Trabalho de Investigação

COLABORAÇÃO EM CENTROS DE INVESTIGAÇÃO

Investigador Integrado do Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas (NIPE), Departamento de Economia, Escola de Economia e Gestão, Universidade do Minho.

Membro Colaborador do Grupo de Estudo Monetários e Financeiros (GEMF), Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra.

 

ÁREAS DE INTERESSE

Macroeconomia: Crescimento Económico; Ciclos Económicos; Política Orçamental; Política Monetária; Economia da União Europeia; Estabilização da Inflação.

Econometria: Modelos de dados em painel; Modelos de escolha discreta; Modelos de duração; Modelos não-lineares.

 

TESES 

Castro, Vítor (2008). Growth, Cycles and Macroeconomic Policy in the European Union. University of Warwick, UK. Dissertação submetida em Dezembro de 2008 para obter o grau de Doutor em Economia (PhD in Economics). Tese orientada pelas Prof. Jennifer Smith (University of Warwick, UK) e Prof. Natalie Chen (University of Warwick, UK).

Castro, Vítor (2002), O Atraso na Implementação de Programas de Estabilização da Inflação como resultado de Conflitos de Interesses. Tese de Mestrado em Política Económica, Universidade do Minho. Tese orientada pelo Prof. Francisco Veiga (Universidade do Minho, Portugal).

 

PUBLICAÇÕES EM REVISTAS COM REVISOR

Castro, Vitor and Martins, Rodrigo (2012). Running for office again: evidence from Portuguese municipal elections. Public Choice, forthcoming.

Castro, Vitor and Sousa, Ricardo M. (2012). How Do Central Banks React to Wealth Composition and Asset Prices? Economic Modelling, forthcoming.

Castro, Vítor (2012). The duration of business cycle expansions and contractions: Are there change-points in duration dependence? Empirical Economics, forthcoming.

Castro, Vítor (2011). Can central banks' monetary policy be described by a linear (augmented) Taylor rule or by a nonlinear rule? Journal of Financial Stability, 7 (4), 228-246.

Castro, Vítor (2011). The impact of the European Union fiscal rules on economic growth. Journal of Macroeconomics, 33 (2), 313-326.

Castro, Vítor (2010). The duration of economic expansions and recessions: More than duration dependence. Journal of Macroeconomics, 32 (1), 347-365.

Soukiazis, Elias and Vitor Castro (2005). How the Maastricht rules affected the convergence process in the European Union: A panel data analysis. Journal of Policy Modeling, 27 (3), 385-399.

Castro, Vítor and Francisco J. Veiga, (2004). Political Business Cycles and Inflation Stabilization. Economics Letters, 83 (1), 1-6.

Cardoso, Ana Rute, Ricardo Sousa, Vítor Castro e Priscila Ferreira (2000), Perfil do Trabalhador e da Empresa de Baixos Salários em Portugal. Economia, Vol. XXIV, 53-66.  

 

PUBLICAÇÕES COMO DOCUMENTOS DE TRABALHO

Agnello, Luca, Castro, Vítor and Sousa, Ricardo M. (2011). How Does Fiscal Policy React to Wealth Composition and Asset Prices? NIPE Working Paper, WP 23/2011, University of Minho, Portugal.

Castro, Vítor (2011). The Portuguese Stock Market Cycle: Chronology and Duration Dependence. NIPE Working Paper, WP 13/2011, University of Minho, Portugal.

Castro, Vítor (2011). The Portuguese Business Cycle: Chronology and Duration Dependence. NIPE Working Paper, WP 11/2011, University of Minho, Portugal.

Castro, Vítor and Martins, Rodrigo (2011). Mayors’ Reelection Choice and the Economy: Evidence from Portugal. NIPE Working Paper, WP 6/2011, University of Minho, Portugal.

Castro, Vítor and Sousa, Ricardo M. (2010). How Do Central Banks React to Wealth Composition and Asset Prices?, NIPE Working Paper, WP 26/2010, Universdade do Minho, Portugal.

Castro, Vítor (2010). The duration of business cycle expansions and contractions: Are there change-points in duration dependence? NIPE Working Paper, WP 24/2010, Universidade do Minho, Portugal.

Castro, Vítor (2008). Are Central Banks following a linear or nonlinear (augmented) Taylor rule? The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), Working-Paper No. 872.

Castro, Vítor (2008). The duration of economic expansions and recessions: More than duration dependence. The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), Working-Paper No. 860.

Castro, Vítor (2007). The causes of excessive deficits in the European Union. The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), Working-Paper No. 805.

Castro, Vítor (2007). The impact of the European Union fiscal rules on economic growth. The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), Working-Paper No. 794.

Soukiazis, Elias and Vítor Castro (2004), "How the Maastricht rules affected the convergence process in the European Union. A panel data analysis." CEUNEUROP Discussion Paper, N.º 24 (Abril), Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal.

Castro, Vítor (2003), “Causas do Atraso na Estabilização da Inflação: abordagem teórica e empírica.”, Documento de Trabalho GEMF , Nº 5/2003, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal.

Castro, Vítor (2003), “The Impact of Conflicts of Interest on Inflation Stabilization.” NIPE Working Paper, WP 8/2003, Universidade do Minho, Portugal.

Soukiazis, Elias and Vítor Castro (2003), “The Impact of the Maastricht Criteria and the Stability Pact on Growth and Unemployment in Europe.” CEUNEUROP Discussion Paper, N.º 15 (Julho), Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal.

Castro, Vítor and Francisco J. Veiga (2002), “Political Business Cycles and Inflation Stabilization.” NIPE Working Paper, WP 9/2002, Universidade do Minho, Portugal.

 

DOCUMENTOS DE TRABALHO EM PREPARAÇÃO

Fiscal Policy, Wealth Composition and Asset Prices. (com Ricardo Sousa e Luca Agnello)

Is there duration dependence in Mayors' tenure? (com Rodrigo Martins)

Sovereign Spreads: Are markets discriminating against the PIIGS? (com Maria João Delgado e Pedro Bação)

Business Cycles: Chronology and duration dependence.