Portugal surge na 32.ª posição no quadro dos 178 países analisados pela Transparência Internacional (TI) quanto à percepção da corrupção, quando em 2009 aparecia em 35.º lugar, que foi o pior ranking de sempre para o país desde 2000.
Pode ler o resto da notícia do Público clicando aqui. E aceder ao sítio da Transparency International e ao mais recente relatório clicando aqui.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
"The Impact of Government Spending on the Private Sector: Crowding-out versus Crowding-in Effects"
"It is doubtless a source of great mystery to the public why economists are unable to agree on the answer to a simple question: will austerity plans, such as those announced in Britain [and in Portugal] this month, be good or bad for the economy?"
You may keep reading this ed-piece from The Economist after clicking here.
In it there is a reference to a recently published paper by a team of 2 economists, one of whom is a member of UMinho's NIPE research center, Ricardo Sousa, with the title above.
Here is this Paper Abstract:
"The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of government spending on the private
sector, assessing the existence of crowding-out versus crowding-in effects. Using a
panel of 145 countries from 1960 to 2007, the results suggest that government spending
produces important crowding-out effects, by negatively affecting both private
consumption and investment. Moreover, while the effects do not seem to depend on the
different phases of economic cycle, they vary considerably among regions. The results
are economically and statistically significant, and robust to several econometric
techniques." You may download and read it from here.
You may keep reading this ed-piece from The Economist after clicking here.
In it there is a reference to a recently published paper by a team of 2 economists, one of whom is a member of UMinho's NIPE research center, Ricardo Sousa, with the title above.
Here is this Paper Abstract:
"The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of government spending on the private
sector, assessing the existence of crowding-out versus crowding-in effects. Using a
panel of 145 countries from 1960 to 2007, the results suggest that government spending
produces important crowding-out effects, by negatively affecting both private
consumption and investment. Moreover, while the effects do not seem to depend on the
different phases of economic cycle, they vary considerably among regions. The results
are economically and statistically significant, and robust to several econometric
techniques." You may download and read it from here.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Só a partir de 13 de Maio é que você começou verdadeiramente a trabalhar para si! (Para o ano será bem mais tarde!)
De acordo com os resultados apurados pelo Gabinete de Análise Económica da Faculdade de Economia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa referidos nesta notícia do Expresso (http://aeiou.expresso.pt/amanha-esta-livre-de-impostos=f582398 ), você só começou a trabalhar para si a partir de 13 de Maio; até lá só teria trabalhado para o estado.
Pode aceder aos relatórios de anos anteriores no sítio do referido gabinete e ficar com uma ideia como as "coisas" têm evoluido nos últimos anos: http://www.fe.unl.pt/index.php?page=861
Pode aceder aos relatórios de anos anteriores no sítio do referido gabinete e ficar com uma ideia como as "coisas" têm evoluido nos últimos anos: http://www.fe.unl.pt/index.php?page=861
The Forbes Magazine Tax Misery Index
Em alusão ao "Misery Index" lançado por Arthur Okun há alguns anos atrás, em que este adicionava a taxa de inflação à taxa de desemprego para avaliar o nível de bem/mal-estar em determinado país (não confundir com a banda de música roque que dá pelo mesmo nome - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misery_index_%28economics%29 versus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misery_Index_%28band%29), a revista Forbes criou o "Tax Misery Index", que na sua edição mais recente disponível - 2008 - adiciona as mais elevadas taxas marginais de alguns dos mais importantes impostos em 66 países com o objectivo de captar o peso dos importos na vida de todos nós e de relectir a capacidade de cada país atraír investimentos estrangeiros.
Veja os resultados clicando o link disponibilizado aqui : aqui. Portugal ocupa um "honroso" 14º lugar!
Veja os resultados clicando o link disponibilizado aqui : aqui. Portugal ocupa um "honroso" 14º lugar!
Monday, October 18, 2010
100 anos de finanças públicas portuguesas
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Please donate now. Indirectly By Gillian Tett
How campaign finance rules are easily circumvented
By Gillian Tett
Published in the Financial Times: October 16, 2010
A few days ago, an American financier friend who is a former Obama fan, received a chatty mass e-mail from “President Barack Obama”. “We can’t quit, David,” the e-mail said. (The Obama campaign likes to use first names.) “Earlier this week, Michelle asked you to help us keep going by donating to Organizing for America … will you answer this call by making a $500 donation today?”
As it happens, the answer from this particular David is a firm “no”; like many, he feels disillusioned. But similar appeals are currently flying all over American cyberspace that are generating cash – albeit not usually for Obama.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cea3aae8-d66a-11df-81f0-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1618z4QAk
By Gillian Tett
Published in the Financial Times: October 16, 2010
A few days ago, an American financier friend who is a former Obama fan, received a chatty mass e-mail from “President Barack Obama”. “We can’t quit, David,” the e-mail said. (The Obama campaign likes to use first names.) “Earlier this week, Michelle asked you to help us keep going by donating to Organizing for America … will you answer this call by making a $500 donation today?”
As it happens, the answer from this particular David is a firm “no”; like many, he feels disillusioned. But similar appeals are currently flying all over American cyberspace that are generating cash – albeit not usually for Obama.
Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. You may share using our article tools. Please don't cut articles from FT.com and redistribute by email or post to the web.
This article can be found at:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cea3aae8-d66a-11df-81f0-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1618z4QAk
Friday, October 15, 2010
Goodbye, Free Trade? High tariffs and currency wars cost us big in the 1930s. We can avoid making the same mistakes again.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704696304575538573595009754.html?mod=djemITPE_h#dummy
Thursday, October 14, 2010
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