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Prof. Dr. Margarita Robaina
Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP) and Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism (DEGEIT), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

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Journal article
Published: 19 May 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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The transport sector is the biggest source of CO2 emissions in Europe. It is responsible for over a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions. Passenger vehicles, alone, account for nearly 41% of these emissions, resulting in human health impacts. To meet the Paris climate commitments, cars and vans should be decarbonized until 2050. Such a transformation requires general changes, such as how the vehicles are owned, taxed, and driven. The European Federation for Transport and Environment revealed that Mediterranean countries tend to emit less per vehicle compared to the northern and central Europeans. Intriguingly, this does not necessarily correspond to motorization rates. In this article, we assess whether the observed reductions in CO2 emissions in the Mediterranean countries can be attributed to vehicle taxation on CO2 emissions. We apply panel data econometric techniques using data on annual registrations from 2008 to 2018 and model the demand for new-vehicle purchases and their responsiveness to changes in both CO2-based taxation and circulation tax. Our results show the determinants of new-vehicle demand and the change in the emissions rate in each country under the taxation currently adopted. We found that fiscal policies can have an important role in reducing the emission in the Mediterranean countries.

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Mónica Meireles; Margarita Robaina; Daniel Magueta. The Effectiveness of Environmental Taxes in Reducing CO2 Emissions in Passenger Vehicles: The Case of Mediterranean Countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 5442 .

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Mónica Meireles, Margarita Robaina, Daniel Magueta. The Effectiveness of Environmental Taxes in Reducing CO2 Emissions in Passenger Vehicles: The Case of Mediterranean Countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (10):5442.

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Mónica Meireles; Margarita Robaina; Daniel Magueta. 2021. "The Effectiveness of Environmental Taxes in Reducing CO2 Emissions in Passenger Vehicles: The Case of Mediterranean Countries." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 10: 5442.

Journal article
Published: 06 May 2021 in Research in Transportation Economics
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This article identifies which effects contribute to the carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) intensity in the transport sector in the period 2008–2018, in EU 27 European countries. The technique of Complete Decomposition was applied to calculate six effects: (i) CO2 emissions, compared to the consumption of fossil fuels (Effect CF); (ii) consumption of fossil fuels compared to electricity (Effect FE); (iii) electricity consumption compared to the total energy consumption (Effect EEn); (iv) total energy consumption compared to the capital used (Effect EnK); (v) capital per capita (Effect KP) and (vi) inverse work average of productivity (Effect LVA). The study revealed that emissions intensity in the transport sector have diminished and that the more relevant effects were Effect EnK and Effect KP in the majority of the countries analyzed. Denmark and Lithuania show a distinctive pattern with Effect CF, Effect LVA and Effect Een presented as the more important. This article add value as its results are relevant for adequating environmental policies to the transport sector, and as there is a main shortcoming found in the literature review, related with the lack of studies applied to Europe regarding the analysis of CO2 emissions intensity and in particular for the transport sector.

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Margarita Robaina; Ana Neves. Complete decomposition analysis of CO2 emissions intensity in the transport sector in Europe. Research in Transportation Economics 2021, 101074 .

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Margarita Robaina, Ana Neves. Complete decomposition analysis of CO2 emissions intensity in the transport sector in Europe. Research in Transportation Economics. 2021; ():101074.

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Margarita Robaina; Ana Neves. 2021. "Complete decomposition analysis of CO2 emissions intensity in the transport sector in Europe." Research in Transportation Economics , no. : 101074.

Journal article
Published: 04 April 2021 in Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism
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Air quality is a topic with growing interest within the tourism industry, especially for destinations with a high volume of tourism. Several implications on tourism demand are already recognised, such as influence on health and well-being, travel behaviour and trip satisfaction. However, there is a knowledge gap concerning its influence on tourism decision making. To overcome this gap this study intends to examine the relevance of destinations’ air quality on tourism decision making before and during tourism trips. A qualitative study was carried out based on in-depth interviews with visitors from different cultural backgrounds and with different health conditions. A content analysis was undertaken to find the major references regarding the topic and to establish a comparative analysis. The results demonstrate a lack of concern regarding air quality in specific dimensions of travel planning. Nevertheless, when visitors are confronted with episodes of air pollution at the destination, they tend to adopt adaptive strategies to prevent negative effects. Differences were found between groups from different places of residence and between individuals with or without health problems. The paper ends with guidelines for those developing recreation and tourism activities concerning the relevance that should be assigned to air quality in the development of these activities.

