Health expenditures in the OECD: A political economy analysis using structural breaks

A Masters Thesis, presented as part of the requirements for the award of a Research Masters Degree in Economics from NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Going twice to the polls?: Optimality of two-stage voting procedures

A Masters Thesis, presented as part of the requirements for the award of a Research Masters Degree in Economics from NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Eleições municipais em Lisboa na Primeira República (19910-1926)

Esta tese investiga as eleições municipais em Lisboa durante a Primeira República (1910-1926). Pretende-se captar permanências e mudanças neste microcosmo político, para um conhecimento aprofundado da História eleitoral e local desta época. Estuda, uma a uma, as eleições municipais em Lisboa (1913, 1917, 1919, 1922 e 1925). Pesquisa as forças partidárias, os candidatos a vereadores, a campanha política, o corpo eleitoral e o resultado da votação para cada um dos escrutínios. No capítulo final faz-se análise de todos os sufrágios, averiguando a questão da legitimação do poder municipal em Lisboa na Primeira República. Concluímos que as “eleições feitas” ditaram a hegemonia do Partido Republicano Português em todas as eleições camarárias da capital. Apesar disso, o regime republicano empenhou-se na participação política, na cultura cívica e no processo de modernização e democratização da sociedade portuguesa.

Insurance segmentation as unfair discrimination: what to expect next in the wake of Test-Achats

Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference organized by the Insurance Law Association of Serbia and German Foundation for International Legal Co-Operation (IRZ), entitled "Insurance law, governance and transparency: basics of the legal certainty" Palic Serbia, 17-19 April 2015.

Da supremacia funcional da Lei Parlamentar: contributo para a sistematização da teoria geral da lei no sistema de fontes do direito constitucional português

In, AAVV "Estudos de direito público", Lisboa: âncora Editora, 2006, 243-346 pp.

Produção de electricidade em Portugal

In the present work we intend to do an analysis of the production of electricity in special regime in Portugal. We will focus in particular in the remuneration system through the feed-in tariffs. First, we will excurse throughout different legal diplomas that regulated the special regime in Portugal, exploring which guarantees were conferred to electricity generators throughout the years. We intend to also evaluate how the producers remunerative rights were (or not) protected in the various legislative changes. In the second part of the dissertation we will examine whether the feed-in tariffs may be considered as State aid. Due to the inclusion of the subject in EU Law, we will analyze EU regulation and case law to support our position about the Portuguese regime. Finally, and to the extent that the production of electricity in special regime has undergone several changes to its remunerative regime in the last few years, we propose to analyze more carefully the amendments in question. We will scrutinize the reasons that based the amendments in question, which are mainly based on the economic crisis suffered by the country. We will also examine how those changes may jeopardize the remunerative rights of the producers.

Ressocialização no meio prisional

This paper examine the purpose of rehabilitation while main purpose of imprisonment application, and the divergence between its central role assumed in legislation and what is being practiced in the institutional dimension. This study aims to determine the expected outcome of this dialectical opposition, in pursuit of preventive purposes that guide the criminal reactions of Portuguese criminal - legal system. To this end, the sentence of imprisonment shall be framed in the main politico- criminal traits of our country, analyzing the standards and principles that underlie and underpin our legal – criminal system. The guiding principles of the prison sentence and the respective legislation will be presented, such as the prison system and treatment provided to achieve the above desideratum. Finally material factors and legislative contradictions that oppose the rehabilitation in prisons will be presented. The dissertation does not intend to expose the solution to this paradox insurmountable, but rather present the main factors that hinder the achievement of the objectives intended to be achieved with the prison sentence.

A participação da sociedade civil no processo de elaboração das leis federais brasileiras

The public consultation is a methodology for the interaction between the bodies responsible for drafting the law and the parties likely to be affected or to be interested in normative acts in question. This work seeks to encourage the use of public consultation in the process of elaboration of the Brazilian law. Therefore, some aspect of the knowledge area called Science of Legislation, with attention to the concept of “quality of the law” and to of the public consultation tool are addressed. We present the advantages of preparing public consultation mainly in the case of proposals that impose costs or benefits relevant to the economic agents involved in or promoting major change in the distribution of resources in society. Finally, it discusses the Brazilian legislative procedure and what the Brazilian law requires from legislative projects forwarded to the National Congress, as well as build a synthesis of the tools and the exiting possibilities of participation in the Brazilian context of elaboration of norms.

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.

Estereótipos do aluno cigano no sistema escolar e a sua influência na aprendizagem do português

O presente estudo insere-se no campo de pesquisa relativo à integração e inclusão escolar da etnia cigana no sistema de ensino português num contexto de política legislativa e educação inclusiva e intercultural. Pretendemos identificar o conhecimento dos docentes sobre educação inclusiva e intercultural, quais as práticas pedagógicas interculturais desenvolvidas com alunos de etnia cigana e compreender se as dificuldades linguísticas destes alunos são avaliadas num contexto de educação inclusiva e intercultural. Tivemos, similarmente, como intuito auscultar a existência de estereótipos dos docentes, relativos aos alunos de etnia e cultura ciganas, e sua influência na inclusão escolar e no processo de aprendizagem da linguagem portuguesa.