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Francisco Veiga

Ph.D in Economics University of South Carolina

fjveiga@eeg.uminho.pt

Campus de Gualtar - Edificio 8 - 2.04

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Francisco Veiga is Professor of Economics at the School of Economics and Management at UMinho. Holding an undergraduate degree in Economic and Political International Relations from UMinho, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of South Carolina, he teaches and researches in the areas of Macroeconomics, International Monetary Economics, Political Economy, and Economic Growth.
He was president of the European Public Choice Society from April 2017 to April 2019, is a member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Political Economy, has several articles published in journals such as the Journal of Development Economics and the European Economic Review, and coordinated several research projects.
He was Dean of the School of Economics and Management, an elected member of the General Council of UMinho, director of the Economic Policies Research Unit (NIPE), of the Department of Economics, and the Ph.D., Master and undergraduate programs in Economics.
Among the consultancy tasks performed are studies for the European Court of Auditors, the Portuguese Directorate General of Local Authorities (DGAL), Secretary of State of Culture, for the firm Parque Escolar, E.P.E., and Associação Missão Crescimento.

Areas of interest

Macroeconomics

International Monetary Economics

Economic Growth

Political Economy

Publications

Veiga, F , Veiga, L , & Magalhães, P C (2023)

O Parlamento e a opinião pública

In P T de Almeida (Ed ), O Parlamento Português Democracia - Volume IV, pp 243-264 Lisboa: Assembleia da República DOI

Veiga, F , & Veiga, L (2023)

Political budget cycles in Portuguese municipalities in the 21st century

In A Teixeira, A P Delgado, L Carvalho, M I Mota, M M Castro e Silva (Eds) Estudos de Homenagem a José da Silva Costa Faculdade de Economia da U Porto, U Porto Press DOI

Wang, X , Bohn, F , & Veiga, F J (2023)

When do more selfish politicians manipulate less, not more?

European Journal of Political Economy, 102320 DOI

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

The political economy of productivity growth

European Journal of Political Economy, 102185 DOI

Boukari, M , & Veiga, F J (2021)

Fiscal forecast manipulations and electoral results: evidence from Portuguese municipalities

Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, 36(2), 115–138 DOI

Bohn, F , & Veiga, F J (2021)

Political forecast cycles

European Journal of Political Economy, 66, 101934 DOI

Sochirca, E , & Veiga, F J (2021)

Key determinants of elite rivalry: theoretical insights and empirical evidence

Applied Economics, 53(2), 277–291 DOI

Veiga, F J (2020)

Instituições e o crescimento da economia portuguesa

In P B António Portugal Duarte Marta Simões & R Morais (Eds ), Estudos de Homenagem a João Sousa Andrade (pp 219–234) Coimbra: Almedina DOI

de Lucas Bondezan, K , Veiga, F J , & Dias, J (2019)

Institutions, government stability and human capital accumulation

Revista De Economia e Agronegócio, 17(2), 255–271 DOI

Bohn, F , & Veiga, F J (2019)

Political opportunism and countercyclical fiscal policy in election-year recessions

Economic Inquiry, 57(4), 2058–2081 DOI

Bohn, F , & Veiga, F J (2019)

Elections, recession expectations and excessive debt: an unholy trinity

Public Choice, 180(3-4), 429–449 DOI

Aguiar-Conraria, L , Magalhães, P C , & Veiga, F J (2019)

Transparency, Policy Outcomes, and Incumbent Support

Kyklos, 72(3), 357–380 DOI

Veiga, L G , & Veiga, F J (2019)

The Effects of Electoral Incentives on Fiscal Policy: Evidence from a Legislative Change at the Local Government Level

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 35(2), 394–421 DOI

Boukari, M , & Veiga, F J (2018)

Disentangling political and institutional determinants of budget forecast errors: A comparative approach

Journal of Comparative Economics, 46(4), 1030–1045 DOI

Veiga, F J , & Veiga, L G (2018)

Term limits and voter turnout

Electoral Studies, 53, 20–28 DOI

Goulart, P , Veiga, F J , & Grilo, C (2018)

Public numbers on monetary valuation of fish landings

Data in Brief, 17, 184–188 DOI

Goulart, P , Veiga, F J , & Grilo, C (2018)

The evolution of fisheries in Portugal: A methodological reappraisal with insights from economics

Fisheries Research, 199, 76–80 DOI

Veiga, F J , Veiga, L G , & Morozumi, A (2017)

Political budget cycles and media freedom

Electoral Studies, 45, 88–99 DOI

Veiga, F J (2017)

Forecast Errors in Prices and Wages: The Experience with Three Programme Countries

Notas Económicas, 44(1), 7–24 DOI

Veiga, F , Veiga, L , Fernandes, B , & Martins, J (2017)

Limitação de Mandatos

Lisbon: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos DOI

Morozumi, A , & Veiga, F J (2016)

Public spending and growth: The role of government accountability

European Economic Review, 89, 148–171 DOI

Goulart, P , & Veiga, F J (2016)

Portuguese 2015 legislative elections: How economic voting, the median voter and unemployment led to 'the times they are a'changin'?

