Research
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- dynamic general-equilibrium models;
- fiscal policy;
- business cycles;
- Industrial Organisation-Macroeconomics interactions;
- open-economy Macroeconomics.
RESEARCH OUTPUT
Articles in Scientific Journals
- Costa, L. and Dixon, H. (2011):
"Fiscal
Policy under Impercfect Competittion with Flexible Prices: An overview and
survey." Economics: The
Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal
Vol. 5, No. 2011-3, pp. 1-57.
- Costa, L. (2007): "GDP Steady-state Multipliers under
Imperfect Competition Revisited."
Portuguese Economic Journal Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 181-204.
- Costa, L. (2006): "Entry and Fiscal Policy Effectiveness
in a Small Open Economy within a Monetary Union."
Portuguese Economic Journal Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 45-65.
- Costa, L. (2004): "Endogenous Markups and Fiscal Policy."
The Manchester School
Vol. 72, No. Supplement, pp. 55-71.
- Costa, L. (2001): "Can Fiscal Policy Improve Welfare in a Small Dependent Economy with Feedback Effects?"
The Manchester School Vol. 69, No. 4, pp. 418-439.
Working Papers
- Costa, L. and Afonso, A. (2010): "Market
Power and Fiscal Policy in OECD Countries."
ECB Working Papers Series
1173.
- Brito, P., Costa, L., and Dixon, H. (2008):"Non-smooth
Dynamics and Multiple Equilibria in a Cournot-Ramsey Model with Endogenous
Markups."
Cardiff Economics Working
Papers, E2008/21.
- Brito, P., Costa, L., and Dixon, H. (2007): "Business
Cycles with Endogenous Mark-up."
Money Macro and Finance
Research Group Conference 2006, 108.
- Costa, L. and Palma, N. (2007): "Comment
on 'Productive
Public Expenditure and Imperfect Competition with Endogenous Price Markup.'"
MPRA Papers,
5143.
- Costa, L. and Dixon, H. (2007): "A
Simple Business-Cycle Model with Schumpeterian Features."
Cardiff Economics Working
Papers, E2007/28.
- Costa, L. (1992): "Estudo Econométrico para o Mercado Monetário em Portugal (1977-1990)."
Cadernos de Económicas - Departamento de Economia ISEG/UTL, 29/92.
RESEARCH PROJECTS