibilidade a pagar por atributos de voos comerciais: uma aplica...
Vieira, José Cabral; Menezes, António Gomes deEste trabalho analisa as preferências dos consumidores do serviço de transporte aéreo entre São Miguel e Terceira: o mais importante corredor aéreo nos Açores. Dada a forte regulação histórica e actual que caracteriza este serviço, não há dados do tipo preferências reveladas. Contudo, o conhecimento das preferências dos consumidores é incontornável na implementação de políticas que promovam o bem-estar social. ...
National culture and research and development activities
Couto, João Pedro Almeida; Vieira, José CabralCopyright © 2004 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. ; This paper examines the effect of national culture on the process of innovation and research and development activities in the subsidiaries of multinational companies. For this purpose, we use a sample of 222 subsidiaries for five European countries. The paper has drawn up two important findings. Firstly, cultural dimensions such as individualism, masculinit...
Low-pay higher pay and job quality: empirical evidence for Portugal
Vieira, José Cabral; Menezes, António Gomes de; Gabriel, PatríciaThis paper examines to what extent low pay jobs can be considered of low quality. For this purpose, we use three waves (1997-1999) of the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) for Portugal. The results indicate that low pay workers report a lower level of job satisfaction when compared with their higher paid counterparts. Moreover, some of the determinants of job satisfaction differ between these two types ...
Determinantes da participação dos beneficiários no programa do Rendimento Mínim...
Fortuna, Mário; Faria, Sandra Dias; Vieira, José Cabral; Menezes, António Gomes deWe present micro econometric evidence on the determinants of the probability that beneficiaries of the Minimum Guaranteed Income (MGI) participate in market production or in home production. We use a micro data set which covers all the beneficiaries of the MGI, up to 2001, for the Portuguese Region with the highest incidence of this program, namely, the Azores. We find striking diferences between women’s and me...
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