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Fernando Alexandre

Ph.D in Economics Birkbeck College, University of London

falex@eeg.uminho.pt

Campus de Gualtar - Edificio 8 - 1.15

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Fernando Alexandre holds a PhD in Economics from Birkbeck College, University of London. He is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at University of Minho, where we was Pro- Rector, Head of the School of Business and Economics and Director of the Department of Economics. He was Secretary of State in the Portuguese Government in 2013-2015. Currently, he is also Vice-President of Conselho Económico e Social, an economics consultant at Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos and Member of the Advisory Board of the National Productivity Board. His research interests are macroeconomics, financial markets and the Portuguese economy. He authored or co-authored eight books, several book chapters and papers in journals such as Labour Economics, Journal of Technology Transfer, Regional Studies, The World Economy, Open Economies Review, Economics Letters, CESifo Economic Studies or Higher Education. He has acted as a consultant, both for private and public institutions, including the European Commission and the Portuguese Government.

Areas of interest

Macroeconomics

Monetary and Financial Economics

Portuguese Economy

Social Security.

Publications

Alexandre, F , Costa, H , Faria, A P , & Portela, M (2022)

Enhancing University–Industry collaboration: the role of intermediary organizations

Journal of Technology Transfer, 47(5) 1584-1611 DOI

Alexandre, F , & Bação, P (2022)

The Portuguese Macroeconomic Policy Framework

In J M Fernandes, P C Magalhães, & A C Pinto (Eds ) The Oxford Handbook of Portuguese Politics Oxford University Press DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Cerejeira, J , Costa, H , & Portela, M (2022)

Minimum wage and financially distressed firms: Another one bites the dust

Labour Economics, 74, 102088 DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , & Veiga, F J (2022)

The political economy of productivity growth

European Journal of Political Economy, 102185 DOI

Alexandre, F , Costa, H , Portela, M , & Rodrigues, M (2021)

Asymmetric regional dynamics in the Portuguese economy: debt, openness and local revenues

Regional Studies, 55(2), 322–332 DOI

Alexandre, F (2020)

Como são os Portugueses

Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos DOI

Alexandre, F (2020)

Balança Corrente e a Crise da Economia Portuguesa

In P B e R M A P Duarte M Simões (Ed ), Estudos de Homenagem a João Sousa Andrade Almedina DOI

Alexandre, F (2020)

Progressos na Macroeconomia

In M F Monte, J F da Rocha, & M de Assunção do Vale Pereira (Eds ), Estudos de Homenagem ao Professor Doutor Wladimir Brito Almedina DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , & Portela, M (2020)

Is the basic life-cycle theory of consumption becoming more relevant? Evidence from Portugal

Review of Economics of the Household, 18(1), 93–116 DOI

Alexandre, F , Cruz, S , & Portela, M (2020)

Financial distress and the role of management in micro and small-sized firms

(No 6) Universidade do Minho, NIPE DOI

Alexandre, F , Aguiar-Conraria, L , & Bação, P (2019)

Crise e Castigo e o dia seguinte - Os desequilibrios, o resgate e a recuperação da economia portuguesa

Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos DOI

Alexandre, F , Cerejeira, J , Portela, M , Rodrigues, M , & Costa, H (2019)

Assimetrias e Convergência Regional: Implicações para a Descentralização e Regionalização em Portugal

Porto: Associação Comercial do Porto DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Carreira, C , Cerejeira, J , Loureiro, G , Martins, A , & Portela, M (2018)

Investimento empresarial em Portugal: Crise e recuperação

Notas Económicas, (46), 71–98 DOI

Alexandre, F , Aguiar-Conraria, L , Bação, P , & Portela, M (2017)

Poupança e Financiamento da Economia Portuguesa

Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Carreira, C , Cerejeira, J , Loureiro, G , Martins, A , & Portela, M (2017)

Investimento Empresarial e o Crescimento da Economia Portuguesa

(1st ed ) Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Cerejeira, J , & Portela, M (2017)

Exchange Rates, Employment and Labour Market Rigidity

World Economy, 40(5), 993–1011 DOI

Alexandre, F , Aguiar-Conraria, L , & Bação, P (2016)

Crise e Castigo - Os desequilíbrios e o resgate da economia portuguesa

Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos DOI

Alexandre, F , & Bação, P (2014)

A história de uma economia desequilibrada

In F Alexandre, P Bação, P Lains, M M F Martins, M Portela, & M Simões (Eds ), A Economia Portuguesa na União Europeia: 1986-2010 (pp 77–104 ) Actual Editora DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Lains, P , Martins, M M F , Portela, M , & Simões, M (2014)

A Economia Portuguesa na União Europeia: 1986 – 2010

Coimbra: Actual Editora DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Lains, P , Martins, M M F , Portela, M , & Simões, M (2014)

Introdução: A Economia Portuguesa Entre Duas Intervenções do FMI

In F Alexandre, P Bação, P Lains, M M F Martins, M Portela, & M Simões (Eds ), A Economia Portuguesa na União Europeia: 1986 – 2010 (pp 43–68) Coimbra: Actual Editora DOI

Alexandre, F , & Bação, P (2013)