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V. Rodrigues; M.J. Carneiro; C. Eusébio; M. Madaleno; M. Robaina; C. Gama; K. Oliveira; H. Relvas; M. Lopes; A. Monteiro. How important is air quality in travel decision-making? Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism 2021, 35, 100380 .

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V. Rodrigues, M.J. Carneiro, C. Eusébio, M. Madaleno, M. Robaina, C. Gama, K. Oliveira, H. Relvas, M. Lopes, A. Monteiro. How important is air quality in travel decision-making? Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. 2021; 35 ():100380.

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V. Rodrigues; M.J. Carneiro; C. Eusébio; M. Madaleno; M. Robaina; C. Gama; K. Oliveira; H. Relvas; M. Lopes; A. Monteiro. 2021. "How important is air quality in travel decision-making?" Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism 35, no. : 100380.

Journal article
Published: 01 April 2021 in Sustainability
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The pandemic caused by coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (associated to the disease named COVID-19) is having a global impact that affects health, the economy and the environment. These impacts are negative in most of the sectors but benefits also occurred in specific fields. Tourism was one of the most negatively affected economic sectors, and in terms of benefits, the improvement of air quality can be highlighted, with positive health implications. This paper aims to evaluate the impacts on these two particular fields—tourism and air quality—focusing on Portugal due to the relevance of tourism in the country. The research carried out in this paper enables us to find the most critical areas and identifies lessons learnt and recommendations for the post-COVID period. Tourism and air quality data were collected for both 2019 and 2020 and compared in terms of quantitative and spatial analysis. The Lisbon metropolitan area—the geographical area where the capital of the country is located—was the area that suffered the most negative impacts in terms of tourism activity but was also the one where highest benefits in terms of air pollution reduction and human exposure were felt. Recommendations for future strategies are suggested, including new concepts of tourism connected to the environment; the investment in online/virtual tourism activities; promotion of the domestic market; mitigation of the over-tourism problem and using environmental issues, such as air quality, as new attractiveness criteria for tourism destinations.

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Alexandra Monteiro; Celeste Eusébio; Maria Carneiro; Mara Madaleno; Margarita Robaina; Vitor Rodrigues; Carla Gama; Hélder Relvas; Michael Russo; Kevin Oliveira; Myriam Lopes; Carlos Borrego. Tourism and Air Quality during COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for the Future. Sustainability 2021, 13, 3906 .

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Alexandra Monteiro, Celeste Eusébio, Maria Carneiro, Mara Madaleno, Margarita Robaina, Vitor Rodrigues, Carla Gama, Hélder Relvas, Michael Russo, Kevin Oliveira, Myriam Lopes, Carlos Borrego. Tourism and Air Quality during COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for the Future. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (7):3906.

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Alexandra Monteiro; Celeste Eusébio; Maria Carneiro; Mara Madaleno; Margarita Robaina; Vitor Rodrigues; Carla Gama; Hélder Relvas; Michael Russo; Kevin Oliveira; Myriam Lopes; Carlos Borrego. 2021. "Tourism and Air Quality during COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for the Future." Sustainability 13, no. 7: 3906.

Research article
Published: 22 January 2021 in Tourism Planning & Development
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Air quality (AQ) is gaining considerable visibility within the tourism sector. However, despite several studies analysing the impact of tourism activities on the AQ of destinations, little is known about the inverse relation. This paper analyses the role of AQ on travel planning and the factors influencing it, specifically the influence of environmentally friendly daily behaviours and concerns with AQ impacts on visitor health. To accomplish this, a questionnaire survey (N = 834) was carried out to visitors. Two Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and two multivariate regression models were used to identify the factors influencing the role of AQ in travel planning. Results reveal that despite AQ not having a substantial role in travel planning of tourism activities, the environmentally friendly daily behaviours of visitors have a positive influence on the role of AQ in travel planning. The paper ends with some theoretical and practical implications.

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Maria João Carneiro; Vitor Rodrigues; Celeste Eusébio; Margarita Robaina; Mara Madaleno; Alexandra Monteiro; Carla Gama; Kevin Oliveira; Michael Russo; Carlos Borrego. Tourism and Air Quality: Factors Influencing the Role of Air Quality in Visitors Travel Planning. Tourism Planning & Development 2021, 1 -21.

