Pedro P. Barros

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Dr.

Campus de Carcavelos

Rua da Holanda, 1

Carcavelos, 2775-405

Portugal

http://ppbarros.fe.unl.pt

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1.

Health Care Costs of Domestic Violence Against Women - Evidence from Portugal

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 16 Jul 2008
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
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domestic violence, health care costs

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The Simple Economics of Risk-Sharing Agreements between the NHS and the Pharmaceutical Industry

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Dec 2007
Pedro P. Barros
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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risk sharing agreements, pharmaceutical prices

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Can Adolescents' Obesity Be a Consequence of Peers Lifestyles?

iHEA 2007 6th World Congress: Explorations in Health Economics Paper
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2014
Maria Isabel Climaco, Pedro P. Barros and Óscar Lourenço
ISCAC, Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Universidade de Coimbra - Faculty of Economics
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Obesity, Peer pressure, Life styles

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Tobacco Control and the Role of Litigation: A Survey of Issues in Law, Policy, and Economics

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2012
Basil C. Bitas and Pedro P. Barros
Singapore Management University - Yong Pung How School of Law and Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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Tobacco litigation, tobacco regulation

Remedy for Now but Prohibit for Tomorrow: The Deterrence Effects of Merger Policy Tools

WZB, Markets and Political Economy Working Paper No. SPII 2007-02
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2008
Jo Seldeslachts, Joseph A. Clougherty and Pedro P. Barros
KU Leuven - Faculty of Business and Economics (FEB), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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merger policy tools, deterrence effects, cross-section/time-series data

Remedy for Now But Prohibit for Tomorrow: The Deterrence Effects of Merger Policy Tools

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6437
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 May 2008
Pedro P. Barros, Joseph A. Clougherty and Jo Seldeslachts
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and KU Leuven - Faculty of Business and Economics (FEB)
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antitrust, deterrence, merger policy, remedies

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An Economic Theory of Church Strictness

UPF Economics & Business Working Paper No. 563
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Sep 2002
Nuno Garoupa and Pedro P. Barros
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School and Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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Location theory, economics of religion

An Economic Theory of Church Strictness

Posted: 29 Oct 2002
Nuno Garoupa and Pedro P. Barros
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School and Universidade Nova de Lisboa

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Location theory, economics of religion

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Double Coverage and Demand for Health Care: Evidence from Quantile Regression

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 01 May 2009 Last Revised: 02 May 2009
Sara Moreira and Pedro P. Barros
Bank of Portugal - Economic Research Department and Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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Demand for health services, Moral hazard, Count data, Quantile regression

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The Impact of Pharmaceutical Policy Measures: A Structural-Break Approach

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 22 Mar 2009
Pedro P. Barros and Luis C. Nunes
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Nova School of Business and Economics
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Pharmaceutical expenditures, structural breaks

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Economies of Scale and Scope in the Provision of Diagnostic Techniques and Therapeutic Services in Portuguese Hospitals

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2009
Ricardo Gonçalves and Pedro P. Barros
Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Faculdade de Economia e Gestão and Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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translog cost function, economies of scale, economies of scope, clinical services, hospitals

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What Determines the Individual Decision to Take Preventive Actions?

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Mar 2008
João Costa and Pedro P. Barros
Nova School of Business and Economics and Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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prevention, health care, ex-ante moral hazard

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Counterfactual Analysis of Bank Mergers

Empirical Economics, Vol. 46, No. 1, 2014
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 24 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2014
Pedro P. Barros, Diana Bonfim, Moshe Kim and Nuno C. Martins
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Banco de Portugal, University of Haifa - Department of Economics and Bank of Portugal
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banks, mergers, competition

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Contractual Design and PPPs for Hospitals: Lessons for the Portuguese Model

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 May 2008
Pedro P. Barros and Xavier Martínez-Giralt
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Public-private partnerships, contract design

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The Voting Paradox and Social Networks: An Empirical Analysis

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Mar 2009
Nova School of Business and Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Faculdade de Economia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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abstention, social networks

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Health Care and Health Outcomes of Migrants: Evidence from Portugal

United Nations Human Development Report Research Paper No. 2009/28
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 25 Apr 2010
Pedro P. Barros and Isabel Medalho Pereira
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Evora University
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Migration, Health Status, Health Care, Healthy Immigrant Effect, Portugal

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The Net Costs of Medical Training

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 Apr 2008
Pedro P. Barros, Sara R. Machado and Ana Maria Simões
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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costs of medical training, hospitals, primary care centres

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Who Should Appoint Regulators: Governments or Parliaments?

