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Working Papers

2009

1. Brazilian Football League Technical Efficiency: A Bootstrap Approach
   Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
2. Productivity Change in USA Airports: The Gillen and Lall Approach Revisited
   Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.

2008

3. Addiction At the Biennale of Venice
   Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
4. Choice Valuation of Traffic Restrictions: Perspectives on Noise, Pollution and Congestion Preferences
   Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
5. Flight Delays in Spanish Airports
   Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
6. Heterogeneity in Technical Efficiency of the French Urban Transport: 1995 to 2002
   Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
7. Identification of Segments of Thermo Energy Plants with a Latent Class Model
   Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
   Also in Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon. (2008)
8. Performance of European Airports: Regulation, Ownership and Managerial Efficiency
   Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon. View citations
9. Persistence in Airline Accidents
   Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
10. Productivity Change of UK Airports: 2000-2005
    Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
11. Productivity Drivers in Japanese Seaports
    Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
12. Productivity Growth and Biased Technological Change in Hydroelectric Generating Dams
    Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
13. Productivity Growth and Biased Technological Change in UK Airports
    Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon. View citations
14. Relevance or Irrelevance of Capital Structure
    Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
    See also Journal Article in Economic Modelling (2009)
15. Technical Efficiency and Heterogeneity of Argentina Pension Funds
    Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
16. Technical Efficiency, Regulation, and Heterogeneity in Japanese Airports
    Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
17. The Technical Efficiency of UK Airports
    Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon. View citations
18. Tourism in Azores Islands: Persistence in the Monthly Arrivals
    Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.

2007

19. A Comparative Analysis of Productivity Change in Italian and Portuguese Airports
    Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
20. An Analysis of Hospital Efficiency and Productivity Growth Using the Luenberger Productivity Indicator
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
21. Evaluating the Location Efficiency of Arabian and African Seaports Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
    Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
22. Identification of Segments of European Banks with a Latent Class Frontier Model
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich
23. Identification of Segments of French Urban Public Transport with a Latent Class Frontier Model
    Post-Print, HAL
24. Survival Analysis in Tourism Demand: The length of stay in Latin American destinations
    Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
25. Technical Efficiency of Nigerian Insurance Companies
    Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
26. The Determinants of Soccer Player Substitutions: a Survival Analysis of the Spanish Soccer League
    Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
27. The Expenditure Composition Hypothesis: Empirical Evidence and Implications for Monetary Policy
    Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.

2006

28. A Note on Productivity Change in European Co-operative Banks: The Luenberger Indicator Approach
    Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
29. Coaching for Survival: The Hazards of Head Coach Careers in the German “Bundesliga”
    Working Papers, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.
    See also Journal Article in Applied Economics (2009)
30. ETA TERRORISM:POLICE ACTION, POLITICAL MEASURES AND THE INFLUENCE OF VIOLENCE ON ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
    Economics and Finance Discussion Papers, Economics and Finance Section, School of Social Sciences, Brunel University

2005

31. Low-Wage Employment in Portugal: A Mixed Logit Approach
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    Also in Labor and Demography, EconWPA (2005)
32. MIXED LOGIT ESTIMATION OF RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
    Microeconomics, EconWPA View citations

2000

33. Sports Policy at Regional Level: Estimating the Economic Value of Amateur Sports Managers
    IASE Conference Papers, International Association of Sports Economists
34. Transatlantic Sport: An Introduction
    IASE Conference Papers, International Association of Sports Economists

Journal Articles

2010

1. Analysing head coach dismissals in the German "Bundesliga" with a mixed logit approach
   European Journal of Operational Research, 2010, 200, (1), 151-159

2009

2. A Historical Perspective of Inflation in Latin America. A New Approach Based on Fractional Integration with a Structural Break
   International Economic Journal, 2009, 23, (2), 259-279
3. Analysing the technical efficiency of the Spanish Football League First Division with a random frontier model
   Applied Economics, 2009, 41, (25), 3239-3247
4. BASQUE TERRORISM: POLICE ACTION, POLITICAL MEASURES AND THE INFLUENCE OF VIOLENCE ON THE STOCK MARKET IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY
   Defence and Peace Economics, 2009, 20, (4), 287-301
5. Bootstrapped efficiency measures of oil blocks in Angola
   Energy Policy, 2009, 37, (10), 4098-4103
6. Coaching for survival: the hazards of head coach careers in the German 'Bundesliga'
   Applied Economics, 2009, 41, (25), 3303-3311
   See also Working Paper (2006)
7. Introduction to the special issue on: Understanding, quantifying and modelling the terrorist threat
   Journal of Policy Modeling, 2009, 31, (5), 737-738
8. Regulation, pollution and heterogeneity in Japanese steam power generation companies
   Energy Policy, 2009, 37, (8), 3109-3114
9. Relevance or irrelevance of capital structure?
   Economic Modelling, 2009, 26, (2), 473-479
   See also Working Paper (2008)
10. Stock market returns and terrorist violence: evidence from the Basque Country
    Applied Economics Letters, 2009, 16, (15), 1575-1579