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Maria João Carneiro, Vitor Rodrigues, Celeste Eusébio, Margarita Robaina, Mara Madaleno, Alexandra Monteiro, Carla Gama, Kevin Oliveira, Michael Russo, Carlos Borrego. Tourism and Air Quality: Factors Influencing the Role of Air Quality in Visitors Travel Planning. Tourism Planning & Development. 2021; ():1-21.

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Maria João Carneiro; Vitor Rodrigues; Celeste Eusébio; Margarita Robaina; Mara Madaleno; Alexandra Monteiro; Carla Gama; Kevin Oliveira; Michael Russo; Carlos Borrego. 2021. "Tourism and Air Quality: Factors Influencing the Role of Air Quality in Visitors Travel Planning." Tourism Planning & Development , no. : 1-21.

Journal article
Published: 30 December 2020 in Applied Sciences
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Considering the advantages associated with the port sector concerning the potential of offshore wind energy, several international ports are aiming to achieve a solid integration in offshore wind energy clusters. This article performs an analysis of several seaports and offshore wind energy clusters in Europe to assess the feasibility of implementing an offshore wind energy cluster in the Port of Aveiro, Portugal. A deep literature review and a case study methodology were performed. Based on the analysis of the offshore energy market, and of the value chain of the company case study (ASM Offshore), it was concluded that the Portuguese market in this sector is not competitive, compared with other international markets. Nevertheless, the development of an offshore wind energy cluster could increase the included companie’s prospects, as well as dispute the growth of other companies associated with this sector. This research is relevant, because there is a lack of research that links the importance of seaports in offshore wind energy projects, in particular with a cluster structure, and because it contributes to knowledge for the development of the Aveiro region and Portugal, based on the exploitation of the renewable energy market and to the increase of related activities.

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Helena Junqueira; Margarita Robaina; Susana Garrido; Radu Godina; João C. O. Matias. Viability of Creating an Offshore Wind Energy Cluster: A Case Study. Applied Sciences 2020, 11, 308 .

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Helena Junqueira, Margarita Robaina, Susana Garrido, Radu Godina, João C. O. Matias. Viability of Creating an Offshore Wind Energy Cluster: A Case Study. Applied Sciences. 2020; 11 (1):308.

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Helena Junqueira; Margarita Robaina; Susana Garrido; Radu Godina; João C. O. Matias. 2020. "Viability of Creating an Offshore Wind Energy Cluster: A Case Study." Applied Sciences 11, no. 1: 308.

Short communication
Published: 21 December 2020 in Energy Reports
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This paper explores the determinants of household electricity consumption efficiency of an ageing population. The analysis is pursued for the 28 member states of the European Union between 2005 and 2016. These determinants are evaluated through the employment of the econometric method Fractional Regression Model. Results indicate that the share of renewables in heating and cooling, the government expenditures in housing and community and the housing cost burden below 60% for people aged 65 and over, are the main drivers that impulse the efficiency levels positively. On the other hand, the old age dependency ratio, and the housing cost burden above 60% for people aged 65 and over, affect the efficiency levels negatively. The main contribution of the study is to underline the relevance of the socio-economic household characteristics of an ageing population strata in explaining the residential electricity consumption efficiency.

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Vera Pais-Magalhaes; Victor Moutinho; Margarita Robaina. Determinants of the household electricity consumption efficiency of an ageing population: Evidence for the EU-28. Energy Reports 2020, 6, 415 -422.

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Vera Pais-Magalhaes, Victor Moutinho, Margarita Robaina. Determinants of the household electricity consumption efficiency of an ageing population: Evidence for the EU-28. Energy Reports. 2020; 6 ():415-422.

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Vera Pais-Magalhaes; Victor Moutinho; Margarita Robaina. 2020. "Determinants of the household electricity consumption efficiency of an ageing population: Evidence for the EU-28." Energy Reports 6, no. : 415-422.

Short communication
Published: 21 December 2020 in Energy Reports
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The effects of climate change and greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions are one of the deep concerns today. The energy generation sector contributes significantly to these emissions, potentiating the climate change and the vulnerability of society and the environment. To attain the Paris Agreement goals, the decarbonization of energy sector at global scale may be a solution, which includes the insertion of more renewable sources in the energy mix. In this sense, the increase on generation by wind energy is a feasible option to achieve these targets. Although the wind energy is considered a “cleaner” source and “free of CO2emissions”, when its entire life cycle is considered, it is possible to verify that certain stages, namely the equipment manufacturing and decommissioning, have different and significant contributions in terms of inputs and energy consumption, but also gases emissions and environmental impacts. Thereby, the aim of this research is to present a systematic literature review of wind farms life cycle assessments, the relevant aspects related to CO2 emissions and resource consumption are highlighted, and improvements in process and advantages of equipment reusing in end of service for diminishing the effects of climate change are discussed.