Portugal before and after the European Union: Facts on Nontradables

In J C Lopes, J Santos, M S Aubyn, & S Santos (Eds ), Estudos de Homenagem a João Ferreira do Amaral (pp 427–452) Almedina DOI

Alexandre, F , Carballo-Cruz, F , Cerejeira, J , & Correia, I (2013)

Impactos no Turismo

In R V de Castro (Ed ), Guimarães 2012 Capital Europeia da Cultura: Impactos Económicos e Sociais - Relatório Final (pp 40–51) Braga: Universidade do Minho DOI

Cerejeira, J , & Alexandre, F (2013)

Guimarães 2012: Organização e programa

In R V de Castro (Ed ), Guimarães 2012 Capital Europeia da Cultura: Impactos Económicos e Sociais - Relatório Final (pp 25–36) Braga: Universidade do Minho DOI

Aguiar-Conraria, L , Alexandre, F , & de Pinho, M C (2012)

The euro and the growth of the Portuguese economy:a counterfactual analysis

Análise Social, 47(2), 298–321 DOI

Conraria, L A , Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Cerejeira, J , & Portela, M (2012)

Emprego e TSU: o impacto no emprego das alterações nas contribuições dos trabalhadores e das empresas

NIPE Policy Paper, Universidade do Minho, Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas (NIPE) DOI

Alexandre, F , & Mendes, C (2011)

Growth, consumption and political stability in China

Revista De Estudos Chineses, 193–209 DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , & Driffill, J (2011)

Bubbles in exchange rates and monetary policy

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 58(1), 29–50 DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Cerejeira, J , & Portela, M (2011)

Employment and Exchange Rates: The Role of Openness and Technology

Open Economies Review, 22(5), 969–984 DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , & Gabriel, V (2010)

Soft landing in a Markov-switching economy

Economics Letters, 107(2), 169–172 DOI

Aguiar-Conraria, L , Alexandre, F , & de Pinho, M C (2010)

O Euro e o Crescimento da Economia Portuguesa: Uma Análise Contrafactual

(No 37) Universidade do Minho, NIPE DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Cerejeira, J , & Portela, M (2009)

Aggregate and sector-specific exchange rate indexes for the Portuguese economy

Notas Económicas, 30, 6–28 DOI

Alexandre, F , Martins, I G , Andrade, J S , Castro, P R , & Bação, P (2009)

A crise financeira internacional

(1ª ) Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra DOI

Alexandre, F , Portela, M , & Sá, C (2009)

Admission conditions and graduates' employability

Studies in Higher Education, 34(7), 795–805 DOI

Cerejeira, J , Portela, M , Sá, C , & Alexandre, F (2009)

Os fluxos e as remunerações de sub- e sobre-escolarizados em Portugal no período 1995-2005

(Vol 23) Lisboa: Ministério do Trabalho e da Segurança Social, Gabinete de Estratégia e Planeamento (MTSS/GEP) DOI

Portela, M , Sá, C , Alexandre, F , & Cardoso, A R (2009)

Perceptions of the Bologna process: What do students' choices reveal?

Higher Education, 58(4), 465–474 DOI

Cardoso, A R , Sá, C , Portela, M , & Alexandre, F (2008)

Demand for higher education programs: the impact of the Bologna process

CESifo Economic Studies, 54(2), 229–247 DOI

Portela, M A , Areal, N M P C , Sá, C , Alexandre, F , Cerejeira, J , Carvalho, A , & Rodrigues, A (2008)

Evaluating student allocation in the Portuguese public higher education system

Higher Education, 56(2), 185–203 DOI

Gabriel, V J , Alexandre, F , & Bação, P (2008)

The Consumption-Wealth Ratio Under Asymmetric Adjustment

Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, 12(4) DOI

Alexandre, F , Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Bação, P , Gabriel, V J , & Gabriel, V J (2007)

Volatility in asset prices and long-run wealth effect estimates

Economic Modelling, 24(6), 1048–1064 DOI

Alexandre, F , & Bação, P (2006)

Investment and non-fundamental movements in asset prices: is there a role for monetary policy?

Economic Issues, 11(1), 65–95 DOI

Alexandre, F , & Bação, P (2005)

Monetary policy, asset prices, and uncertainty

Economics Letters, 86(1), 37–42 DOI

More publications

Projects

É tudo sobre produtividade: contribuições para a compreensão da estagnação da economia portuguesa

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Duration: 2018-10-01 - 2022-09-30

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Miguel Portela
Fernando Alexandre

Team

João Cerejeira
Marta Simões
Carla Sá
Ana Carvalho
Luís Aguiar-Conraria
Nuno Azevedo
Pedro Bação
Francisco Veiga
Gilberto Loureiro
Paulo Guimarães
Sujiao ZHAO
Marta Silva
Octávio Figueiredo

