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Linda Gonçalves Veiga

Ph.D in Economics University of South Carolina
linda@eeg.uminho.pt

Campus de Gualtar - Edificio 8 - 1.40

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Linda Gonçalves Veiga is Professor of Economics at the University of Minho. Holding a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of South Carolina (USA), she teaches and does research in the areas of Public Economics and Political Economy. She published widely and coordinated several research projects funded by external entities. She has been a member of the Board of the European Public Choice Society.

She is currently the director of the undergraduate degree in Economics. She has been pro-rector of the UMinho, vice-president of EEG/UMinho, director of the Centre for Research in Economics and Management (NIPE) and director of the Department of Economics, and the Ph.D. and Master programs in Economics.
She also has consultancy experience, namely for the United Nations, the OECD, the North Regional Coordination and Development Commission, the Portuguese Court of Auditors and the Directorate General of Local Governments.

 

 

Areas of interest

Political Economy
Public Choice
Public Economics and Public Finance
Fiscal federalism and decentralization
E-Government

Publications

Lautenschlage, J , Veiga, L G , & Veiga, F J (2024)

The effects of fiscal policy management, candidacy of previous mayors, and illiteracy on mayoral reelection in Brazil

Economics and Politics DOI
Martins, J , Veiga, L , & Fernandes, B (2023)

Are electronic government innovations helpful to deter corruption? Evidence from across the world

Economics & Politics, 35(3), 1177-1203 DOI
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
Martins, J , & Veiga, L G (2022)

Digital government as a business facilitator

Information Economics and Policy, 60(100990) DOI
Costa, H , & Veiga, L (2021)

Local labor impact of wind energy investment: An analysis of Portuguese municipalities

Energy Economics, 94, 105055 DOI
Martins, J , & Veiga, L (2020)

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), 351–369 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
Veiga, L G , Efthyvoulou, G , & Morozumi, A (2019)

Political Budget Cycles: Conditioning Factors and New Evidence

In K H Goetz (Ed ), The Oxford Handbook of Time and Politics Oxford: Oxford University Press DOI
Martins, J , & Veiga, L (2018)

Electronic Government and the Ease of Doing Business

In A Kankanhalli, A Ojo & D Soares (Eds ) ICEGOV '18: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (pp 584-587), New York, United States: Association for Computing Machinery DOI
Martins, J , Fernandes, B , Rohman, I , Veiga, L (2018)

The War on Corruption: The Role of Electronic Government

In P Parycek, O Glassey, M Janssen, Prof Dr H J Scholl, E Tambouris, E Kalampokis, & S Virkar (Eds ) EGOV 2018: Electronic Government Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Vol 11020, pp 98-109) Springer, Cham DOI
Veiga, F J , & Veiga, L G (2018)

Term limits and voter turnout

Electoral Studies, 53, 20–28 DOI
Veiga, F J , Veiga, L G , & Morozumi, A (2017)

Political budget cycles and media freedom

Electoral Studies, 45, 88–99 DOI
Veiga, F , Veiga, L , Fernandes, B , & Martins, J (2017)

Limitação de Mandatos

Lisbon: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos DOI
Nielsen, M M , Carvalho, N R , Veiga, L G , & Barbosa, L S (2017)

Administrative Burden Reduction Over Time: Literature Review, Trends and Gap Analysis

In R Baguma, R De', & T Janowski (Eds ) ICEGOV '17: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (pp 140–148) Association for Computing Machinery, New York, USA DOI
Rohman, I K & Veiga, L (2017)

Against the Shadow: the Role of e-Government

In C C Hinnant & A Ojo (Eds ) dg o '17: Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (pp 319–328) Association for Computing Machinery, New York, USA DOI
Veiga, L , Rohman, I K (2017)

e-Government and the Shadow Economy: Evidence from Across the Globe

In M Janssen, K Axelsson, O Glassey, Dr B Klievink, R Krimmer, I Lindgren, P Parycek, H J Scholl & D Trutnev (Eds ) EGOV 2017: Electronic Government Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Vol 10428, pp 105-116) Springer, Cham DOI
Kurian, M , Ardakanian, R , Veiga, L G , & Meyer, K (2016)

Resources, Services and Risks How Can Data Observatories Bridge The Science-Policy Divide in Environmental Governance?