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Gisela Mello; Marta Ferreira Dias; Margarita Robaina. Wind farms life cycle assessment review: CO2 emissions and climate change. Energy Reports 2020, 6, 214 -219.

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Gisela Mello, Marta Ferreira Dias, Margarita Robaina. Wind farms life cycle assessment review: CO2 emissions and climate change. Energy Reports. 2020; 6 ():214-219.

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Gisela Mello; Marta Ferreira Dias; Margarita Robaina. 2020. "Wind farms life cycle assessment review: CO2 emissions and climate change." Energy Reports 6, no. : 214-219.

Conference paper
Published: 01 September 2020 in 2020 17th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM)
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Improving energy efficiency is expected to reduce energy consumption. However, the existence of a "rebound effect", can increase energy consumption, as an improvement in energy efficiency makes energy cheaper. The current study examines the contribution of energy efficiency improvements towards mitigating CO 2 emissions, through the estimation of the "rebound effect" existence for a panel of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) countries in the period 1990-2014. In a first step, it is applied the Stochastic Frontier Analysis to calculate the energy efficiency, and secondly, two-stage Generalized Methods of Moments is applied for the short and long run efficiency elasticities of energy. Furthermore, we calculate the rebound effect with the help of the energy efficiency elasticities. Our conclusions show that in the short-run there is a backfire effect, that means the energy efficiency gains are outweighed by an increased demand for energy, and in the long run, there is only a partial rebound.

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Margarita Robaina; Zeeshan Arshad. The role of energy efficiency in CO2 mitigation – Economy wide rebound effect in ASEAN countries. 2020 17th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM) 2020, 1 -5.

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Margarita Robaina, Zeeshan Arshad. The role of energy efficiency in CO2 mitigation – Economy wide rebound effect in ASEAN countries. 2020 17th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM). 2020; ():1-5.

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Margarita Robaina; Zeeshan Arshad. 2020. "The role of energy efficiency in CO2 mitigation – Economy wide rebound effect in ASEAN countries." 2020 17th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM) , no. : 1-5.

Conference paper
Published: 01 September 2020 in 2020 17th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM)
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This study investigates the effect of eco-innovation actions on firm performance, considering both turnover and employment growth, in European enterprises, focusing on the highly energy consumer sectors and the most polluting ones. The total sample includes 44647 firms from 13 different European Union countries and is based in the most recently released Community Innovation Survey (CIS). Using cross-section econometric techniques, results showed that eco-innovations might affect positively turnover growth, as well as employment growth. Both human capital and the number of adopted eco-innovation strategies influence positively the firm performance. Eco-innovation behavior is also found to be more important than non-eco-innovation in determining firm performance. Moreover, the positive impacts of eco-innovation in firms could be leveraged by the government financial support in these sectors. The conclusions presented showed that eco-innovations are an opportunity for companies cost reduction, opening doors to new growth possibilities.

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Mara Madaleno; Margarita Robaina; Marta Ferreira Dias; Monica Meireles. Eco-innovation and firm performance in European highly energy consumers and polluting sectors. 2020 17th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM) 2020, 1 -6.

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Mara Madaleno, Margarita Robaina, Marta Ferreira Dias, Monica Meireles. Eco-innovation and firm performance in European highly energy consumers and polluting sectors. 2020 17th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM). 2020; ():1-6.

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Mara Madaleno; Margarita Robaina; Marta Ferreira Dias; Monica Meireles. 2020. "Eco-innovation and firm performance in European highly energy consumers and polluting sectors." 2020 17th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM) , no. : 1-6.

Journal article
Published: 24 August 2020 in The Electricity Journal
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The consumption of electricity has been increasing in the last decades, imposing multiple challenges at environmental, economic, and social level. Therefore, energy efficiency in several sectors of the economy has become one of the main goals for policy makers and society in general. In addition, the increase of an ageing population and the changes in their consumption patterns also impact the electricity consumption in the residential sector creating additional challenges in this sector. These challenges are even more notorious in Europe where this demographic shift is already moving at an alarming pace. This paper aims to assess the efficiency of electricity consumption of the households of an ageing population in the 28 countries of the European Union for the period between 2005 and 2016, through the employment of the method Data Envelopment Analysis. Main results indicate that the countries which have higher investment in energy saving measures and renewable electricity generation present high efficiency scores for the whole period under analysis. On the other hand, the member states with a larger percentage of an ageing population, are also the ones presenting the lowest efficiency scores. For an improved performance, policies should account for the right combination between the households’ electricity consumption efficiency and policies that address the needs of the elderly at a local level.

