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Jorge Braga de Macedo
Jorge Braga de Macedo
"Jubilado" Professor
Economics
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Ciência ID: DB1B-A8E9-0B2A
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5168-1510

A member of the General and Supervisory Board of EDP Energias de Portugal since 2013 and of the Science Council of the Catholic University of Angola since 2015; chairs the General Assembly of the Madeira Development Society since 2014. He served as Director for National Economies at the European Commission in Brussels, Minister of Finance for Portugal, chaired the Parliamentary Committee for European Affairs and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Trilateral Commission from 1985 until2017. He was the last President of the OECD Development Centre in Paris and of the Tropical Research Institute in Lisbon, worked at the IMF, World Bank, UN and EBRD and taught at Yale, Princeton, Institute for Political Studies in Paris and University of Angola.


"Agregação" - Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Ph.D. in Economics - Yale University

Master in Economics - Yale University

Master in International Relations - YaleUniversity

Bachelor in Law - Universidade de Lisboa


  • Macedo, Jorge Braga de, Martins, Joaquim Oliveira, Tovar Jalles, João (2021). Globalization, freedoms and economic convergence: an empirical exploration of a trivariate relationship using a large panel. International Economics and Economic Policy, 18 (3), 605-629.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge, Pereira, Luís Brites (2017). Diferencialidade portuguesa na globalização. Negócios Estrangeiros, 11 (2), 223-236.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge, Oliveira Martins, Joaquim, Rocha, Bruno (2014). Are complementary reforms a "luxury" for developing countries?. Journal Of Comparative Economics, 42 (2), 417-435.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge, Pereira, Luis Brites, Reis, Afonso M. (2009). Comparing Exchange Market Pressure across Five African Countries. Open Economies Review, 20 (5), 645-682.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge, Martins, Joaquim Oliveira (2008). Growth, reform indicators and policy complementarities. Economics Of Transition, 16 (2), 141-164.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (2007). A comparative view on reform complementarities. Revue d'Economie Politique, 117 (4), 601-605.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (2003). Portugal's European integration: The good student with a bad fiscal constitution. South European Society And Politics, 8 (1-2), 169-194.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge Braga (2000). The Euro in the international financial architecture. Acta Oeconomica, 51 (3), 287-314.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (1996). Portugal e a união monetária europeia: Vender estabilidade internamente, ganhar credibilidade externa. Análise Social, 31 (138), 895-923.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge, Sebastiao, Manuel (1989). Public debt and implicit taxes The Portuguese experience. European Economic Review, 33 (2-3), 573-579.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (1987). Currency inconvertibility, trade taxes and smuggling. Journal of Development Economics, 27 (1-2), 109-125.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (1986). Small countries in monetary unions: a two-tier model.. Mondes en Developpement, 14 (56), 41-64.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (1986). Small countries in monetary unions A two-tier model. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 10 (1-2), 275-280.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (1985). 'Labor and investment demand at the firm level: A comparison of French, German and U.S. manufacturing, 1970-79' by Jacques Mairesse and Brigitte Dormont. European Economic Review, 28 (1-2), 237-241.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (1983). Optimal currency diversification for a class of risk-averse international investors. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 5 (C), 173-185.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (1982). Currency diversification and export competitiveness. A model of the 'Dutch disease' in Egypt. Journal of Development Economics, 11 (3), 287-306.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (1982). Exchange rate behavior with currency inconvertibility. Journal Of International Economics, 12 (1-2), 65-81.
  • Branson, William H., Braga de Macedo, Jorge (1982). The optimal weighting of indicators for a crawling peg. Journal of International Money and Finance, 1 (C), 165-178.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (1977). Emigration and remittances in neoclassical steady-state. Economia, 1 (1), 95-112.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (1977). Teoria da desvalorização cambial: A abordagem keynesiana. Economia, 1 (2), 219-260.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge, Serfaty, Simon (2019). Portugal since the revolution: Economic and political perspectives. Taylor & Francis.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (2018). Macro de economia aberta: ensino e prática depois de abril. ACL - Academia das Ciências de Lisboa.
  • Sousa, Alfredo de, Braga de Macedo, Jorge, Cardoso, José Luís, Mata, Eugénia (2017). Evolução recente da economia portuguesa: estudos inéditos. ICS-Imprensa de Ciências Sociais.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (2015). Writing to queens while crisis proceed: In memory of Manuel Jacinto Nunes. 2ª ed. Instituto de Investigação Cientifica Tropical (IICT).
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge, Lempinen, Urho (2011). Open economy dynamics: selected papers by Pentti Kouri. Pentti Kouri Scientific Work Association.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge, do Amaral, Luciano, Silva, Álvaro Ferreira da, de Castro Henriques, António (2009). Nove ensaios na tradição de Jorge Borges de Macedo. Tribuna da História.
  • Sousa, Alfredo de, Moura, Francisco Pereira de, Reis, Jaime, Braga de Macedo, Jorge, Ribeiro, José Joaquim Teixeira, Couceiro Pizarro Beleza, Luis Miguel, Nunes, M. Jacinto, Constâncio, Victor (1989). NOVA ECONOMIA EM PORTUGAL: Estudos em homenagem a António Manuel Pinto Barbosa. 1ª ed. Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
