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December 2013
Season's Greetings!

November 2013
Cheers to Priscila Ferreira who has had a research project recommended for funding by the FCT evaluation panel. Details on the project are as follows: Title: The crisis within: Labour market (dis)functions and outcomes Reference: EXPL/IIM-EC O/1207/2013 Research Team: Priscila Ferreira (PI, NIMA, UMinho); Lara Tavares (ISCSP, UTL), Vitória Mourão (ISCSP, UTL), Ana P. Fernandes (UExeter, UK) Outcome: overall rating 8 (High Impact - Extremely strong with negligible weaknesses), recommended funding: ?14.939,00 This project has the financial support of


Latest working papers NIMA: "More on the dynamic Vickrey mechanism for multi-unit auctions: an experimental study on the emission permits initial auction" by Anabela Botelho, Lígia M. Costa Pinto, Eduarda Fernandes (NIMA WP53)
"Valuing wind farms? environmental impacts by geographical distance: A contingent valuation study in Portugal", by Anabela Botelho, Lígia M. Costa Pinto, Patrícia Sousa (NIMA WP52)
"Consumer preferences for apple: Comparing the results of contingentvaluation method and a real purchasing situation", by Anabela Botelho, Lina Sofia Lourenço-Gomes, Lígia M. Costa Pinto (NIMA WP51)
October 2013 Paula Veiga presents "What?s Driving Day Surgery Diffusion? An Application to Portuguese Public Hospitals" (co-authored with Sílvia Sousa) in a parallel session at the 13th anual conference of the Portuguese Association of Health Economics (APES)
Paula Veiga presents "Population Preferences in Primary Health Care in Portugal" (co-authored with Isabel Correia, Patricia Norwood and Verity Watson) in a poster session at The 13th anual conference of the Portuguese Association of Health Economics (APES)
The 13th anual conference of the Portuguese Association of Health Economics (APES) took place at the University of Minho in October 10 - 12, 2013. Marieta Valente (NIMA) and Sílvia Sousa (NIPE) from the University of Minho, were part of the local organizing committee. Anabela Botelho (NIMA) and Paula Veiga (NIMA) were part of the Scientific Committee.
October 2nd - Priscila Ferreira presents "Firm entry deregulation, competition and returns to education and skill" at the NIPE Seminar Series.
September 2013 Priscila Ferreira, Ana P. Fernandes, and L Alan Winters on VoxEU.org: "Is deregulating firm entry good for the workers? Which workers?"
Book Chapter On Trust, Knowledge Sharing and Innovation in Pablos, P. O. & Tennyson R. D. Strategic Approaches for Human Capital Management and Development in a Turbulent Economy, IGI Global, 2013. Isabel Martins, Ana Martins e Orlando Petiz Pereira (Chapter 10)
Recently published articles: Preservation of a rural and cultural landscape. Insights from the multinomial and error components logit model Lígia Pinto, Lina Lourenço-Gomes, João F. Rebelo New Medit, vol 12, n.2, (June 2013), pp. 65-72
Soft skills: from university to the work environment. Analysis of a Survey of Graduates in Portugal Orlando P. Pereira Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, 2013, vol. 13, issue 1, pages 105-118
July 2013 Working paper at the Centre for Economic Policy Research: Firm Entry Deregulation, Competition and Returns to Education and Skill Ana P. Fernandes, Priscila Ferreira and L. Alan Winters CEPR Discussion Paper No. 9550
June 2013 A group of researchers from NIMA and NIPE have joined efforts to host the European Society for Population Economics annual conference in 2014. Erik Plug, University of Amsterdam, will serve as the program chair and Priscila Ferreira as coordinator of the local organizing team. The keynote speakers will be Christian Dustmann (University College London) and Michele Tertilt (University of Mannheim). The presidential address will be given by James Albrecht (Georgetown University). Visit the conference website at www.especonferences.org

Priscila Ferreira presents "Wage inequality, business strategy and productivity" at the 27th ESPE anual conference at Aarhus University, Denmark, June 12-15, 2013
