Sofia Vale
Vice-Reitor
Professora Associada (com Agregação) Department of Economics (IBS)
217650439 (Ext. 220451)
Office D4.05
Post Box 374
Teaching Activities
Teaching Year Semester Course Name Degree(s) Coordinator
2025/2026 Public Budget Post Graduation Program in Public Finance; No
2025/2026 Macroeconomics and Systemic Risk Post Graduation Program in Economics and Regulation of Financial Institutions; No
2025/2026 Macroeconomics and Business Cycle Analysis Master Degree in Monetary and Financial Economics; Yes
2024/2025 Macroeconomics and Systemic Risk Post Graduation Program in Economics and Regulation of Financial Institutions; Yes
2023/2024 Macroeconomics and Systemic Risk Post Graduation Program in Economics and Regulation of Financial Institutions; Yes
2022/2023 Macroeconomics and Systemic Risk Post Graduation Program in Economics and Regulation of Financial Institutions; Yes
2022/2023 Macroeconomics and Business Cycle Analysis Master Degree in Monetary and Financial Economics; Yes
2021/2022 Master Dissertation in Economics -- Yes
2021/2022 Public Finance and Economics -- Yes
2021/2022 Research Seminar in Economics II Master Degree in Economics; Yes
2021/2022 Macroeconomics II Bachelor Degree in Economics; Yes
2021/2022 Master Dissertation in Economics -- Yes
2021/2022 Research Seminar in Economics I Master Degree in Economics; Yes
2021/2022 Macroeconomics and Systemic Risk Post Graduation Program in Economics and Regulation of Financial Institutions; Yes
2021/2022 Macroeconomics Bachelor Degree in Management; Yes
2021/2022 Economic Growth Master Degree in Economics; Yes
2021/2022 Macroeconomics and Business Cycle Analysis Master Degree in Monetary and Financial Economics; Yes
2020/2021 Public Finance and Economics Post Graduation Program in Public Finance; Yes
2020/2021 Macroeconomics -- Yes
2020/2021 Macroeconomics II Bachelor Degree in Economics; Yes
2020/2021 Macroeconomic Policies -- Yes
2020/2021 Topics in Economic Growth -- Yes
2020/2021 Introduction to Monetary and Financial Economics Institutional Degree in Escola de Ciências Sociais e Humanas; No
2020/2021 Macroeconomics and Systemic Risk Post Graduation Program in Economics and Regulation of Financial Institutions; Yes
2020/2021 Macroeconomics Bachelor Degree in Management; Yes
2020/2021 Macroeconomics I Bachelor Degree in Economics; Yes
2020/2021 Economic Growth Master Degree in Economics; Yes
2020/2021 Macroeconomics and Business Cycle Analysis Master Degree in Monetary and Financial Economics; Yes
Supervisions
Ph.D. Thesis (11)
Ongoing (7)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Status Institution Initial Year
Natalino Alarico Barreto Ximenes Government Efficiency Analysis: Case study Timor Leste English Developing Iscte 2022
Qi Weigang Structure of Chinese Regional Public Medical Consortium English Developing Iscte 2022
Ma Guozhong A study of culture of poverty and poverty trap English Developing Iscte 2022
João Gonçalo Lima Braz Vieira Pinto Hiding or missing: essays in search for inflation English Developing Iscte 2022
Yin Lirong Establishment of a Competency Model and Evaluation System for Hospital Management Personnel in Medical Departments, Scientific Education Department, Department of Hospital Infection Management, Quality Control Department and Nursing Department English Developing Iscte 2022
Péricles Augusto Semedo Sá Nogueira Essays on Language, Innovation, Technology and Economic Activity: Evidences from CPLP, Commonwealth and IOF English Developing Iscte 2022
Osvaldo Victorino João Inflation, Fiscal Dominance and Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Angola English Developing Iscte 2022
Concluded (4)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Institution Initial Year Concluding Year
Ye Xin Antecedents Influencing the Performance of Inland Ports in Western China English Iscte -- 2024
Teng Yu The Impact of Negative Events in Scenic Spots on Tourists' Behavioral Intention: An analysis from the perspective of event system theory English Iscte 2015 2020
Fernando Manuel Fernandes Alves Qualidade das contas públicas: identidades básicas e consistência interna Iscte 2014 2018