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 24 May 2008
Pedro P. Barros
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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regulation, economic design, political economy

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Obesity-Related Wage Differentials - Evidence from Portugal

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Mar 2008
Ana Miranda and Pedro P. Barros
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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obesity, wages

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Does a Tougher Competition Policy Reduce or Promote Investment?

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Jan 2010
Afonso Almeida Costa and Pedro P. Barros
Independent and Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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Competition Policy, Investment, Welfare

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Home-Bias Effects and the Leadership Role of the EC in Regulation

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 Jun 2008
Pedro P. Barros
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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regulation, institutional design, telecommunications

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Moral Hazard and the Demand for Health Services: A Matching Estimator Approach

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5488
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 May 2006
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Charles III University of Madrid - Department of Economics and Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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Demand for health services, matching estimator, moral hazard, Portuguese health system

21.

Universal Service and Entry: The Role of Uniform Pricing and Coverage Constraints

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 14 May 2001
Tommaso M. Valletti, Steffen Hoernig and Pedro P. Barros
Imperial College Business School, Nova School of Business and Economics and Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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Competition, coverage constraint, uniform pricing constraint, universal service

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Sectoral Regulators and the Competition Authority: Which Relationship is Best?

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Sep 2004
Pedro P. Barros and Steffen Hoernig
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Nova School of Business and Economics
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Competition authority, sectoral regulators, institutional relationship, strategic substitutes and complements, lobbying

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Technological Adoption in Health Care

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7558
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Jan 2010
Pedro P. Barros and Xavier Martínez-Giralt
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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health care, payment systems, technology adoption

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How to Measure the Deterrence Effects of Merger Policy: Frequency or Composition?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7454
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 07 Oct 2009
Pedro P. Barros, Joseph A. Clougherty and Jo Seldeslachts
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and KU Leuven - Faculty of Business and Economics (FEB)
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antitrust, deterrence, merger policy

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Keeping Both Eyes Wide Open: The Life of a Competition Authority Among Sectoral Regulators

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6861
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Jun 2008
Pedro P. Barros, Steffen Hoernig and Tore Nilssen
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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Competition authority, Regulatory bias, Sectoral regulators

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Chronic Renal Disease and Wage Discrimination: An Application of Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition

Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - Faculty of Economics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS

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Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition, Chronic Renal Disease, Kidney, discrimination, health economics

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The Regulation in Private Health Care Market in Brazil: The Effects in Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2009
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - Faculty of Economics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and Universidade Nova de Lisboa

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health insurance, theory of regulation, moral hazard, adverse selection, count quantile regression,

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Generic Versus Brand-Name Drugs: Does it Really Matter?

iHEA 2007 6th World Congress: Explorations in Health Economics Paper
Posted: 22 Jun 2007
Pedro P. Barros and Sara R. Machado
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)

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generic entry, vertical differentiation, reference pricing system

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Efficiency Effects from a Move Towards Activity-Based Payments to Hospitals

iHEA 2007 6th World Congress: Explorations in Health Economics Paper
Posted: 22 Jun 2007
Pedro P. Barros
Universidade Nova de Lisboa

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hospitals, matching estimators, DRG

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General Internists at the Hospital: Cost Saving or Big Spenders?

iHEA 2007 6th World Congress: Explorations in Health Economics Paper
Posted: 19 Jun 2007
affiliation not provided to SSRN, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Universidade Nova de Lisboa and New University of Lisbon

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internists, efficiency

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Competing for Foreign Direct Investment

Review of International Economics, Vol. 8, Issue 2, May 2000
Posted: 11 Oct 2000
Pedro P. Barros and Luis M. B. Cabral
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics

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Industrial Policy and Firm Heterogeneity

CEPR Discussion Paper Series No. 1986
Posted: 04 Feb 1999
Pedro P. Barros
Universidade Nova de Lisboa

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Approval Rules for Sequential Horizontal Mergers

CEPR Discussion Paper Series No. 1764
Posted: 13 Jul 1998
Pedro P. Barros
Universidade Nova de Lisboa

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Competition Policy in Portugal

CEPR Discussion Paper Series 1441
Posted: 08 Jan 1997
Pedro P. Barros and José Mata
Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Nova School of Business and Economics

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