Electoral Studies, 43(Setembro), 197–200 DOI

Martins, R , & Veiga, F J (2014)

Does voter turnout affect the votes for the incumbent government?

European Journal of Political Economy, 36, 274–286 DOI

Martins, S , & Veiga, F J (2014)

Government size, composition of public expenditure, and economic development

International Tax and Public Finance, 21(4), 578–597 DOI

Veiga, F J (2014)

Instituições, estabilidade política e desempenho económico - implicações para Portugal

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 287–310) Coimbra: Actual Editora DOI

Veiga, F J , Cruz, F C , & Veiga, L (2014)

Cooperação Territorial Europeia e Cultura

Lisbon: Principia DOI

Veiga, F J , Carballo-Cruz, F , & Veiga, L G (2014)

Cooperação Territorial Europeia e Cultura em Portugal

Revista Lusófona De Estudos Culturais, 2(2), 103–130 DOI

Martins, R , & Veiga, F J (2013)

Economic performance and turnout at national and local elections

Public Choice, 157(3-4), 429–448 DOI

Neto, D G , & Veiga, F J (2013)

Financial globalization, convergence and growth: The role of foreign direct investment

Journal of International Money and Finance, 37, 161–186 DOI

Veiga, L G , & Veiga, F J (2013)

Intergovernmental fiscal transfers as pork barrel

Public Choice, 155(3-4), 335–353 DOI

Martins, R , & Veiga, F J (2013)

Economic voting in Portuguese municipal elections

Public Choice, 155(3-4), 317–334 DOI

Aisen, A , & Veiga, F J (2013)

How does political instability affect economic growth?

European Journal of Political Economy, 29, 151–167 DOI

Veiga, F , Oliveira, C , Martins, C , & Gonçalves, J (2013)

Solar emergy evaluation of the Portuguese economy

In M T Brown, S Sweeney, D E Campbell, S Huang, D Kang, T Rydberg, D Tilley and S Ulgiati (eds) Emergy Synthesis 7: Theory and Applications of the Emergy Methodology (pp 437-451) Proceedings of the 7th Biennial Emergy Conference Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville DOI

Aidt, T S , Veiga, F J , & Veiga, L G F (2011)

Election results and opportunistic policies: A new test of the rational political business cycle model

Public Choice, 148(1-2), 21–44 DOI

Veiga, F (2011)

Direitos e deveres económicos, sociais e culturais (Art 58º a 79º) e Organização económica (Art 80º a 107º)

In J A Tavares, M P Maduro, N Garoupa and P Magalhães (Eds ) A Constituição revista (pp 33-36) Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, Lisboa DOI

Veiga, F J , & Veiga, L G F (2010)

The impact of local and national economic conditions on legislative election results

Applied Economics, 42(13), 1727–1734 DOI

Veiga, F (2010)

Political Business Cycles

In G T Kurian, J Alt, S Chambers, G Garrett, M Levi and P D McClain (Eds ) The Encyclopedia of Political Science (pp 169-170), CQ Press DOI

Aisen, A , & Veiga, F J (2008)

The political economy of seigniorage

Journal of Development of Economics, 87(1), 29–50 DOI

Aisen, A , & Veiga, F J (2008)

Political instability and inflation volatility

Public Choice, 135(3-4), 207–223 DOI

Veiga, F J (2008)

Why do stabilizations fail?

Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 11(2), 135–149 DOI

Veiga, L G F , & Veiga, F J (2007)

Does opportunism pay off?

Economics Letters, 96(2), 177–182 DOI

Veiga, L G F , & Veiga, F J (2007)

Political business cycles at the municipal level

Public Choice, 131(1-2), 45–64 DOI

Aisen, A , & Veiga, F (2007)

Da li politička nestabilnost vodi ka višoj i promenljivijoj inflaciji? Analiza panel podataka

Panoeconomicus, 1, 5–27 DOI

Veiga, L G , & Veiga, F J (2007)

Economics, Popularity and Vote Intentions in Portugal: A Longitudinal Analysis with Aggregate Data

In A Freire, M C Lobo, & P Magalhães (Eds ), Portugal at the Polls: in 2002 (pp 75–99) Plymouth – UK: Lexington Books DOI

Veiga, F & Veiga, L G (2006)

Ciclos Político-Económicos nos Municípios Portugueses

In Banco de Portugal Desenvolvimento Económico Português no Espaço Europeu (pp 93-118) Banco de Portugal, Lisboa DOI

de Freitas, M L L , & Veiga, F J (2006)

Currency substitution, portfolio diversification, and money demand

Canadian Journal of Economics, 39(3), 719–743 DOI

Aisen, A , & Veiga, F J (2006)

Does political instability lead to higher inflation? A panel data analysis

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 38(5), 1379–1389 DOI

Coelho, C , Veiga, F J , & Veiga, L G F (2006)

Political business cycles in local employment: Evidence from Portugal

Economics Letters, 93(1), 82–87 DOI

Veiga, L G , & Veiga, F J (2005)

Eleitoralismo nos Municípios Portugueses

Análise Social, XL (177), 865–889 DOI

Veiga, F J (2005)

Does IMF support accelerate inflation stabilization?

