Nominations across gender: An empirical investigation of Brazilian municipal elections

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

The impact of sizeof the firm and exchange rate in the export propensity of domestic and foreign owned firms in a developing country: A study of the Brazilian exporters

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Policies to improve the lives of Slum Dwellers – from international agreements to local contexts. The Brazilian case-study

Last decades economic development induced massive international and regional migration flows directed to the urban spaces. The magnitude and swiftness of these processes determined that several cities’ authorities would fail to respond to the increasing demands of many social services. The right to an “adequate housing” emerged as a political concern, leading governments and institutions to develop housing programmes directed to improve the lives of slum dwellers. This paper presents a diachronic evolution of these specific housing policies in the paradigmatic case-study of Brazil, critically analysing the evolving roles played by the multiple levels of decision (from international institutions to local communities) in the development and implementation of such measures.

Business plan analysis of a Brazilian software company

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Corporate strategy development: International distance model for the Brazilian market

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Gestão de pressões em redes de distribuição de água – caso de Santa Maria da Feira

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Engenharia e Gestão da Água

Efeitos induzidos por pressões isostáticas sequenciais em bactérias deteriorativas da espécie Brochothrix thermosphacta

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - PTDC/AGRALI/119075/2010

Pressões sobre cortinas de contenção em solos com nível freático elevado

No pré-dimensionamento de cortinas de contenção flexíveis multi-escoradas são frequentemente utilizados diagramas aparentes, sobretudo para a previsão das cargas nas escoras. Nos casos de níveis freáticos elevados, tais diagramas, em especial quando dizem respeito a solos arenosos, foram obtidos em situações em que foi possível proceder ao rebaixamento do nível freático. O trabalho pretende contribuir para a compreensão da distribuição das pressões totais sobre a cortina nos casos em que tal rebaixamento não se verifique. Começa-se por fazer uma breve análise do problema com base no publicado na bibliografia. Recorrese a análises tensão-deformação, por elementos finitos, para o estudo de um caso-base, comparando-se cenários em que não se considera a presença de água no terreno com outros em que tal presença se verifica, tanto modelando os efeitos da percolação como assumindo que a cortina impede a entrada de água para a escavação. Procede-se a análise paramétrica que procura estudar os efeitos nas pressões na cortina da altura enterrada, do peso volúmico do solo, da rigidez das escoras, da rigidez da parede, da largura de escavação, da escala do problema e da resistência do terreno. Analisam-se os resultados obtidos e tiram-se algumas conclusões sobre os diagramas a adoptar no pré-dimensionamento para os casos de nível freático elevado.

Lévy processes and the Brazilian market

No presente artigo apresentamos processos de Levy usados na literatura para modelar os retornos dos ativos financeiros, estes processos sao gerados pelas distribuições Pareto-Estaveis e Hiperbolicas. Estudamos algumas propriedades destas distribui<;oes, em particular a propriedade da invariancia da escala temporal. Por ultimo apresentamos evidencias empiricas da aplicabilidade destes processos para modelar retornos de ativos Brasileiros, para isto usamos 0 Ibovespa, o recibo da Telebras e Petrobras, na amostra usamos dados dos periodos de 1 de janeiro de 1995 a 31 de dezembro de 1998 (Gl) e de 12 de janeiro de 1996 a 31 de dezembro de 1997(G2).

Brazilian equity risk premium analysis: A macroeconomic approach

Double Degree Masters in Economics Program from Insper and NOVA School of Business and Economics

Choosing the gender and skill of politicians: List composition and electability across Brazilian municipalities

This work project studies the effect of variations in the proportion of female candidates on the quality of politicians. This effect was divided between nominated and elected body. Cross-sectional data was used for two elections, and an OLS as an IV approach. Results show that the existence of female candidates on parties’ list increases the quality of the nominated body. Moreover, contrary to what many advocate, increasing the presence of female candidates either increases or has no effect on the quality of the elected body. Results that were confirmed for the overall data and controlling for region factors only.

Young adult Brazilian beauty consumers perception of Lancôme and the effectiveness of social media relationhips with local celebrities on their purchase intention

The aim of this research is to evaluate if a premium beauty brand, in this case, Lancôme, can influence positively the purchase intention from Brazilian young adults, between 18 and 29 years old, consumers of beauty products, by initiating a relationship with a local celebrity or “it” girl on social media. This hypothesis has not been tested, and this research is a first attempt of evaluating it. Additionally, the consumer behavior, brand preferences and social media activeness of this age segment in Brazil are further studied as important insights for beauty brands to conquer these consumers. Results did not confirm the positive influence of local celebrities on this age segment’s purchase intention but several suggestions are made for future research to revisit this topic. Furthermore, there is a significant brand love for M.A.C., an international Lancôme competitor, amongst this target, as well as a probable price sensitivity facing premium beauty brands.