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Vera Pais-Magalhães; Victor Moutinho; Margarita Robaina. Households’ electricity consumption efficiency of an ageing population: A DEA analysis for the EU-28. The Electricity Journal 2020, 33, 106823 .

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Vera Pais-Magalhães, Victor Moutinho, Margarita Robaina. Households’ electricity consumption efficiency of an ageing population: A DEA analysis for the EU-28. The Electricity Journal. 2020; 33 (8):106823.

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Vera Pais-Magalhães; Victor Moutinho; Margarita Robaina. 2020. "Households’ electricity consumption efficiency of an ageing population: A DEA analysis for the EU-28." The Electricity Journal 33, no. 8: 106823.

Earlycite article
Published: 19 August 2020 in Review of Behavioral Finance
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PurposeThis article aims to verify if there are detectable barriers in price levels that are understood to be psychologically important (psychological barriers) in a set of hourly electricity prices. These barriers manifest themselves when the market struggles with a difficulty in crossing the barrier to a different level. Psychological barriers focus on directional price movements around regions of the barrier, thus the importance of understanding investor behavior. The authors intend to contribute empirically to the scarce literature on psychological influences in individuals trading in the energy market, hereby enhancing the knowledge concerning the behavior of investors in this market.Design/methodology/approachThe present work aims to test psychological barriers in the Nord Pool electricity market. Through a sample of hourly data on the Elspot day-ahead market, from 2013 to 2017, three groups of tests were made, following the M-values methodology: (1) uniformity tests, which clearly rejected the uniformity in hourly prices; (2) barrier tests, which included the barrier proximity and barrier hump tests, evidencing psychological barriers and (3) conditional effects tests, which allowed us to conclude in favor of effects of positive returns after approaching a barrier on an upward movement, i.e. the barrier breaches due to the fact that increasing prices tend to lead to further price increases, on average.FindingsUniformity tests, rejected the uniformity in hourly prices; barrier tests, included the barrier proximity and barrier hump tests, evidencing psychological barriers and conditional effects tests, allowed us to conclude in favor of effects of positive returns after approaching a barrier on an upward movement, i.e. the barrier breaches due to the fact that increasing prices tend to lead to further price increases, on average. Another relevant conclusion is that the period from midnight to 9 a.m. is very sensitive, since there is evidence of return and variance effects simultaneously. The implications of these results are potentially relevant, since changes on the variance are usually perceived as a proxy for risk, with changes on the return. It was also concluded that with the increase of the time span from 5 to 10 days on the conditional effects difference tests, there were significant changes on the results, the variance effect is stronger, while the return effect weakens.Research limitations/implicationsHowever, this research presents some limitations that result in representing opportunities for future research. The fact that there are reduced data available for other markets end up limiting the study of the global electricity market. Although Nord Pool is Europe's leading energy market and is seen as one of the most successful energy markets in the world, it would be interesting to do a study with more than one electricity market to make comparative considerations. Although the spot market is the main arena for energy trade, while the intraday market works as a compliment, it would be equally interesting to do a similar study for the intraday market and then compare conclusions. Moreover, in the present study, it was used standard methods in the literature on psychological barriers, but other methods could have been used–for example, those that assume that prices follow the Benford's distribution (Lu and Giles, 2010), which also present a path for future research and opportunity for confirming the robustness of the present results.Practical implicationsWhen the presence of psychological barriers is detected it means that the risk-return relationship becomes weaker around the psychological barrier (round numbers, meaning that electricity traders anchor). Identification of psychological barriers supports the claim that technical analysis strategies based on price support and resistance can be profitable. Therefore, more profitable strategies can be built by traders, but no reconciliation with the efficient market hypothesis (EMH) (provided that in inefficient markets prices should not exhibit any particular pattern). The finding of significant psychological barriers in specific hourly time intervals implies the need to address its practical implications in electricity markets, being so specific, namely, the possibility to earn extraordinarily profits exploiting this anomaly and who wins.Originality/valueThe electricity sector is a determinant sector in economic growth and a factor of development. Herein lies the importance of studying this market, which until now has not occurred in this subject, as far as it was possible to gauge. Are there barriers in the electricity market and should such a presence be taken into account? Investigating the existence of psychological barriers in the electric market becomes relevant, because knowing that investors are psychologically affected by a psychological barrier, can become a useful tool in negotiation, as it can function as another variable in the “equation” which is to trade in a complex market like this. Proving the potential presence of a psychological barrier may lead investors to believe in the idea of levels of resistance or levels of support, affecting their decision-making and price dynamics.

