LINDA ROSA FONSECA GONÇALVES VEIGA (AD15-63FE-5361)

Curriculum Vitae

LINDA ROSA FONSECA GONÇALVES VEIGA

Linda Gonçalves Veiga is a full Professor of Economics at the University of Minho in Portugal. Holding a Ph. D. in Economics from the University of South Carolina (USA), she teaches and does research in the areas of Political Economy and Public Economics. She has an extensive publication record and has coordinated several research projects funded by external entities. She has been a member of the board of the European Public Choice Society. Currently, Linda Veiga serves as the director of the bachelor's program in Economics. Her previous leadership roles include pro-rector of the University of Minho, vice-president of the School of Economics and Management (EEG) at UMinho, and director of both the Centre for Research in Economics and Management (NIPE) and the department of Economics, as well as the doctoral and master's programs in Economics. Additionally, she collaborated on policy-relevant research and capacity building with various organisations and agencies, including the United Nations, the OECD, the Government, and the Court of Auditors.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: LINDA ROSA FONSECA GONÇALVES VEIGA
Gender: Female

Citation names

Veiga, Linda Gonçalves

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: AD15-63FE-5361
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0160-9486
Google Scholar ID: CE8nbLYAAAAJ&hl
Researcher Id: B-6294-2009
Scopus Author Id: 6701821303

Email addresses

linda@eeg.uminho.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone

253604568 (Professional)

Addresses

Escola de Economia e Gestão - Universidade do Minho. Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.eeg.uminho.pt/pt/_layouts/15/UMinho.PortaisUOEI.UI/Pages/userinfo.aspx?p=1814 (Professional)