 Springer International Publishing DOI
Kurian, M , Ardakanian, R , Veiga, L G , & Meyer, K (2016)

Resources, Services and Risks How Can Data Observatories Bridge The Science-Policy Divide in Environmental Governance?

Springer International Publishing DOI
Costa, H , Veiga, L G , & Portela, M (2015)

Interactions in Local Governments' Spending Decisions: Evidence from Portugal

Regional Studies, 49(9), 1441–1456 DOI
Veiga, L G , & Kurian, M (2015)

Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: Questions of Accountability and Autonomy

In M Kurian & R Ardakanian (Eds ), Governing the Nexus - Water, Soil and Waste Resources Considering Global Change (pp 63–81) Springer 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
Veiga, L G (2013)

Voting functions in the EU-15

Public Choice, 157(3-4), 411–428 DOI
Veiga, L G , & Veiga, F J (2013)

Intergovernmental fiscal transfers as pork barrel

Public Choice, 155(3-4), 335–353 DOI
Veiga, L G F (2012)

Determinants of the assignment of EU funds to Portuguese municipalities

Public Choice, 153(1-2), 215–233 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 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, 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
Veiga, L G , & Pinho, M M (2007)

O Poder Local e a Europa

In P Lains & M C Lobo (Eds ), Em nome da Europa Portugal em Mudança, 1986-2006 (pp 207–226) Principia DOI
Veiga, L G , & Pinho, M M (2007)

The political economy of intergovernmental grants: Evidence from a maturing democracy

Public Choice, 133(3-4), 457–477 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
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
Pinho, M M , & Veiga, L G (2004)

Análise da Influência de Factores Políticos na Afectação das Transferências Intergovernamentais em Portugal

Revista Portuguesa De Estudos Regionais, 7, 63–83 DOI
Veiga, F J , & Veiga, L G (2004)

The Determinants of Vote Intentions in Portugal

Public Choice, 118(3-4), 341–364 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, 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
Veiga, L G , & Henry W Chappell, J R (2002)

Politics and unemployment in industrialized democracies

Public Choice, 110(3-4), 1822/1494 DOI
Chappell, H W , & Veiga, L G (2000)

Economics and elections in Western Europe: 1960-1997

Electoral Studies, 19(2-3), 183–197 DOI
Veiga, L G (1998)

Popularity Functions for the Portuguese Prime Minister, Government, Parliament and President

European Journal of Political Research, 33(3), 347–361 DOI
Rohman, I K , & Veiga, L (2017)

Against the shadow: The role of e-Government

In ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (Part F128275, pp 319-328) DOI
Veiga, L , & Rohman, I K (2017) e-Government and the shadow economy: evidence from across the globe In International conference on electronic government (pp 105-116) DOI

Projects

CLICTOUR - Turismo Resiliente às Alterações Climáticas nas Áreas Protegidas do Norte de Portugal

Funding: Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte | CCDR-N

Duration: 2021-05-01 - 2023-06-30

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

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

Funding: Câmara Municipal de Vila do Conde

Duration: 2022-02-14 - 2022-06-30

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

Funding: Câmara Municipal da Trofa

Duration: 2022-02-02 - 2022-05-13

Estudo de avaliação do impacto financeiro da delegação de competências no Município do Porto

Funding: Câmara Municipal do Porto

Duration: 2020-09-10 - 2021-01-31

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

Funding: Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Regional do Norte 2020

Duration: 2016-01-01 - 2018-12-31

Term limits to mayors and local finance management

Funding: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos

Duration: 2015-09-01 - 2017-02-28

Financial Literacy

Funding: European Investment Bank

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

Political Business Cycles and Economic Voting

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Duration: 2012-01-01 - 2015-03-31

Competição Política e Desempenho Económico

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Duration: 2008-01-01 - 2010-12-31

Interacções entre a economia e a política em Portugal

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and FEDER

Duration: 2005-08-01 - 2008-07-31

Eleitores, governantes e a economia

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and FEDER

Duration: 2002-04-01 - 2005-03-31

Eleitores, governantes e a economia: uma análise do caso português

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) and FEDER

Duration: 2000-12-01 - 2001-11-30

Teaching

Economics and Public Finance Bachelor
Sustainable Development and Digital Transformation Master
Political Economy and Public Choice Master
Applied Economics Project Bachelor

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