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Carlos Almeida; Mara Madaleno; Margarita Robaina. Psychological barriers in the electric market: study applied to the Nord Pool market. Review of Behavioral Finance 2020, ahead-of-p, 1 .

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Carlos Almeida, Mara Madaleno, Margarita Robaina. Psychological barriers in the electric market: study applied to the Nord Pool market. Review of Behavioral Finance. 2020; ahead-of-p (ahead-of-p):1.

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Carlos Almeida; Mara Madaleno; Margarita Robaina. 2020. "Psychological barriers in the electric market: study applied to the Nord Pool market." Review of Behavioral Finance ahead-of-p, no. ahead-of-p: 1.

Journal article
Published: 10 August 2020 in International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy
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This study aims to estimate the effects of economic growth, renewable and non-renewable energy consumption and natural resources on carbon emissions for the period of 1990-2014, in 11 countries, using 3 panels: (i) full countries panel, (ii) South Asian countries and (iii) Southeast Asian countries. For all panels, the long-run elasticities were estimated. The results suggest that non-renewable and renewable energy consumption increase economic development in the three panels. Besides, natural resources impede the economic growth in South Asian and full countries panels while natural resources increase the economic activities in Southeast Asian countries. Non-renewable and economic growth increase CO2 emissions, whereas, renewable energy consumption lessens the carbon emissions. Natural resources also contributed to CO2 emissions in the case of South Asian and full countries panels while improved the environmental quality in the Southeast Asian region. It was also observed that there is cointegration among the variables in all three panels. Policy recommendations can be made, in the sense that renewable energy sources should be preferred to decrease CO2 emissions, and education and corruption should be improved to estimulate the economic growth in the studied areas.Keywords: Renewable Energy, Non-renewable Energy, CO2 Emissions, Natural resources, CS-ARDLJEL Classifications: Q43, Q44, Q56DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.9956

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Zeeshan Arshad; Margarita Robaina; Anabela Botelho. RENEWABLE AND NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES WITH CS-ARDL MODELING. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy 2020, 10, 368 -383.

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Zeeshan Arshad, Margarita Robaina, Anabela Botelho. RENEWABLE AND NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES WITH CS-ARDL MODELING. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy. 2020; 10 (5):368-383.

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Zeeshan Arshad; Margarita Robaina; Anabela Botelho. 2020. "RENEWABLE AND NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES WITH CS-ARDL MODELING." International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy 10, no. 5: 368-383.

Journal article
Published: 05 August 2020 in Economic Analysis and Policy
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This study aims to understand the impact of air quality on the demand of tourism destinations and the impact that tourism may have on the air quality of a specific destination. Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments were used as a proxy of tourism demand in each location, while PM10 concentrations were a proxy of air quality. Data for five European countries (Austria, Cyprus, Great Britain, Italy, and Switzerland), specifically monthly data from January 2008 to December 2015, was analyzed on a multivariate framework through a Vector Autoregressive Model. Results show that for Austria and Italy tourism growth can deteriorate air quality, while for Cyprus and Great Britain, the poorer air quality of the destination may decrease tourism demand. Causality results show that tourism is a possible cause of increased PM10 levels and variance decomposition results show that shocks in PM10 levels explain a large percentage of the error variation in tourism demand.

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M. Robaina; M. Madaleno; S. Silva; C. Eusébio; M.J. Carneiro; C. Gama; K. Oliveira; M.A. Russo; A. Monteiro. The relationship between tourism and air quality in five European countries. Economic Analysis and Policy 2020, 67, 261 -272.

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M. Robaina, M. Madaleno, S. Silva, C. Eusébio, M.J. Carneiro, C. Gama, K. Oliveira, M.A. Russo, A. Monteiro. The relationship between tourism and air quality in five European countries. Economic Analysis and Policy. 2020; 67 ():261-272.

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M. Robaina; M. Madaleno; S. Silva; C. Eusébio; M.J. Carneiro; C. Gama; K. Oliveira; M.A. Russo; A. Monteiro. 2020. "The relationship between tourism and air quality in five European countries." Economic Analysis and Policy 67, no. : 261-272.