May 2013 FCT organizes the conference: Smart Specialization - Diagnóstico do Sistema de Investigação e Inovação: Desafios, Forças e Fraquezas rumo a 2020; Conferência Pública | 13 de maio 2013, Fundação Champalimaud, Lisboa
FCT news: Financiamento de Projetos Estratégicos promovidos por Unidades de I&D e Laboratórios Associados 2013-2014
April 2013 Latest working papers NIMA: "Linking Appropriation of Common Resources and Provision of Public Goods Decreases Rate of Destruction of the Commons", by Anabela Botelho, Ariel Dinar, Lígia M. Costa Pinto, Amnon Rapoport (NIMA WP 50)
"The impact of regulatory compliance behavior on hazardous waste generation in European private healthcare facilities" by Anabela Botelho (NIMA WP 49)
"Firm Entry Deregulation, Competition and Returns to Education and Skill" by Ana P. Fernandes, Priscila Ferreira and L. Alan Winters (NIMA WP 48)
March 2013 Encontra-se aberto um concurso para a atribuição de uma Bolsa de Investigação, no âmbito do projecto com o título ?Valoração económica dos impactos ambientais de energias renováveis?, com a referência PTDC/EGE/ECO/122402/2010, associado ao Núcleo de Investigação em Microeconomia Aplicada (NIMA) da Universidade do Minho, financiado por fundos nacionais através da FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC) e co-financiado pelo Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) através do COMPETE ? Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade (POFC) Mais info sobre este concurso no site: eracareers.
ideas #1 - Newsletter of the European Research Council
Resultados FCT: Programa ?incentivo" 2013
Priscila Ferreira, "Mulheres dirigem um terço dos centros de investigação da UMinho", Nós- Jornal online da UMinho, nº30 Março 2013
February 2013 FCT - Avaliação 2013: "A próxima avaliação de instituições de I&D vai decorrer durante o ano de 2013, conforme anunciado em abril de 2012. Como preparação dessa avaliação, a FCT lançou uma consulta pública sobre a proposta de regulamento, para a qual solicita a participação de toda a comunidade científica."
Encontra-se aberto um concurso para a atribuição de uma Bolsa de Investigação a Licenciado (a), no âmbito do projeto com o título ?O que querem os pacientes dos serviços de saúde primários? ?, associado ao Núcleo de Investigação em Microeconomia Aplicada (NIMA) da Universidade do Minho, financiado pelo Ministério da Saúde/INSA, I.P. Mais info sobre este concurso no site: eracareers.
Lígia Pinto (w/ Lina Lourenço-Gomes & João F. Rebelo) publishes "Visitors? preferences for preserving the attributes of a world heritage site", Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2013 (in press) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2013.01.003
A focus group has been organized at the University of Minho in the context of the research project "What do patients want from primary health care services?" the research team is composed of Paula Veiga (UMinho, NIMA), Patricia Fernandes (UAberdeen) and Verity Watson (UAberdeen)
January 2013 Lurdes Martins presents "Uncertainty, complexity and informational barriers in tariff choice: does numeracy help consumers?" at the Centre for Competition and Regulatory Policy Workshop, City University of London, UK, 24 January 2013
Anabela Botelho presents "Time and Uncertainty in Resource Dilemmas: Equilibrium Solutions and Experimental Results?, at the American Economic Association (AEA) 2013 Annual Meeting, in the Session in memory of Elinor Ostrom: "Common-Pool Resource Dilemmas-Current Prespective", jointly organized by the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE) and the AEA 2013 Annual Meeting, 4 a 6 de january de 2013, San Diego, California, USA
******************************************************************************** December 2012 Cheers to Marieta Valente who has had a project recommended for funding by FCT. The details are as follows: Title: Bens éticos e comportamentos pro-sociais no contexto de experiências económicas Project reference: PTDC/IIM-ECO/4574/2012 Decision: Recommended for Funding - Total Funding: €25.749,00 Overall Rating: Outstanding This project has the financial support of


November 2012 Lígia Pinto (w/ C. Simões and C. Bernardo) publishes "Environmental and economic assessment of a road safety product made with virgin and recycled HDPE: A comparative study", Journal of Environmental Management (2012), 1-7
