The Portuguese Economy Towards 1992: Proceedings of a conference sponsored by Junta Nacional de Investiga��o Cient�fica e Tecnol�gica and Banco de Portugal / Edition 1

by Joïo Ferreira do Amaral, Diogo Lucena, Antïnio S. Mello

Overview

The Portuguese Economy Towards 1992 addresses the issues and problems faced by Portugal as it approaches European economic integration in 1992. Chapters are based on papers presented at a conference held in Vimeiro, Portugal, on March 23 and 24, 1991, and address topics which include business cycles, the European Monetary System, foreign direct investment and trade. In addition, a group of chapters focuses on labor issues: wage gaps, mobility and productivity.
This analysis of the highly open and semi-developed Portuguese economy will serve as a relevant model for other economies having to deal with integration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792391937
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	01/31/1992
Edition description:	1992
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

Business Cycles in Portugal: Theory and Evidence.- Financial Liberalization and Adhesion to EMS - Dynamics of Adjustment in Portugal.- Foreign Entry and Domestic Welfare, with an Application to Portuguese Life-Insurance.- Concentration and Competitive Dynamics.- Why Are Wages in Portugal Lower than Elsewhere in the EEC?.- Some Aspects of the Portuguese Labour Market,1977-1988: Neutrality, Hysteresis and the Wage Gap.- Trade-Off between Emigration and Remittances in the Portuguese Economy.- Labour Supply in an Environment with Emigration: an Empirical Study of the Portuguese Case.- Co-Integration of Macroeconomic Time Series: an Application to the Consumption Function.- Allocation of Common Costs in Portuguese Telephone Service.- Comparative Advantage and Structural Change in the Portuguese Pattern of Trade in Manufactures.- List of Participants.