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Upper intermediate (B2)	Proficiency (C2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2005/10/01 - 2006/07/31	Sabbatical SFRH/BSAB/512/2005 Principal investigator University of Cambridge Faculty of Economics, United Kingdom University of Cambridge Clare Hall, United Kingdom	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
1996 - 1999	Ph.D. thesis BD/9283/96 PhD Student Fellow University of South Carolina Department of Economics, United States	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/03 - 2026/02	Losers of Representation / Os Perdedores da Representação 176004PRJ 2022.05057.PTDC Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/05/01 - 2023/06/30	CLICTOUR – Climate change resilient tourism in protected areas of Northern Portugal NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000079 Researcher Universidade do Minho - Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas e Empresariais (NIPE) - Research Centre in Economics and Management, Portugal	Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte Concluded
2016/01/01 - 2019/06/30	SmartEGOV: Harnessing EGOV for Smart Governance (Foundations, Methods, Tools) NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000037 Researcher Universidade do Minho Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas, Portugal	Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte Concluded
2015 - 2017	Term-limits and Local Pubic Finance / Limitação de Mandatos e Finanças Locais FFMS-LM Principal investigator Universidade do Minho Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas, Portugal	Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos Concluded
2012/02/01 - 2015/01/31	Political budget cycles and economic voting / Ciclos político-económicos e votação económica PTDC/EGE-ECO/118501/2010 Principal investigator Universidade do Minho Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2011/03/31	Political Competition and Economic Performance / Competição Política e Desempenho Económico PTDC/ECO/65711/2006 Principal investigator Universidade do Minho Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2005/09/01 - 2008/08/31	Interactions between economics and politics in Portugal / Interacções entre a economia e a política em Portugal POCI/58641/ECO/2004 Principal investigator Universidade do Minho Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2002 - 2005	Voters, policymakers and the economy POCTI/37457/ECO/2001 Principal investigator Universidade do Minho Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2000/12/01 - 2002/03/31	Voters, policymakers and the economy: an analysis of the Portuguese case POCTI/32609/ECO/99-00 Principal investigator Universidade do Minho Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Veiga, Francisco José; Veiga, Linda; Bruno fernandes; João Martins. Limitação de mandatos: o impacto nas finanças locais e na participação eleitoral. Lisbon, Portugal: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos. 2017. Published Kurian, Mathew; Ardakanian, Reza; Gonçalves Veiga, Linda; Meyer, Kristin. Resources, Services and Risks - How Can data Observatories Bridge the Science-Policy Divide in Environmental Policy?. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. 2016. Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-28706-5 Gonçalves Veiga, Linda; Kurian, Mathew; Ardakanian, Reza. Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: Questions of Accountability and Autonomy. Springer International Publishing. 2015. Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-06296-9 Veiga, Francisco José; Francisco Carballo-Cruz; Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. Cooperação Territorial Europeia e Cultura. Lisboa, Portugal: Secretaria de Estado da Cultura. 2014. Published
Book chapter	Veiga, Francisco José; Veiga, Linda; Magalhães, Pedro. "O Parlamento e a opinião pública". In O Parlamento Português, edited by Almeida, Pedro T., 243-264. Lisbon, Portugal: Edições Assembleia da República, 2023. Published Veiga, Francisco José; Veiga, Linda. "Political budget cycles in Portuguese municipalities in the 21st century". In Estudos de Homenagem a José da Silva Costa, edited by Teixeira, Aurora; Delgado, Ana Paula; Carvalho, Luís; Mota, Maria Isabel; Silva, Maria Manuela Castro e Silva, 110-124. Porto, Portugal: U. Porto Press, 2023. Published Veiga, Linda Gonçalves; Efthyvoulou, Georgios; Morozumi, Atsuyoshi. "Political Budget Cycles: Conditioning Factors and New Evidence". In The Oxford Handbook of Time and Politics. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2019. Published • 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190862084.013.8 Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. "Descentralização e autonomia em educação: uma contribuição para o debate na perspetiva da Economia". In Lei de Bases do Sistema Educativo: balanço e prospetiva, edited by Conselho Nacional de Educação, 921-937. Lisboa, Portugal, 2017. Published Veiga, Linda Gonçalves; Kurian, M.. "Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: Questions of Accountability and Autonomy". In Governing the Nexus - Water, Soil and Waste Resources Considering Global Change, edited by Kurian, M.; Ardakanian, Reza, 63-81. Cham: Springer, 2015. Published Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. "Descentralização orçamental: questões de autonomia e responsabilização". In Para uma reforma abrangente da organização e gestão do sector público - Comunicações e comentários, 393-412. Lisboa, Portugal: Banco de Portugal, 2013. Published Veiga, Linda; Veiga, Francisco José. "Economics, popularity and vote intentions in Portugal : a longitudinal analysis with aggregate data". In Portugal at the Polls: in 2002. Lexington Books, 2007. Published Veiga, Linda. "O Poder Local e a Europa". In Em nome da Europa. Portugal em Mudança, 1986-2006, 207-226. Portugal: Editora Princípia, 2007. Published Veiga, Linda; Veiga, Francisco José. "Economia, Popularidade e Intenções de Voto em Portugal: uma Análise Longitudinal com Dados Agregados". In Portugal a Votos: Eleições Legislativas de 2002, 125-157. Portugal: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, 2004. Published
Conference paper	João Martins; Bruno Fernandes; Ibrahim Rohman; Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. "The War on Corruption: The Role of Electronic Government". Paper presented in Electronic Government: EGOV 2018, Krems, 2018. Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-98690-6_9 Martins, J.; Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. "Electronic government and the ease of doing business". Paper presented in ICEGOV '18 - 11th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, Galway, 2018. Published • 10.1145/3209415.3209438 Veiga, Linda Gonçalves; Ibrahim Kholilul Rohman. "e-Government and the Shadow Economy: Evidence from Across the Globe". Paper presented in International Conference on Electronic Government, St. Petersburg, 2017. Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-64677-0_9 Nielsen, M.M.; Veiga, Linda Gonçalves; Carvalho, N.R.; Barbosa, L.S.. "Administrative burden reduction over time: Literature review, trends and gap analysis". Paper presented in ICEGOV '17 - 10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, Delhi, 2017. Published • 10.1145/3047273.3047334 Veiga, Linda Gonçalves; Janowski, T.; Soares Barbosa, L.. "Digital government and administrative burden reduction". Paper presented in ICEGOV '15-16: 9th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, Montevideo, 2016. Published • 10.1145/2910019.2910107
Journal article	João Martins; Linda Veiga; Bruno Fernandes. "Are electronic government innovations helpful to deter corruption? Evidence from across the world". Economics & Politics 35 3 (2023): 1177-1203. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12255. Published • 10.1111/ecpo.12255 João Martins; Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. "Digital government as a business facilitator". Information Economics and Policy 60 100990 (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infoecopol.2022.100990. Published • 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2022.100990 Costa, Hélia; Veiga, Linda. "Local labor impact of wind energy investment: An analysis of Portuguese municipalities". Energy Economics 94 (2021): 105055. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2020.105055. Published • 10.1016/j.eneco.2020.105055 João, N.A. Martins; Veiga, Linda G.. "Undergraduate students' economic literacy, knowledge of the country's economic performance and opinions regarding appropriate economic policies". International Journal of Education Economics and Development 11 4 (2020): 351. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijeed.2020.110596. Published • 10.1504/ijeed.2020.110596 Veiga, Linda; Veiga, Francisco José. "The Effects of Electoral Incentives on Fiscal Policy: Evidence from a Legislative Change at the Local Government Level". The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 35 2 (2019): 394-421. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewy027. Published • 10.1093/jleo/ewy027 Francisco José Veiga; Linda Gonçalves Veiga. "Term limits and voter turnout". Electoral Studies 53 (2018): 20-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2018.03.001. Published • 10.1016/j.electstud.2018.03.001 Francisco José Veiga; Linda Gonçalves Veiga; Atsuyoshi Morozumi. "Political budget cycles and media freedom". Electoral Studies 45 (2017): 88-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2016.11.008. Published • 10.1016/j.electstud.2016.11.008 Costa, Hélia; Veiga, Linda Gonçalves; PORTELA, MIGUEL. "Interactions in Local Governments' Spending Decisions: Evidence from Portugal". Regional Studies 49 9 (2015): 1441-1456. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2013.835798. Published • 10.1080/00343404.2013.835798 Veiga, Francisco José; Carballo-Cruz, Francisco; Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. "Cooperação Territorial Europeia e Cultura em Portugal". Revista Lusófona de Estudos Culturais 2 2 (2014): 103-130. https://rlec.pt/index.php/rlec/article/view/1771. Published • 10.21814/rlec.70 Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. "Voting functions in the EU-15". Public Choice 157 3-4 (2013): 411-428. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-013-0113-7. Published • 10.1007/s11127-013-0113-7 Veiga, L.G.; Veiga, F.J.. "Intergovernmental fiscal transfers as pork barrel". Public Choice 155 3-4 (2013): 335-353. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-011-9863-2. Published • 10.1007/s11127-011-9863-2 Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. "Determinants of the assignment of EU funds to Portuguese municipalities". Public Choice 153 1-2 (2012): 215-233. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-011-9786-y. Published • 10.1007/s11127-011-9786-y Aidt, T.S.; Veiga, F.J.; Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. "Election results and opportunistic policies: A new test of the rational political business cycle model". Public Choice 148 1-2 (2011): 21-44. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-010-9644-3. Published • 10.1007/s11127-010-9644-3 Veiga, F.J.; Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. "The impact of local and national economic conditions on legislative election results". Applied Economics 42 13 (2010): 1727-1734. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00036840701736107. Published • 10.1080/00036840701736107 Veiga, L.G.; Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. "Political business cycles at the municipal level". Public Choice 131 1-2 (2007): 45-64. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-006-9104-2. Published • 10.1007/s11127-006-9104-2 Veiga, Linda Gonçalves; Veiga, F.J.. "Does opportunism pay off?". Economics Letters 96 2 (2007): 177-182. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176506004502. Published • 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.12.026 Veiga, Linda Gonçalves; Pinho, M.M.. "The political economy of intergovernmental grants: Evidence from a maturing democracy". Public Choice 133 3-4 (2007): 457-477. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-007-9208-3. Published • 10.1007/s11127-007-9208-3 Coelho, C.; Veiga, Francisco José; Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. "Political business cycles in local employment: Evidence from Portugal". Economics Letters 93 1 (2006): 82-87. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176506001315. Published • 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.03.048 Veiga, Linda Gonçalves; Veiga, F.J.. "Eleitoralismo nos municípios portugueses". Analise Social 40 177 (2005): 865-889. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34248043451&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Published Veiga, F.J.; Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. "Popularity functions, partisan effects, and support in parliament". Economics and Politics 16 1 (2004): 101-115. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0343.2004.00133.x. Published • 10.1111/j.1468-0343.2004.00133.x Veiga, F.J.; Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. "The determinants of vote intentions in Portugal". Public Choice 118 3-4 (2004): 341-364. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/B:PUCH.0000019913.00616.e2. Published Pinho, Maria Manuel ; Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. "Análise da Influência de Factores Políticos na Alocação das Transferências Intergovernamentais em Portugal". Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais 7 (2004): 63-83. https://www.review-rper.com/index.php/rper/article/view/136. Published • 10.59072/rper.vi7.136 Veiga, Linda Gonçalves; Chappell Jr., H.W.. "Politics and unemployment in industrialized democracies". Public Choice 110 3-4 (2002): 261-282. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1013063218593. Published • 10.1023/A:1013063218593 Chappell Jr., H.W.; Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. "Economics and elections in Western Europe: 1960-1997". Electoral Studies 19 2-3 (2000): 183-197. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261379499000475. Published • 10.1016/S0261-3794(99)00047-5 Veiga, Linda Gonçalves. "Popularity functions for the Portuguese Prime Minister, Government, Parliament and President". European Journal of Political Research 33 3 (1998): 347-361. https://ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-6765.00386. Published
Report	Rita Sousa; António Vieira; Ana Melo; Bento-Gonçalves, António; Artur Viana; Cristiana Gião; Cristina Machado; et al. 2023. CLICTOUR - Roteiro para o turismo sustentávelnas áreas protegidas do norte de Portugal. 2023. https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/86994.

