Author

Name:
Vitor Castro
Educations:
Ph D: U Warwick, Economics, 2009
Master: U Minho, Política Económica, 2003
Bachelor: U Minho, Economics, 1999
e-mail:
vcastro@fe.uc.pt
URL:
http://www4.fe.uc.pt/vcastro/
FCT research center:
Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas (2015)
REBIDES institution:
Universidade de Coimbra - Faculdade de Economia (2015)
Ideas:
http://ideas.repec.org/f/pca481.html
Researcher id:
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/G-3478-2011
Articles 23:
Ranking: CEF.UP+NIPE (average of all rankings) (2012). Between 2007 and 2017.

Income Inequality, Fiscal Stimuli and Political (In)stability 5.32
Luca Agnello, Vitor Castro, Joao Tovar Jalles, Ricardo Sousa
International Tax And Public Finance, vol. 24, 2017, p. 484-511.

Pure, White and Deadly . . . Expensive: A Bitter Sweetness in Health Care Expenditure 31.45
Vitor Castro
Health Economics, vol. 26, 2017, p. 1644-1666.

Spillovers from the Oil Sector to the Housing Market Cycle 8.06
Luca Agnello, Vitor Castro, Shawkat Hammoudeh, Ricardo Sousa
Energy Economics, vol. 61, 2017, p. 209-220.

The Impact of Fiscal Consolidations on the Functional Components of Government Expenditures 26.37
Vitor Castro
Economic Modelling, vol. 60, 2017, p. 138-150.

Are There Political Cycles Hidden inside Government Expenditures? 6.07
Vitor Castro, Rodrigo Martins
Applied Economics Letters, vol. 23, 2016, p. 34-37.

Financial Stress and Sovereign Debt Composition 3.04
Luca Agnello, Vitor Castro, Joao Tovar Jalles, Ricardo Sousa
Applied Economics Letters, vol. 23, 2016, p. 678-683.

Booms, Busts, and Normal Times in the Housing Market. 16.29
Luca Agnello, Vitor Castro, Ricardo Sousa
Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, vol. 33, 2015, p. 25-45.

Do Debt Crises Boost Financial Reforms? 3.04
Luca Agnello, Vitor Castro, Joao Tovar Jalles, Ricardo Sousa
Applied Economics Letters, vol. 22, 2015, p. 356-360.

Fiscal Consolidation and Financial Reforms 6.48
Luca Agnello, Vitor Castro, Joao Tovar Jalles, Ricardo Sousa
Applied Economics, vol. 47, 2015, p. 3740-3755.

Is Fiscal Fatigue a Threat to Consolidation Programmes? 8.05
Luca Agnello, Vitor Castro, Ricardo Sousa
Environment And Planning C: Government And Policy, vol. 33, 2015, p. 765-779.

The Portuguese Business Cycle: Chronology and Duration Dependence 19.16
Vitor Castro
Empirical Economics, vol. 49, 2015, p. 325-342.

What Determines the Likelihood of Structural Reforms? 7.28
Luca Agnello, Vitor Castro, Joao Tovar Jalles, Ricardo Sousa
European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 37, 2015, p. 129-145.

Fiscal Adjustments, Labour Market Flexibility and Unemployment 8.2
Luca Agnello, Vitor Castro, Joao Tovar Jalles, Ricardo Sousa
Economics Letters, vol. 124, 2014, p. 231-235.

Is There Duration Dependence in Portuguese Local Governments` Tenure? 14.57
Vitor Castro, Rodrigo Martins
European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 31, 2013, p. 26-39.

Macroeconomic Determinants of the Credit Risk in the Banking System: The Case of the GIPSI 26.37
Vitor Castro
Economic Modelling, vol. 31, 2013, p. 672-683.

Running for Office Again: Evidence from Portuguese Municipal Elections 17.07
Vitor Castro, Rodrigo Martins
Public Choice, vol. 156, 2013, p. 677-702.

The Duration of Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions: Are There Change-Points in Duration Dependence? 19.16
Vitor Castro
Empirical Economics, vol. 44, 2013, p. 511-544.

What Determines the Duration of a Fiscal Consolidation Program? 11.28
Luca Agnello, Vitor Castro, Ricardo Sousa
Journal of International Money and Finance, vol. 37, 2013, p. 113-134.

How Do Central Banks React to Wealth Composition and Asset Prices? 13.19
Vitor Castro, Ricardo Sousa
Economic Modelling, vol. 29, 2012, p. 641-653.

How Does Fiscal Policy React to Wealth Composition and Asset Prices? 8.59
Luca Agnello, Vitor Castro, Ricardo Sousa
Journal Of Macroeconomics, vol. 34, 2012, p. 874-890.

Can Central Banks Monetary Policy Be Described by a Linear (Augmented) Taylor Rule or by a Nonlinear Rule 8.47
Vitor Castro
Journal Of Financial Stability, vol. 7, 2011, p. 228-246.

The Impact of the European Union Fiscal Rules on Economic Growth 25.77
Vitor Castro
Journal Of Macroeconomics, vol. 33, 2011, p. 313-326.

The Duration of Economic Expansions and Recessions: More Than Duration Dependence 25.77
Vitor Castro
Journal Of Macroeconomics, vol. 32, 2010, p. 347-365.

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