  • Brito Soares, Fernando, Mata, Maria Eugénia, Braga de Macedo, Jorge (2018). Resenha e exemplos do ensino da macro. Macro de economia aberta. : ensino e prática depois de Abril. Macedo, Jorge Braga de (Eds.), ACL - Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 53-61.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge, Pereira, Luis Brites (2016). Cape Verde and Mozambique as development successes in west and southern Africa. African Successes, Volume IV. : Sustainable Growth. Edwards, Sebastian , Johnson, Simon, N. Weil, David (Eds.), University of Chicago Press, 203-293.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (2015). Energy@CPLP drives Portugal's strategy for open economy. 2ª ed. Writing to queens while crisis proceed. : In memory of Manuel Jacinto Nunes. Braga de Macedo, Jorge (Eds.), Instituto de Investigação Cientifica Tropical (IICT), 101-111.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (2015). Letters to queens. 2ª ed. Writing to queens while crisis proceed. : In memory of Manuel Jacinto Nunes. Braga de Macedo, Jorge (Eds.), Instituto de Investigação Cientifica Tropical (IICT), 19-34.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge, Brites Pereira, Luis (2014). Cape Verde’s foreign policy: an economic perspective. As Relações Externas de Cabo Verde: (Re) Leituras Contemporâneas. Delgado, J. P., Varela, O. B., Suzano, Costa (Eds.), Edições ISCJS, 229-266.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (2011). Dynamics of exchange rates and the current account. Open economy dynamics. : selected papers by Pentti Kouri. Macedo, Jorge Braga de, Lempinen, Urho (Eds.), Pentti Kouri Scientific Work Association, 15-26.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (2011). Global crisis and national policy resonses: together alone?. Ética, Crise e Sociedade. Marcelo, Michel Renaud E Gonçalo (Eds.), Húmus, 91-159.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (2011). Nem estabilidade nem crescimento?. PEC:Programa de Estabilidade ou Crescimento -. Ferreira, Eduardo Paz, Lobo, Carlos, Palma, Clotilde Celorico (Eds.), Colóquios IDEFF, 77-92.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (2011). Peer pressure to meet G20 commitments: a promissing innovation?. The G20 Agenda and Process: Analysis and Insight by CIGI Experts. Brem, Max (Eds.), CIGI, 30-31.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (2011). Valor (sem) uso e ODM. Sem Uso. Macedo, Ana de (Eds.), Babel, 191-213.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (2010). Saudades do bom aluno. Estudos em homenagem ao Professor Doutor Paulo de Pitta e Cunha : economia, finanças públicas e direito fiscal. Almedina, 319-348.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (2009). How globalisation improves governance. The Law and Economics of Globalisation. Yueh, Linda (Eds.), Edward Elgar, 193-224.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge, Pereira, Luís Brites (2009). Portugal e a globalização: Um destino histórico?. Nove ensaios na tradição de Jorge Borges de Macedo. Braga de Macedo, Jorge, Amaral, Luciano, Silva, Álvaro Ferreira da, Henriques, António Castro (Eds.), Tribuna da História, 155-174.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (2006). Comparative development and institutional change. Economic Development and Social Change: Historical Roots and Modern Perspectives. Routledge | Taylor & Francis Group, 74-96.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge, Grandes, Martin (2005). Argentina and Brazil risk: A Eurocentric tale. Monetary Policy and Macroeconomic Stabilization in Latin America. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 153-172.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (2005). Small countries in monetary unions: The choice of Senegal. The Political Economy of Risk and Choice in Senegal. Taylor & Francis, 124-144.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge, Nunes, Luís Catela, Covas, Francisco (2004). Moving the Escudo into the Euro. Shaping the New Europe. : Economic Policy Challenges of European Union Enlargement. Palgrave Macmillan, 246-264.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (2004). Portugal's European integration: The good student with a bad fiscal constitution. Spain and Portugal in the European Union. Frank Cass, 140-161.
  • Branson, William H., Braga de Macedo, Jorge, von Hagen, Jürgen (2004). Macroeconomic policy and institutions during the transition to European union membership. Shaping the new Europe. : Economic policy challenges of European Union enlargement. Landesmann, M. A., Rosati, D. K. (Eds.), Palgrave Macmillan, 27-48.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge, Silva, Álvaro Ferreira da, Martins de Sousa, Rita (2001). War, taxes and gold: the inheritance of the real. 1 ed. Transferring Wealth and Power from the Old to the New World. : Monetary and Fiscal Institutions in the 17th through the 19th Centuries. Bordo, Michael D., Cortés-Conde, Robert (Eds.), Cambridge University Press, 187-228.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge, Gaspar, Vítor (1989). Uma reforma fiscal para 1992: Imposto linear único sobre o rendimento. 1ª ed. NOVA ECONOMIA EM PORTUGAL. : Estudos em Homenagem a António Manuel Pinto Barbosa. Sousa, Alfredo de, Moura, Francisco Pereira de, Reis, Jaime, Macedo, Jorge Braga de, Ribeiro, José Joaquim Teixeira, Beleza, Luis Miguel, Nunes, M. Jacinto, Constâncio, Victor (Eds.), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 381-402.
  • Corado, Cristina, Braga de Macedo, Jorge (1989). Competitiveness under Liberalization cum Stabilization Packages (LCSP) The Experience of Portugal 1977-1985. 1ª ed. NOVA ECONOMIA EM PORTUGAL. : Estudos em Homenagem a António Manuel Pinto Barbosa. Sousa, Alfredo de, Moura, Francisco Pereira de, Reis, Jaime, Macedo, Jorge Braga de, Ribeiro, José Joaquim Teixeira, Beleza, Luis Miguel, Nunes, M. Jacinto, Constâncio, Victor (Eds.), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 541-557.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (Jan 2018), 47 p., (Nova School of Business and Economics, n. 622), Antevendo mais Lusofonia e outras memórias lusófilas.
  • Braga de Macedo, Jorge (Jan 2018), 137 p., (Nova School of Business and Economics, n. 619), Ensino e prática da macro de economia aberta depois de abril.