September 2012
Anabela Botelho presents "Time and Uncertainty in Resource Dilemmas: Equilibrium Solutions and Experimental Results" at the WSPC Seminar Series, University of California Riverside, 27 September (http://events.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?comp_id=38360:20120927120000)
Priscila Ferreira presents "Firm entry deregulation, competition and returns to education and skill." at the 24th European Association of Labour Economists [EALE], 20-22 September, Bonn, Germany
Paula Veiga presents "Export diversification and sophistication and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa" at the Fourteenth Annual Conference European Trade Study Group 2012 [ETSG], 13-15 September, Leuven, Bélgica
Eduarda Fernandes presents "The dynamic Vickrey auction for the initial allocation of emission permits ? A comparison between experimental studies" at Economic Science Association European Conference 2012 [ESA],12-15 September, Cologne, Germany
August 2012
Encontra-se aberto o concurso para a atribuição de duas Bolsas de Investigação a Licenciado(a), no âmbito do projecto ?Valoração económica dos impactos ambientais de energias renováveis? (PTDC/EGE-ECO/122402/2010) associado ao Núcleo de Investigação em Microeconomia Aplicada (NIMA) da UMinho. Mais info sobre este concurso no site: eracareers.
May 2012 Paula Veiga part of the Organizing Committee of the Conference "Perspectivas e Desafios da Internacionalização do Sector da Saúde", Lisbon, 10 May 2012
Congratulations to the NIMA research affiliate Mark Taylor who has been promoted to Professor in Economics at the University of Essex. Well done Professor Mark!!
April 2012 FCT organizes the event SCIENCE 2012: Portugal? Paths of excellence in science and technology", Lisbon, April 24th
What is Excellence? The Aarhus Declaration: Investing in excellence - Preparing for tomorrowLurdes Martins presents "Confusion in cell phone plans choice: how can regulation improve welfare?" at the8th annual Competition & Regulation Meeting on the topic: Behavioral Competition and Regulation, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, April 20, 2012.
Lígia Pinto (w/ C. Simões and C. Bernardo) publish "Modelling the economic and environmental performance of engineering products: a materials selection case study", International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (2012), 17 (6): 678-688. [doi: 10.1007/s11367-012-0414-y]
Gabriel Leite Mota "O dinheiro traz felicidade, mas...", Visão, 4 Abril 2012
March 2012 Priscila Ferreira attends the GINI Project Mid-Term Conference -- Inequalities and their Impacts in European Societies, Budapest, 23?24 March, 2012. ("Wage inequality, business strategy and productivity", with J. Cerejeira, M. Portela, S. Sousa)
Leite Mota. ?A liberalização do sistema financeiro é o doping da economia?, ionline, 22 Mar 2012
Priscila Ferreira "As damas de ferro dos nossos dias", Nós- Jornal online da UMinho, nº21 Março 2012
Lígia Pinto (w/ C. Simões and C. Bernardo) publish "Modelling the environmental performance of composite products: Benchmark with traditional materials", Materials and Design 39 (2012): 121?130. [doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2012.02.027]
Anabela Botelho and Lígia Pinto (w/ Isabel Dinis) publish "The impact of information and other factores on on-farm agrobiodiversity conservation: evidence from a duration analysis of Portuguese fruit growers", Spanish Journal of Agricultural Reserach, 2012, 10(1): 3-17. [doi: 10.5424/sjar/2012101-469-10]
January 2012 Lígia Pinto part of the Organizing Committee of the Vth GECAMB Conference on Environmental Management and Accounting, which will take place at the Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, Portugal, 25th ? 26th October, 2012.
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