Kedar Nath Banerjee Indian economic growth - Myth or reality, a study based on concept of enthalpy Iscte -- 2014
M.Sc. Dissertations (87)
Ongoing (10)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Status Institution Initial Year
Pedro Miguel Vaz Velho de Noronha Penaguião Empirical Study on the Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy on Housing Prices English Delivered Iscte 2024
Guilherme Amaral Ricardo “One size fits all”? Monetary Policy, Inequality and the Core–Periphery Divide in the Euro Area English Delivered Iscte 2024
Husztik Boróka Erzsebet Asymmetric Transmission of a Common Monetary Policy in the Eurozone: Evidence from Credit and Housing Channels English Delivered Iscte 2025
Banghal Papa Carlos Nancassa Investimento, Dívida Pública e Crescimento Económico Developing Iscte 2025
Alexandra Špániková The impact of free trade agreements on the economic growth of New Zealand Developing Iscte 2025
Fabiano Guimarães Loures Análise da relação entre a política monetária do Banco Central Europeu e o preço das casas em Portugal Developing Iscte 2025
Rodrigo Teixeira Lopes Relation between Public Debt and Economic Growth Developing Iscte 2024
Kevin Anderson Gomes Cabral Previsão da Pobreza utilizando Algoritmos de Aprendizagem Automática Developing Iscte 2024
Edmar Sousa Pontes Lopes Bandeira Política Social e Economia: Reflexão sobre a Sustentabilidade da Seguridade Social em Portugal Developing Iscte 2024
Catarina Patrício Marcelino Lopes Habitação e desigualdades das famílias portuguesas: análise do Inquérito à Situação Financeira das Famílias Developing Iscte --
Concluded (77)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Institution Initial Year Concluding Year
Maurício dos Santos Bumba Public Debt and Economic Growth in Angola Portuguese Iscte 2024 2025
Joana Catarina da Silva Santos Almeida Investment dynamics and its contribution to a differentiated regional growth (1995-2022): the case of Portugal English Iscte 2024 2025
Pedro José Rei Salgado Economic Impacts of Immigration English Iscte 2024 2024
Maria de Gomes Viana e Marques da Costa do Casal Counter cycle? Conventional monetary policy vs Non-conventional monetary policy Portuguese Iscte 2023 2024
Ricardo Jorge Rodrigues Sá Silva Impact of demographic changes on the housing real estate market in developed countries Portuguese Iscte 2024 2024
António Lourenço Almada Carvalho Branco Cerdeira Unconventional Fiscal Policies as Instruments to fight Inflation Portuguese Iscte 2024 2024
António Carlos Duarte Lopes de Amaral Dias An Inquiry on the 21st century Productivity Paradox:The impact of social media and internet usage on Total Factor Productivity English Iscte 2024 2024
Filipa Augusta Costa de Carvalho Driving Forces of Income Inequality in Portugal: A Temporal Analysis from 1980 to 2022 English Iscte 2024 2024
Francisca Ferreira Neca How to split the coefficient of determination: an application to economic growth in the U.S. English Iscte 2024 2024
Cátia Sofia Prudêncio Batista The dependency structure of sovereign bond yields in the context of the Transmission Protection Instrument. Portuguese Iscte 2024 2024
Adriana de Jesus Antunes Filipe Macroeconomic variables and the S&P 500 Index Portuguese Iscte 2024 2024
Catalin Schitco Causality between wages and prices in Portugal between 2000 and 2023 Portuguese Iscte 2024 2024
António Muinga Francisco APPLICATION OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR HOUSING PRICE PREDICTION IN SINGAPORE Portuguese Iscte 2024 2024
Diogo Tito Fernandes Duarte The financial sustainability of the social security system Portuguese and its impact on private savings Portuguese Iscte 2024 2024
Patrícia Pascoal Quiterres The Role of Pension Funds in Promoting Green Finance: Green Bond Investments and their Influence on CO2 Emissions English Iscte 2024 2024
Marta Sofia Ferreira de Carvalho Coutinho The Impact of Inflation on Income Disparities English Iscte 2024 2024
Rui Miguel Flamino Santos Inequalities and economic growth English Iscte 2024 2024
Pedro Miguel da Costa Vaz Institutions, Commodity Dependence and Economic Growth: Evidence from Latin America English Iscte 2023 2023