Activities

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09 - Current	Public procurement dynamics and corruption determinants in Portuguese m Co-supervisor of Beatriz Costa Azevedo	Economics (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/09 - Current	How are taxes determined at the municipal level: Evidence from the Portuguese Personal Income Tax Supervisor of Sara Vieira Ribeiro	Economia (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018 - Current	Political connections, firms and opinion polls Co-supervisor of Bruno Emanuel Pires Fernandes	Economia (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018 - 2024/02/01	Essays on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Digital Government Co-supervisor of João Luís Oliveira Martins	Economia (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/06/29	The effects of decentralisation on education: An assessment of the Portuguese municipalities case Co-supervisor of Beatriz Costa Azevedo	Economia (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/07 - 2022/07/22	Fatores explicativos do endividamento municipal Supervisor of Alexandra Maria Afonso	Economia Monetária, Bancária e Financeira (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016 - 2021/10/18	An economic analysis of revolutions, voting behavior and voter turnout Co-supervisor of Rihab R. Sawaya	Economia (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016 - 2020/07/30	Fiscal decentralisation, intergovernmental transfers, and human development Co-supervisor of Kayode Taiwo	Economia (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017 - 2019/12/11	A questão dos erros sistemáticos nas previsões dos Governos para a elaboração de documentos de política orçamental: o caso de Portugal. Supervisor of Carla Cristina Simões Ribeiro	Economia (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014 - 2018/07/10	Os políticos e o federalismo orçamental Brasileiro Supervisor of Jonatan Lautenschlage	Economia (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016 - 2017/07/17	Implementação do orçamento participativo nos municípios portugueses Supervisor of Maria Goreti Vieira da Silva	Economia Monetária, Bancária e Financeira (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016 - 2017/06/22	Economia e eleições: uma análise dos indicadores económicos que influenciam a popularidade dos políticos Portugueses Supervisor of Mónica Mendes Silva	Economia (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015 - 2016/06/27	Descentralização e desempenho escolar no 1º ciclo do ensino básico: o caso dos municípios portugueses Co-supervisor of Regina Leocádia Marques da Silva Freitas Gonçalves	Economia (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015 - 2016/06/27	Saldos migratórios e os governos locais Supervisor of Susana Reis Romão da Rocha	Economia (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015 - 2016/06/27	Os efeitos nas finanças locais da limitação de mandatos dos autarcas portugueses Supervisor of Ana Luísa Araújo Rodrigues	Economia (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014 - 2015/12/17	O preço da água nos municípios portugueses: quais as razões para as suas disparidades? Supervisor of Cristóvão Alexandre da Silva Pereira	Economia Monetária, Bancária e Financeira (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014 - 2015/07/09	Ciclos político-económicos: Análise sobre Portugal Supervisor of Bruno Emanuel Pires Fernandes	Economia (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014 - 2015/07/09	Literacia Económica, Perceções do Desempenho Económico e do Papel do Governo e Formação em Economia Supervisor of João Luís Martins	Economia (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 - 2014/11/07	O sector empresarial autárquico uma abordagem da escolha pública Supervisor of Catarina Alexandra Barbosa Fernandes	Economia (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011 - 2012/09/13	Ciclos político-económicos nos municípios de Santa Catarina Supervisor of Jonatan Lautenschlage	Economia (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011 - 2012/02	Determinantes do endividamento municipal em Portugal Supervisor of Fernando Ferreira	Economia (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011 - 2012/01	Funções voto: o caso da União Europeia Supervisor of Helder Fernando Pereira Alves	Economia (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2001 - 2010/07/16	Tributação do património e determinantes no sucesso político dos governantes Co-supervisor of Maria José Andrade Pais Valente	Ciências Económicas (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009 - 2010/07	Economic Determinants of the European Unions Popularity Supervisor of Carlos André da Silva Gama Nogueira	Economia (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009 - 2010/05	A Economia Política das Transferências da União Europeia para o Municípios Portugueses: Aplicação à NUTSIII - Tâmega Supervisor of António Fernando da Silva Fernandes	Economia (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2008 - 2009/11	Growth of the State in the Portuguese Economy Empirical Evidence Supervisor of Patrícia Oliveira Silva	Economia (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2006 - 2009/09/11	Quatro ensaios sobre a ilusão fiscal Supervisor of Paulo Reis Mourão	Ciências Económicas (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2008 - 2009/07	Strategic Interaction in Local Fiscal Policy: Evidence from Portuguese Municipalities Co-supervisor of Hélia Rita Faria da Costa e Silva	Economia, Mercados e Políticas Públicas (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2004 - 2007/04/05	Essays on the Political Economy of Fiscal Policy Supervisor of Maria Manuel Pinho	Economia (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2003 - 2004/07	Political Business Cycles and the Local Power Co-supervisor of César Alberto Campos Coelho	Economia (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2022/04/12 - 2022/04/14	Annual Meeting of the European Public Choice Society (EPCS) (2022/04/12 - 2022/04/14) (2022/04/12 - 2022/04/14) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Economia e Gestão, Portugal
2018/07/12 - 2018/07/13	Congresso Nacional de Práticas Pedagógicas no Ensino Superior (2018/07/12 - 2018/07/13) Congress (President of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/09/28 - 2017/09/29	14th PEARL Workshop - Public Economics at the Regional and Local Level (2017/07/28 - 2017/07/29)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Economia e Gestão, Portugal

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2022 - Current	Editorial Board of the Review of Public Economics Member
2021 - Current	Advisory Board of the Economics and Business Review Member
2015 - 2018	Board of the European Public Choice Society Member

Distinctions

Award

2022	Best paper published in 2021 Universidade do Minho Escola de Economia e Gestão, Portugal
2020	Best paper published in 2019 Universidade do Minho Escola de Economia e Gestão, Portugal
2017	Outstanding Paper Award for the most innovative research contribution or case study International Federation for Information Processing - IFIP EGOV, Austria
2013	Best paper published in 2012 Universidade do Minho Escola de Economia e Gestão, Portugal