Publications

“Implementation of a cluster based local development strategy: A comparative analysis of  Danish and American experiences based on the medium size town regions of Eau Claire (WI) and Sønderborg," co-authored with Andreas P. Cornett and Mads B. Ingstrup, in Uddevalla Symposium 2011 on “Entrepreneurial Knowledge, Technology and Transformation of Regions,” ed. Irene Bernhard. University West, Sweden. (PDF file)

China and Asian Regionalism” by Zhang Yunling, China Review International, Vol. 17, No. 4, 2011. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing (2010) x, 229 pp.  Book Review.

China’s Reforms at 30: Challenges and Prospects” by Dali L. Yang and Litao Zhao eds, China Review International, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp 277-280, 2011. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing (2009) xiii, 200 pp.  Book Review.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/china_review_international/v017/17.2.dacosta.html

“The New Economy of the Inner City: Restructuring, Regeneration and Dislocation in the Twenty-First Century Metropolis,” by Thomas A. Hutton, Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol.26, No.4, pp.521-522, 2010. Routledge, New York, 2008. 332 pp.  Book Review. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01944363.2010.508403

“Economic Reform in China, 1979-2003:  The Marketization of Labor and State Enterprises” by Elizabeth Freund Larus, China Review International, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 499-501, Fall 2007. Lewinston, Queenston, Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press (2005) v, 286 pp.  Book Review. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/china_review_international/v014/14.2.dacosta.html

Exchange Rates under the East Asian Dollar: Living with Conflicted Virtue” by Ronald McKinnon, China Review International, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp 489-491, Fall 2006. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press (2005) x, 279 pp.  Book Review. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/china_review_international/v013/13.2dacosta.pdf

“Rural-Urban Economic Disparities among China’s Elderly,” (co-authored) Proceedings of the 44th Regional Science Association European Congress, Oporto, Portugal, August 26-29th, 2004 (PDF file)

John Ravenhill, "APEC and the Construction of Pacific Rim Regionalism," Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press (2002) 294 pages, China Review International, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 2003, pp. 232-234. Book Review. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/china_review_international/v010/10.1dacosta.pdf

"China's Financial System: Two Decades of Gradual Reforms," (co-authored) Managerial Finance, Vol 28 (PDF file), December 2002.

"An International Comparison of Electronic Presence: The Case of the Hotel Industry," Journal of E-Business, Vol 1, Issue 2, December 2001.

"Regional Economic Integration in Pacific Asia:  Market Forces, Trends and Prospects," GeolNova, No. 3, 2001, pp. 73-112.

"Township and Village Enterprises, Openness, and Regional Economic Growth in China,"  (co-authored) Post-Communist Economies, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2001, pp. 229-241. PDF version

"Differential Pricing and Segmentation on the Internet:  The Case of Hotel," (co-authored) Management Decision, Vol. 39, No. 4, 2001, pp. 252-261.

"Product Country-of-Origin Perceptions of Portuguese Consumers," (co-authored) 2001 AMA Educators' Proceedings, American Marketing Association Conference, Washington, DC.  Presentation August 11-14, 2001, Washington DC.

"The Causes and Lessons from the Asian Crisis," (co-authored) The Journal of Accounting and Finance Research, Vol. 7,  Number 7, January 2000, pp. 93-99.

"The Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council: An Overview and Implications," (co-authored) Managerial Finance, Vol. 26, Number 1, Spring 2000, pp. 14-25.

"The Causes and Lessons from the Asian Crisis," (co-authored) Collected Papers and Abstracts of the American Academy of Accounting and Finance, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 1998, pp. 181-186.

"Contributo para a compreensão da crise asiática: o que correu mal," (Insights into the Asian Crisis: What Went Wrong) Política Internacional Nº 17, Primavera/Verão 1998.

"Linking Macro Economic Policy to Human Development: Evidence from East Asia," Proceedings of the Third Annual Economic Summit, United Nations Development Programme,  Aruba, 1997.

"Southeast Asian Regional Integration and Globalization: an Overview," Working Paper No. 46, CEsA, Center of Development Studies, ISEG, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, 1997.

"The Role of Township and Village Enterprises in China's Economic Reform," Working Paper No. 45, CEsA, Center of Development Studies, ISEG, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, 1997.

"Economic Development in Southeast Asia from an International Perspective," in International Economics: From Regional to Global Orientation, edited by Andreas Cornett. Denmark: Jurist-og Okonomforbundets Forlag, July 1996.

"Travelling in Vietnam - a Chinese Experience," (general interest article) Mandarin Training Center Quarterly, National Taiwan Normal University, June 1996.

"Why Do Small Towns Lose Retail Business?: An Empirical Investigation," (co-authored), The Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business, Vol. 30, No. 3, December 1994.

"Advertising and Profitability: Testing Alternative Hypotheses," (co-authored), Studies in Economic Analysis, Vol. 14, No. 1, Spring 1992.

"Regional Investment Programs and the Impact on Narrowing of the Center/Periphery Gap in the EEC: The Portuguese Case," (co-authored), Working Paper No. 71, Department of Economics, Northeastern University, October 1991. Also published in Proceedings of the 31st Regional Science Association European Congress, Volume II, Tome 1, pp. 183-208, August 27-30, 1991, Lisbon, Portugal.

"The Budget Deficit and Trade Deficit: Insights into this Relationship," (co-authored), Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. XVI, No. 4, October-December, 1990.

"Nonsurvey Input-Output Techniques: An Overview," Working Paper No. 34, Department of Economics, Northeastern University, October 1987.

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