João Amador is an Associate Professor (Adjunct) at Nova School of Business and Economics where he teaches Macroeconomic Policies  and European Economy. He has also taught Microeconomics and Macroeconomics in other departments of Universidade Nova and in executive programs. He has completed his Ph.D. in Economics in 2000.

João Amador has been combining academic work and economic policy activities. He is currently head of the  Public Finance  and Structural Studies division in the Economics and Research Department of Banco de Portugal. He has published several policy-papers by Banco de Portugal, chapters in books, as well as articles in international academic journals. His research interests are international trade, product market and productivity, macroeconomics, public finance, Portuguese economy and European economy

2000 - Ph.D. in Economics - Universidade Nova de Lisboa

1993 - Bachelor in Economics - Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Macroeconomics, Public Economics, International Trade, Multinational Firms, Growth Ac-counting and Portuguese Economy.

• Amador, João, Melo Gouveia, Carlos, Pimenta, Ana Catarina (2023). COVID-19, lockdowns and international trade: Evidence from firm-level data. Empirical Economics, 65, 2427-2466.
• Amador, João (2022). Energy mix and intensity in Portugal: Portraits from aggregate and firm-level data. Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 8 (1).
• Amador, João, Cabral, Sónia, Ringstad, Birgitte (2019). International trade in services: firm-level evidence for Portugal. Portuguese Economic Journal, 18 (3), 127-163.
• Amador, João, Soares, Ana Cristina (2018). Competition in the Portuguese economy: insights from a profit elasticity approach. Empirica, 45 (2), 339-365.
• Amador, João, Cabral, Sónia, Mastrandrea, Rossana, Ruzzenenti, Franco (2018). Who’s who in global value chains? A weighted network approach. Open Economies Review, 29 (5), 1039-1059.
• Amador, João, Soares, Ana Cristina (2017). Markups and bargaining power in tradable and non-tradable sectors. Empirical Economics, 53 (2), 669-694.
• Amador, João, Cabral, Sónia (2017). Networks of value-added trade. World Economy, 40 (7), 1291-1313.
• Amador, João, Cabral, Sónia (2016). Global value chains: A survey of drivers and measures. Journal of Economic Surveys, 30 (2), 278-301.
• Amador, João, Cappariello, Rita, Stehrer, Robert (2015). Global value chains: A view from the euro area. Asian Economic Journal, 29 (2), 99-120.
• Amador, João, Opromolla, Luca David (2013). Product and destination mix in export markets. Review of World Economics, 149 (1), 23-53.
• Amador, João (2012). Energy content in manufacturing exports: A cross-country analysis. Energy Economics, 34 (4), 1074-1081.
• Amador, João, Cabral, Sónia, Maria, José R. (2011). A simple cross-country index of trade specialization. Open Economies Review, 22 (3), 447-461.
• Amador, João, Cabral, Sónia, Maria, José R. (2010). What can we learn from the distribution of trade patterns? Evidence for Portugal, Spain, Greece and Ireland. Portuguese Economic Journal, 9 (2), 77-95.
• Amador, João, Cabral, Sónia (2009). Vertical specialization across the world: A relative measure. North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 20 (3), 267-280.
• Amador, João (2003). The path towards economic and monetary integration: The Portuguese experience. Finance a Uver - Czech Journal of Economics and Finance, 53 (9-10), 413-429.

• Amador, João (2017). Portugal e o comércio internacional. Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.
• Amador, João, di Mauro, Filippo (2015). The age of global value chains: maps and policy issues. CEPR Press.
• Amador, João, Cabral, Sónia (2015). A basic network perspective. The Age of Global Value Chains: Maps and Policy Issues. CEPR Press, 58-67.
• Amador, João, Cappariello, Rita, Stehrer, Robert (2015). Foreign value added in Eurozone exports. The Age of Global Value Chains: Maps and Policy Issues. Amador, João, di Mauro, Filippo (Eds.), CEPR Press, 24-35.
• Amador, João, Cabral, Sónia (2015). Global value chains, labour markets and productivity. The Age of Global Value Chains: Maps and Policy Issues. Amador, João, di Mauro, Filippo (Eds.), CEPR Press, 107-120.
• Amador, João, Cabral, Manuel (2014). A economia Portuguesa no contexto global. A Economia Portuguesa na União Europeia: 1986-2010. Alexandre, Fernando, Bação, Pedro, Lains, Pedro, Martins, Manuel M. F., Portela, Miguel, Simões, Marta (Eds.), Actual, 187-228.

• Amador, João, Silva, Cátia (Apr 2023), 23 p., The impact of ICT adoption on productivity: Evidence from Portuguese firm-level data.