Research article
Published: 10 June 2020 in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
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The development of societies has led information and communication technology (ICT) to play a gradually important role in people’s lives, transforming the way societies and economies function. ICTs are often associated with the path to reducing CO2 emissions; however, do they lead to that path? Or are they themselves a growing source of energy consumption and emissions? The current study estimates the effect of ICT, trade, economic growth, financial development, and energy consumption on carbon emissions in South and Southeast Asian (SSEA) region for the period of 1990–2014. Moreover, the study also tried to validate the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis between GDP per capita and CO2 emissions. Cluster analysis was used to identify two groups (potential and advanced countries) based on their social development score. The long-run connection between the variables was examined and the long-run elasticities of ICT, financial development, energy consumption, trade, and economic growth with respect to CO2 emissions were estimated. Besides, individual country-wise long-run coefficients were found. Results show that financial development and ICT deteriorated the environment quality in the SSEA region, suggesting ICT goods and services are not energy-efficient in both potential and advanced countries and that most of the financial investment was made in non-friendly environmental projects, in potential countries. On the contrary, in advanced countries, financial development mitigates CO2 emissions. In addition, results also confirmed an inverted U-shaped relationship for all the considered three panels such as potential, advance, and full-countries panels, confirming EKC. Causality findings showed a bidirectional causality between CO2 emissions and energy consumption as well as unidirectional causality from trade, economic growth, financial development, and ICT to CO2 emissions. Policymakers should be aware of the ICT impact on energy consumption and strengthen the regulation of their manufacture to facilitate the integration of energy efficiency into user routines. Due to the increasing use of standby mode and Wi-Fi assistive devices, the rapid implementation of legislation regulating these technologies to make them more efficient is recommended.

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Zeeshan Arshad; Margarita Robaina; Anabela Botelho. The role of ICT in energy consumption and environment: an empirical investigation of Asian economies with cluster analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2020, 27, 32913 -32932.

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Zeeshan Arshad, Margarita Robaina, Anabela Botelho. The role of ICT in energy consumption and environment: an empirical investigation of Asian economies with cluster analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2020; 27 (26):32913-32932.

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Zeeshan Arshad; Margarita Robaina; Anabela Botelho. 2020. "The role of ICT in energy consumption and environment: an empirical investigation of Asian economies with cluster analysis." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27, no. 26: 32913-32932.

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Published: 01 May 2020 in Science of The Total Environment
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The way plastics are currently produced, used and disposed does not capture the economic benefits of a more ‘circular’ approach and is dramatically harming the environment. It is relevant to determine which European countries can be considered more or less efficient in the end-of-life of plastic products processes, what the sources of the inefficiencies are, and how those less efficient countries could improve their performance towards a more circular economy. Although some countries have developed a variety of quantitative indicators, there is scarcity of adequate metrics for performance measurements. This paper estimates the efficiency of 26 European countries in the context of Circular Economy, for the period 2006–2016, considering the generation of waste, recovery and recycling of plastic, with a methodology based on the Multidirectional Efficiency Analysis. Apart from identifying the most efficient countries in the studied period, results show that efficiency increases for most countries with time, and that many countries reach the full efficiency by the end of the study period, and especially by 2016. Input analysis shows that increasing capital seems to be a main driver towards efficiency, since the other inputs are used with a similar efficiency by most countries. Output analysis suggest that the difference among countries efficiency is not in their reduction of total waste or emissions, but rather in the improvement of their economic growth in a circular way, that is, improving GDP but also the recovering and recycling activities. These results could be useful to design policies towards a more efficient and circular use of plastics.

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Margarita Robaina; Kelly Murillo; Eugénio Rocha; Jose Villar. Circular economy in plastic waste - Efficiency analysis of European countries. Science of The Total Environment 2020, 730, 139038 .

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Margarita Robaina, Kelly Murillo, Eugénio Rocha, Jose Villar. Circular economy in plastic waste - Efficiency analysis of European countries. Science of The Total Environment. 2020; 730 ():139038.

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Margarita Robaina; Kelly Murillo; Eugénio Rocha; Jose Villar. 2020. "Circular economy in plastic waste - Efficiency analysis of European countries." Science of The Total Environment 730, no. : 139038.