Open Economies Review, 16(4), 321–340 DOI

Castro, V , & Veiga, F J (2004)

Political business cycles and inflation stabilization

Economics Letters, 83(1), 1–6 DOI

Veiga, F J , & Veiga, L G F (2004)

Popularity functions, partisan effects, and support in parliament

Economics and Politics, 16(1), 101–115 DOI

Veiga, F J , & Veiga, L G (2004)

The Determinants of Vote Intentions in Portugal

Public Choice, 118(3-4), 341–364 DOI

Veiga, L , & Veiga, F (2004)

Economia, Popularidade e Intenções de Voto em Portugal: uma Análise Longitudinal com Dados Agregados

In A Freire, M C Lobo, & P Magalhães (Eds ), Portugal a Votos: Eleições Legislativas de 2002 (pp 125–157) Lisboa, Portugal: Imprensa das Ciências Sociais, Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa DOI

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Projects

Estudo acerca do impacto financeiro no Município de Matosinhos da delegação de competências nos seus diversos domínios, decorrente da Lei-Quadro nº 50/2018, de 16 de agosto

Funding: Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos

Duration: 2022-05-09 - 2022-10-10

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Francisco Veiga

Campus de Gualtar - Edificio 8 - 2.04

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Areas of interest

Publications

O Parlamento e a opinião pública

Political budget cycles in Portuguese municipalities in the 21st century

When do more selfish politicians manipulate less, not more?

The political economy of productivity growth

Fiscal forecast manipulations and electoral results: evidence from Portuguese municipalities

Political forecast cycles

Key determinants of elite rivalry: theoretical insights and empirical evidence

Instituições e o crescimento da economia portuguesa

Institutions, government stability and human capital accumulation

Political opportunism and countercyclical fiscal policy in election-year recessions

Elections, recession expectations and excessive debt: an unholy trinity

Transparency, Policy Outcomes, and Incumbent Support

The Effects of Electoral Incentives on Fiscal Policy: Evidence from a Legislative Change at the Local Government Level

Disentangling political and institutional determinants of budget forecast errors: A comparative approach

Term limits and voter turnout

Public numbers on monetary valuation of fish landings

The evolution of fisheries in Portugal: A methodological reappraisal with insights from economics

Political budget cycles and media freedom

Forecast Errors in Prices and Wages: The Experience with Three Programme Countries

Limitação de Mandatos

Public spending and growth: The role of government accountability

Portuguese 2015 legislative elections: How economic voting, the median voter and unemployment led to 'the times they are a'changin'?

Does voter turnout affect the votes for the incumbent government?

Government size, composition of public expenditure, and economic development

Instituições, estabilidade política e desempenho económico - implicações para Portugal

Cooperação Territorial Europeia e Cultura

Cooperação Territorial Europeia e Cultura em Portugal

Economic performance and turnout at national and local elections

Financial globalization, convergence and growth: The role of foreign direct investment

Intergovernmental fiscal transfers as pork barrel

Economic voting in Portuguese municipal elections

How does political instability affect economic growth?

Solar emergy evaluation of the Portuguese economy

Election results and opportunistic policies: A new test of the rational political business cycle model

Direitos e deveres económicos, sociais e culturais (Art 58º a 79º) e Organização económica (Art 80º a 107º)

The impact of local and national economic conditions on legislative election results

Political Business Cycles

The political economy of seigniorage

Political instability and inflation volatility

Why do stabilizations fail?

Does opportunism pay off?

Political business cycles at the municipal level

Da li politička nestabilnost vodi ka višoj i promenljivijoj inflaciji? Analiza panel podataka

Economics, Popularity and Vote Intentions in Portugal: A Longitudinal Analysis with Aggregate Data

Ciclos Político-Económicos nos Municípios Portugueses

Currency substitution, portfolio diversification, and money demand

Does political instability lead to higher inflation? A panel data analysis

Political business cycles in local employment: Evidence from Portugal

Eleitoralismo nos Municípios Portugueses

Does IMF support accelerate inflation stabilization?

Political business cycles and inflation stabilization

Popularity functions, partisan effects, and support in parliament

The Determinants of Vote Intentions in Portugal

Economia, Popularidade e Intenções de Voto em Portugal: uma Análise Longitudinal com Dados Agregados

Projects

Estudo acerca do impacto financeiro no Município de Matosinhos da delegação de competências nos seus diversos domínios, decorrente da Lei-Quadro nº 50/2018, de 16 de agosto

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Estudo de avaliação do impacto financeiro no Município de Vila do Conde da transferência de competências nas áreas da educação, saúde e ação social

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Estudo de avaliação do impacto financeiro no Município da Trofa da transferência de competências nas áreas da educação, saúde e ação social

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

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Portuguese Economy Growth

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SmartEGOV: Harnessing EGOV for Smart Governance (Foundations, Methods, Tools)

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Term limits to mayors and local finance management

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