Portuguese and European Economy

Code:

1GE301

Acronym:

EPE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Agrupamento Científico de Economia
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Business Administration

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LGES	195	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	3	-	3	42	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To give the students a properly organized set of knowledge on the Portuguese economy, using as a guiding line the economy's long-term real convergence towards the European economy; to operationalize concepts previously acquired in other courses by applying these concepts to the Portuguese and the European economies; to teach students how to look for and deal with the statistical information available on the Portuguese economy in the European context.

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the course students should be able to collect and critically analyze quantitative and qualitative information about the Portuguese economy in the European context.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Knowledge of Macroeconomics.

Program

Chapter I: European Industrialization and Portuguese Economic Backwardness (1830-1913).

Chapter II: Portuguese and European Economic Growth in the Inter-Wars Period (1913-1950).

Chapter III: The Import Substitution Industrialization in the 1950’s (1950-1960).

Chapter IV: Portuguese Integration in the European Economic Institutions in the 1960’s (1960-1973).

Chapter V: Economic Growth in the Internal Ruptures and Oil Shocks Period (1973-1985).

Chapter VI: The consolidation of the Portuguese economic integration in Europe (from 1985 to the present time).

Mandatory literature

A bibliografia está indicada no curso de E-learning; ver abaixo.

Comments from the literature

MADDISON, Angus (1995) “Phases of Development” em “Monitoring the World Economy, 1820-1992”, Development Centre Studies, OCDE, Paris, pg. 59-88.

FIGUEIREDO, Octávio (1998) "Convergência real no longo prazo da economia portuguesa", Notas Económicas - Revista da Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra, n.º 11, pg. 82-100.

LAINS, Pedro (1995) “O Crescimento Económico em Portugal” em A Economia Portuguesa no Século XIX: crescimento económico e comércio externo, 1850-1913, Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda, Lisboa, pg. 35-72. 

FIGUEIREDO, Octávio (2001) “O Período do Isolacionismo, 1926-1960” em C. Pimenta, O. Figueiredo e A. Brandão, A Estratégia Nacional de Portugal de 1926 a 2000”, IDITC, Lisboa, pg. 22-54.

FIGUEIREDO, Octávio (2001) “O Período do Abertura, 1960-1974” em C. Pimenta, O. Figueiredo e A. Brandão, A Estratégia Nacional de Portugal de 1926 a 2000”, IDITC, Lisboa, pg. 55-81.

MATEUS, Abel (1998) “Da revolução à Introdução da Democracia e dos Desequilíbrios Macroeconómicos (1974-1984) ” em Economia Portuguesa – Crescimento no contexto internacional (1910-1998), Verbo Editora, Lisboa, pg. 101-135.

MATEUS, Abel (2013) Economia Portuguesa – Evolução no contexto internacional (1910-2013), 4ª edição, Principia, Lisboa, capítulos 6, 8 e 9.

BANCO DE PORTUGAL (2014) “O processo de Ajustamento em Curso na Economia Portuguesa” em Relatório do Conselho de Administração, pg. 71-104.

Teaching methods and learning activities

1. Theoretical and Practical Classes at the Faculty.

2. E-learning course at the Web (to enter the course please log on your personal page at SIGARRA and press the Moodle button at the right).

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	100,00
Participação presencial	0,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	39,00
Frequência das aulas	42,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

1. Distributed Evaluation along the course semester through two tests,

or,

2. Final Exam at the end of the course semester.

Calculation formula of final grade

1. Distributed Evaluation: Classificassion=0.4Xtest1+0.6Xtest2.

2. Final Exam: Classification=final exam classification.