Jércia Tomásia Sanca The Public Debt and Economic Growth - The Case of Guinea-Bissau Portuguese Iscte 2022 2023
Inês Peres Esteves Wealth effects on household consumption in Portugal Portuguese Iscte 2019 2023
Guilherme Teixeira Bica Predicting the minimum point in a bear market using macroeconomic variables English Iscte 2023 2023
Joana Vitória Marques Gago The Impact of Oil Price Volatility on Inflation in Europe and the United States English Iscte 2023 2023
Marta Santos Amaro What is the impact of inflation on the private savings rate of households? The portuguese case. Portuguese Iscte 2022 2023
Ana Patrícia Liberato Flutur Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy in Inflation: Evidence in Eurozone Portuguese Iscte 2022 2023
Nivaldo Lutuyma Ferreira de Ceita International Monetary Fund's Intervention in Angola (2016-2022) English Iscte 2022 2023
Aline Camilo da Silva Andrade Informal Economy in Brazil Portuguese Iscte 2020 2022
Miguel Domingos Panzo IMPACT OF THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT ON THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP PORTUGAL AND SPAIN - CANADA(2017-2021) Portuguese Iscte 2022 2022
Anja Hladnik Comparative Analysis of Legal And Economic Aspects of European Union's Free Trade Agreements with Selected Asian Economies English Iscte 2022 2022
Vicente Zamboni Paesi The effects of public spending on economic growth and income inequality: the cases of Brazil and China Portuguese Iscte 2021 2022
Ricardo João Augusto Cardana Monetary policy and the effect of real housing wealth on consumption Portuguese Iscte 2021 2022
Anderlina Ivett Lima Marçal Ortet Fortes Cape Verde Bank Credit and Economic Growth 1980-2017 Portuguese Iscte 2021 2022
Diogo José Soares Silva The sustainability of the Portuguese pension system Portuguese Iscte 2021 2022
Filipa Alexandra Pinto Monteiro Leite The Role of Export Credit Agencies on Exports: An empirical analysis for Portugal English Iscte 2021 2022
Luiz Anelli Junior Universal Basic Income: inevitable future. English Iscte 2020 2022
Ou Jiajia Measuring pro-poor growth in China from 2000 to 2015 English Iscte 2021 2021
Gonçalo Martins de Melo How social housing policies affect housing quality and affordability? The European case English Iscte 2021 2021
Carolina Forte do Carmo Silva Coronavirus: Bond Market and Growth Expectations English Iscte 2021 2021
Alexander Sobolev ERP systems ? automation effects English Iscte 2019 2021
Tomás Medeiros Barbosa San Payo Credit and Economic Growth in Portugal and Germany: An Empirical Analysis Portuguese Iscte 2017 2021
Mariana de Passos Morgado da Costa Savings and wealth of the portuguese families: 1980-2019 Portuguese Iscte 2018 2020
Diogo Palpista Bárbara The impact of regulation on economic growth: comparative analysis across countries and sectors English Iscte 2019 2020
Ana Sofia Jorge Costa The Impact of Unconventional Monetary Policy on the Housing Prices: Evidence in the Euro Zone Portuguese Iscte 2019 2020
Lara Barata Vilas "Human capital and inequality: an analysis of the european case" Portuguese Iscte 2019 2020
André Filipe Dias dos Reis Monetary policy, Credit and Economic growth - a comparison between Japan, UK, US and Euro Area English Iscte 2019 2020
João António Saraiva Rocha de Almeida The role of Human capital in Economic Growth. English Iscte 2018 2020
Ana Filipa Fontinha Rebelo O papel do sistema financeiro na Zona Euro Portuguese Iscte 2019 2019
Sara Filipa Vieira Ferreira Monetary Policy and Inequality Portuguese Iscte 2018 2019
Sofia Vilela São Marcos The Impact of Public Investment on Private Investment in 21 OECD Countries over The Period 2000-2017 English Iscte 2018 2019
Carina Isabel Barros da Silva The impact of inequality on Economic Growth Portuguese Iscte 2017 2018
João Carlos Francisco de Almeida The relationship between the general government debt and the gross domestic product: A case for Portugal English Iscte 2018 2018
Catarina Isabel Dionísio Borda de Água A Dívida Privada e financiamento das famílias: o impacto sobre o desempenho da economia portuguesa Portuguese Iscte 2016 2017