Do made in ao created in: um novo paradigma para a economia portuguesa

Funding: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos

Duration: 2020-08 - 2021-10

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Fernando Alexandre

Team

João Tovar Jalles
Joaquim Oliveira Martins
Pedro Brinca
Tiago Neves Sequeira
Lars Montelius
Paulo Ferrão
José Varejão
Miguel Portela
Joana Vasconcelos
João Cerejeira
Hélder Costa
Carlos Oliveira Cruz
João Fragoso Januário
Luís Catão
Pedro de Faria
António Martins
Til Dietrich
Flora Marchioro
Renato Rosa
Maria Antonieta Cunha e Sá
Ana Carina Silva
Catarina Frazão Santos

Assessment on Financial support to Undertakings in Portugal: Subventions, Prizes, Repayable Assistance, Financial Instruments

Funding: Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy

Duration: 2019-08 - 2021-06

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Fernando Alexandre

Investimento empresarial e o crescimento da economia portuguesa

Funding: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Duration: 2017-04-01 - 2017-06-30

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Fernando Alexandre

Team

Gilberto Loureiro
Miguel Portela
Pedro Bação
João Cerejeira
António Martins
Carlos Carreira

Financial Literacy

Funding: European Investment Bank

Duration: 2013-01-01 - 2015-12-31

Researchers and Team

Team

Linda Gonçalves Veiga
Francisco Veiga
Luís Aguiar-Conraria
Fernando Alexandre
Carla Sá
Miguel Portela

1986-2010: The Portuguese Economy in the European Union

Funding: Universidade do Minho

Duration: 2010-04-01 - 2014-05-07

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Fernando Alexandre

Team

Miguel Portela
Francisco Carballo Cruz
Carla Sá
Francisco Veiga
Luís Aguiar-Conraria
Manuel Herédia
Sílvia Sousa

Monetary policy and asset prices in regime-switching economies

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Duration: 2010-01-01 - 2012-06-30

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Pedro Bação

Team

Fernando Alexandre
Luís Aguiar-Conraria

Teaching

Economia Portuguesa e Europeia Licenciatura

Macroeconomia I Licenciatura

Políticas Macroeconómicas Mestrado

Projeto em Economia Aplicada Licenciatura

People

Fernando Alexandre

Campus de Gualtar - Edificio 8 - 1.15

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Areas of interest

Publications

Enhancing University–Industry collaboration: the role of intermediary organizations

The Portuguese Macroeconomic Policy Framework

Minimum wage and financially distressed firms: Another one bites the dust

The political economy of productivity growth

Asymmetric regional dynamics in the Portuguese economy: debt, openness and local revenues

Como são os Portugueses

Balança Corrente e a Crise da Economia Portuguesa

Progressos na Macroeconomia

Is the basic life-cycle theory of consumption becoming more relevant? Evidence from Portugal

Financial distress and the role of management in micro and small-sized firms

Crise e Castigo e o dia seguinte - Os desequilibrios, o resgate e a recuperação da economia portuguesa

Assimetrias e Convergência Regional: Implicações para a Descentralização e Regionalização em Portugal

Investimento empresarial em Portugal: Crise e recuperação

Poupança e Financiamento da Economia Portuguesa

Investimento Empresarial e o Crescimento da Economia Portuguesa

Exchange Rates, Employment and Labour Market Rigidity

Crise e Castigo - Os desequilíbrios e o resgate da economia portuguesa

A história de uma economia desequilibrada

A Economia Portuguesa na União Europeia: 1986 – 2010

Introdução: A Economia Portuguesa Entre Duas Intervenções do FMI

Portugal before and after the European Union: Facts on Nontradables

Impactos no Turismo

Guimarães 2012: Organização e programa

The euro and the growth of the Portuguese economy:a counterfactual analysis

Emprego e TSU: o impacto no emprego das alterações nas contribuições dos trabalhadores e das empresas

Growth, consumption and political stability in China

Bubbles in exchange rates and monetary policy

Employment and Exchange Rates: The Role of Openness and Technology

Soft landing in a Markov-switching economy

O Euro e o Crescimento da Economia Portuguesa: Uma Análise Contrafactual

Aggregate and sector-specific exchange rate indexes for the Portuguese economy

A crise financeira internacional

Admission conditions and graduates' employability

Os fluxos e as remunerações de sub- e sobre-escolarizados em Portugal no período 1995-2005

Perceptions of the Bologna process: What do students' choices reveal?

Demand for higher education programs: the impact of the Bologna process

Evaluating student allocation in the Portuguese public higher education system

The Consumption-Wealth Ratio Under Asymmetric Adjustment

Volatility in asset prices and long-run wealth effect estimates

Investment and non-fundamental movements in asset prices: is there a role for monetary policy?

Monetary policy, asset prices, and uncertainty

Projects

É tudo sobre produtividade: contribuições para a compreensão da estagnação da economia portuguesa

Lead Researcher

Team

Do made in ao created in: um novo paradigma para a economia portuguesa

Lead Researcher

Team

Assessment on Financial support to Undertakings in Portugal: Subventions, Prizes, Repayable Assistance, Financial Instruments

Lead Researcher

Investimento empresarial e o crescimento da economia portuguesa

Lead Researcher

Team

Financial Literacy

Team

1986-2010: The Portuguese Economy in the European Union

Lead Researcher

Team

Monetary policy and asset prices in regime-switching economies

Lead Researcher

Team

Teaching

SDG

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