Portuguese and European Economics

Final evaluation: Final exam (Two hour written test). The necessary minimum mark to pass is 9.5 marks.
Continuous evaluation (with two components with identical weight):
Written works classification and respective presentation (The works are individual or in group and they must
be presented orally in one of the classes of the semester. The themes must be suggested to the teacher of this
curricular unit in the first two weeks of the semester). The minimum mark to pass is 9.5.
– A written test in the last week of the semester for 90 minutes. The minimum required mark is 9.5.
– If the student does not pass this written test, he can choose to be evaluated through a final exam (written test
for two hours) and the work classification. The minimum required mark in the exam and in the work to pass is,
in both cases, 9.5.

Objectives:
To know the Portuguese Economy evolution in the last decades, making the evaluation of the policies which
have proved to be strategic for the economic growth.
Skills:
To understand the role of the major structural reforms in the process of the liberalization of the economy. To
show the response capacity of the Portuguese economy in meeting the challenges of competitiveness
nowadays.

I – The Portuguese economy in the last decades
1. From the first republic to the military dictatorship (1910 – 1926) 2. From the stabilization to the pre-conditions
of growth (1926 – 1950) 3. The “Golden Era” of the Portuguese economy (1950 – 1974).
4. The post revolution period – the conjuncture of 1974-1976 5. The European transition period (1976- 1985)
6. The 80’s and the 90’s – the European period
II -Some economic growth indicators and a brief analysis of the productive sectors
III -The globalization phenomenon and the formation of regional agreements
1. Opening the economy to foreign markets in the post war period
2. The participation in the European integration movements
3. Portuguese integration in the European economic institutions
IV -The several economic policies and the institutional framework
V – Challenges for the XXI century – Portugal within the European and world context
1.Portugal and the competitiveness challenge 2.World trends – the globalization era.

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