2008

11. A revenue-neutral tax reform to increase demand for public transport services
    Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2008, 42, (4), 659-672 View citations
12. An analysis of hospital efficiency and productivity growth using the Luenberger indicator
    Health Care Management Science, 2008, 11, (4), 373-381
13. Efficiency analysis of hydroelectric generating plants: A case study for Portugal
    Energy Economics, 2008, 30, (1), 59-75 View citations
14. Efficiency measurement of the English football Premier League with a random frontier model
    Economic Modelling, 2008, 25, (5), 994-1002
15. Social capital in non-profit organizations: A multi-disciplinary perspective
    The Journal of Socio-Economics, 2008, 37, (4), 1554-1569
16. Technical change and productivity growth in airports: A case study
    Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2008, 42, (5), 818-832 View citations
17. Technical efficiency of thermoelectric power plants
    Energy Economics, 2008, 30, (6), 3118-3127
18. Terrorism against American citizens in Africa: Related to poverty
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 2008, 30, (1), 55-69
19. What a quantile approach can tell us about returns to education in Europe
    Education Economics, 2008, 16, (4), 391-410

2007

20. ARE USA CITIZENS AT RISK OF TERRORISM IN EUROPE?
    Defence and Peace Economics, 2007, 18, (6), 495-507
21. Analysing the Performance of the Pension Fund Industry with a Stochastic Frontier Model: A Case Study for Portugal
    The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2007, 32, (2), 190-210
22. Analysing the determinants of performance of best and worst European banks: A mixed logit approach
    Journal of Banking & Finance, 2007, 31, (7), 2189-2203 View citations
23. BOOK REVIEW
    Defence and Peace Economics, 2007, 18, (1), 99-100
24. Comparing Productivity Change in Italian and Portuguese Seaports using the Luenberger Indicator Approach
    Maritime Economics and Logistics, 2007, 9, (2), 138-147 View citations
25. Efficiency in Crime Prevention: A Study of Lisbon's Police Precincts
    International Review of Applied Economics, 2007, 21, (5), 687-697
26. Governance and CEO pay and performance in non-profit organizations
    International Journal of Social Economics, 2007, 34, (11), 811-827
27. Technical efficiency in the English Football Association Premier League with a stochastic cost frontier
    Applied Economics Letters, 2007, 14, (10), 731-741 View citations
28. The determinants of cost efficiency of hydroelectric generating plants: A random frontier approach
    Energy Policy, 2007, 35, (9), 4463-4470 View citations

2006

29. A Benchmark Analysis of Italian Seaports Using Data Envelopment Analysis
    Maritime Economics and Logistics, 2006, 8, (4), 347-365 View citations
30. ETA: A PERSISTENT PHENOMENON
    Defence and Peace Economics, 2006, 17, (2), 95-116
31. Earnings, Schooling and Social Capital of Cooperative Managers
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2006, 77, (1), 1-20 View citations
32. Performance evaluation of the English Premier Football League with data envelopment analysis
    Applied Economics, 2006, 38, (12), 1449-1458
33. Productivity Growth in the Lisbon Police Force
    Public Organization Review, 2006, 6, (1), 21-35
34. The timing of ETA terrorist attacks
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 2006, 28, (3), 335-346 View citations

2005

35. Decomposing Growth in Portuguese Seaports: A Frontier Cost Approach
    Maritime Economics and Logistics, 2005, 7, (4), 297-315 View citations
36. Efficiency in Crime Prevention: A Case Study of the Lisbon Precincts
    International Advances in Economic Research, 2005, 11, (3), 315-328 View citations
37. Evaluating the Efficiency and Productivity of Insurance Companies with a Malmquist Index: A Case Study for Portugal
    The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2005, 30, (2), 244-267
38. Governance and Incentive Regulation in Defence Industry Enterprises: A Case Study
    European Journal of Law and Economics, 2005, 20, (1), 87-97
39. INTRODUCTION: SECURITY CHALLENGES AND THREATS IN A POST-9/11 WORLD
    Defence and Peace Economics, 2005, 16, (5), 327-329
40. Learning-by-Consuming and the Dynamics of the Demand and Prices of Cultural Goods
    Journal of Cultural Economics, 2005, 29, (2), 83-106 View citations
41. Performance measurement in tax offices with a stochastic frontier model
    Journal of Economic Studies, 2005, 32, (5), 497-510

2004

42. Efficiency in European Seaports with DEA: Evidence from Greece and Portugal
    Maritime Economics and Logistics, 2004, 6, (2), 122-140 View citations
43. Measuring performance in defense-sector companies in a small NATO member country
    Journal of Economic Studies, 2004, 31, (2), 112-128 View citations

2003

44. An intervention analysis of terrorism: the spanish eta case
    Defence and Peace Economics, 2003, 14, (6), 401-412 View citations
45. Earnings and Schooling of Cooperative Managers
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2003, 74, (3), 349-364
46. Incentive Regulation and Efficiency of Portuguese Port Authorities
    Maritime Economics and Logistics, 2003, 5, (1), 55-69 View citations
47. Internal and external threats: defence economic analysis
    Defence and Peace Economics, 2003, 14, (6), 385-388

2002

48. DEVELOPMENT AND CONFLICT IN THE BALKANS: CATCH-UP AND MILITARY EXPENDITURE
    Defence and Peace Economics, 2002, 13, (5), 353-363
49. SMALL COUNTRIES AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE EUROPEAN DEFENCE INDUSTRY: PORTUGAL AS A CASE STUDY
    Defence and Peace Economics, 2002, 13, (4), 311-319 View citations

2001

50. The dynamics of the mutualist movement in Portugal: a time series analysis
    The Journal of Socio-Economics, 2001, 30, (6), 549-552