Carina Sofia da Silveira Pires Crescimento económico e índice de desenvolvimento humano: uma analise centrada nos países da Zona Euro Portuguese Iscte 2016 2017
Nuno Miguel Rodrigues Botelho How Much Debt is too Much Debt? An empirical analysis on MEU Countries English Iscte 2016 2017
Meixian Han Aging, Human Capital and Economic Growth in China English Iscte 2016 2017
Fábio Alexandre Fojo Cruz Can the Endogenous Nature of Financial Capitalism Explain the Recent Dynamics for Inequality? English Iscte 2016 2017
Inês Filipa André Rufino Crédito e Crescimento Económico em Portugal: Análise da causalidade Portuguese Iscte 2016 2017
Ruixuan Chang The Relationship Between Property Prices and Bank Lending in China English Iscte 2016 2017
Jorge Manuel Rodrigues Martins Análise da Relação entre o Crédito à Habitação em Portugal e as taxas de juro no período 1995Q1-2015Q3 Portuguese Iscte 2015 2016
Rafael Abegoaria Aragonez Divida Pública e Crescimento Económico em Portugal Portuguese Iscte 2015 2016
André Filipe Caniço Pombas Envelhecimento Populacional e Crescimento Económico:Uma Análise empírica do caso português Portuguese Iscte 2015 2016
Maria João Marçalo Silva Lopes Dívida e Perceção da Valorização do Ativo Habitação Portuguese Iscte 2015 2016
Pedro Oliveira Pratas e Sousa A Stock-flow consistent model of the Portuguese Economy English Iscte 2014 2015
Edite Maria Domingos Mateus Consumption, Savings and (Over-) Indebtedness of Portuguese Families: A microdata approach English Iscte 2013 2015
Ana Sophia Barbosa Simões The Contribution of Basic Research to Applied Research and Economic Growth in OECD Countries English Iscte 2014 2015
Mariana Miguel dos Reis Ferreira The Impact of Ageing on Savings: A panel data study among the OECD countries English Iscte 2014 2015
Manuel Costa Pereira São Martinho Determinants of Vat Rate: Evidence From 27 EU Countries English Iscte 2014 2015
Luís Afonso Rosa Alves Fernandes Nunes NAIRU as a Proxy for Business Cycle Synchronization Analysis in Euro Area Economy: An empirical approach English Iscte 2014 2015
Leonor Mateus Ferreira Monetary policy Responses to the Recent crisis- Federal Reserve vs. European Central Bank English Iscte 2014 2015
Marco António Mota Monteiro É Recíproca a Influência entre a Despesa Total em Saúde e a Despesa com Medicamentos em Portugal? Portuguese Iscte 2013 2014
Vânia Filipa Lopes Matias Como a estrutura do tecido empresarial português afecta a sustentabilidade da Segurança Social? Portuguese Iscte 2013 2014
Sónia Dias da Costa Fundos Estruturais e Crescimento Económico na União Europeia Portuguese Iscte 2012 2013
Nádia Filipa Pessoa Dinis Impacto das remessas no crescimento económico de Portugal: 1975 a 2010 Portuguese Iscte 2011 2012
Susana Andreia Marques Diogo Innovation and Economic Growth in Europe in the First Decade of the New Millennium - Panel data analysis of the Lisbon strategy's impact English Iscte 2011 2012
Hernâni Custódio do Carmo Efeitos Dinâmicos do Investimento Público no Crescimento Económico: Evidências de alguns países europeus Portuguese Iscte 2011 2012
António Jorge Soares Jesus Antunes The Effects of International Trade on Economic Growth: An empirical comparison between Portugal and Netherlands English Iscte 2011 2012
Tatiana Filipa Dias Pinheiro O Contributo do Turismo para o Crescimento da Economia Portuguesa Portuguese Iscte 2011 2012
João Vasco Almeida Jorge Iscte 2010 2011
M.Sc. Final Projects (4)
Concluded (4)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Institution Initial Year Concluding Year
Maria Andrade Nunes Ferreira Ramirez The effect of social security on household savings - An analysis based on European Union Portuguese Iscte 2021 2021
Audri Delgado Martins Impacto do Crescimento do Setor do Turismo no Bem-estar Social da População: O caso de Cabo Verde Portuguese Iscte 2018 2018
Sofia Santos dos Reis Um olhar sobre os diplomadoos: a relação entre área de formação e posto de trabalho em Portugal Portuguese Iscte 2011 2012
Filipa Paula de Campos Vieira Pires Sobre o Conceito de Capital de Saúde - uma aplicação na área da Grande Lisboa. Portuguese Iscte 2008 2009