Earlycite article
Published: 27 March 2020 in Journal of Tourism Futures
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Purpose Tourism may have important positive and negative economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts. However, cultural and natural resources are also the base to the development of competitive destinations and changes in these resources can have an important impact on tourism development. Despite the considerable literature regarding the impacts of tourism, a limited number of studies examine the impact of the environment on tourism, specifically the impact of air quality (AQ). Therefore, this paper aims to review what is known about the impact of AQ on tourism demand, analysing the different methods and approaches used, as well as the results obtained. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review method was used to examine the state of the art in this topic and identify research gaps and new research directions. Only 26 papers were identified that examine the impact of AQ on tourism demand. Findings The majority of the studies were carried out in China and investigate the impact of AQ on tourism from the perspective of tourism demand. Both global (tourism demand) and individual (tourist perceptions) approaches have been used to investigate the impact of AQ on tourism. Originality/value This is the first systematic literature review on the impact of outdoor AQ on tourism demand. Moreover, this paper analyses the methods and approaches that have been used in the literature to examine the impact of outdoor AQ on tourism demand. The paper ends with a discussion on the identified research gaps concerning the influence of AQ on tourism development.

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Celeste Eusébio; Maria João Carneiro; Mara Madaleno; Margarita Robaina; Vítor Rodrigues; Michael Russo; Hélder Relvas; Carla Gama; Myriam Lopes; Vania Seixas; Carlos Borrego; Alexandra Monteiro. The impact of air quality on tourism: a systematic literature review. Journal of Tourism Futures 2020, 7, 111 -130.

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Celeste Eusébio, Maria João Carneiro, Mara Madaleno, Margarita Robaina, Vítor Rodrigues, Michael Russo, Hélder Relvas, Carla Gama, Myriam Lopes, Vania Seixas, Carlos Borrego, Alexandra Monteiro. The impact of air quality on tourism: a systematic literature review. Journal of Tourism Futures. 2020; 7 (1):111-130.

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Celeste Eusébio; Maria João Carneiro; Mara Madaleno; Margarita Robaina; Vítor Rodrigues; Michael Russo; Hélder Relvas; Carla Gama; Myriam Lopes; Vania Seixas; Carlos Borrego; Alexandra Monteiro. 2020. "The impact of air quality on tourism: a systematic literature review." Journal of Tourism Futures 7, no. 1: 111-130.

Research article
Published: 30 January 2020 in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
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The circular economy contrasts with the traditional linear economy since it presents a sustainable way both to produce goods and services and to contribute to the development of economies. This paper aims to contribute to a better knowledge of the efficiency of resources productivity, a common indicator to compare how circular economies are, through the estimation of the main determinants for the circular economy in Europe. A systematic analysis and comparison of the performance of all the European Union countries was performed to get further insight into their root causes and to help designing future policies towards a more circular European Union economy. With this purpose, a set of determinant factors for a circular economy in Europe were analysed, under the period between 2000 and 2016. A cluster analysis was applied and complemented with three econometric estimation methods: panel unit root tests, panel cointegration tests and vector autoregression model. The main findings allowed to cluster European countries into three different groups according to the growth rate of their resources productivity and to explain them according to the selected exploratory factors. Special efforts were made to explain the highest productivity growth group, as a way to find relevant drivers towards sustainable productivity growths.

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Margarita Robaina; Jose Villar; Elisabeth T. Pereira. The determinants for a circular economy in Europe. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2020, 27, 12566 -12578.

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Margarita Robaina, Jose Villar, Elisabeth T. Pereira. The determinants for a circular economy in Europe. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2020; 27 (11):12566-12578.

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Margarita Robaina; Jose Villar; Elisabeth T. Pereira. 2020. "The determinants for a circular economy in Europe." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27, no. 11: 12566-12578.

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Published: 13 January 2020 in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
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This study aims to determine the effects of deforestation, economic growth, and urbanization on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions levels in the South and Southeast Asian (SSEA) regions for the 1990-2014 period. The data was divided into five sub-panels. Three of them are income-based groups (namely low-, middle- and high-income panels), and the remaining two are South and Southeast Asian regions. The Pedroni cointegration test confirms a long-run relationship between deforestation, economic growth, urbanization, and CO2 emissions in the SSEA regions. Further, empirical results reveal the existence of a U-shaped relationship between CO2 emissions and economic growth for all panels (excepting low-income countries). This means that these countries can grow in a sustainable path, but they must be aware of long-term risks of this economic growth, as this sustainable path could be compromised when reaching the turning point of the "U". Moreover, our results suggest that deforestation and urbanization can aggravate environmental pollution in these regions and can further affect sustainable development in the long run. Besides, the most appropriate and cost-effective method to minimize CO2 emissions is found to be through the improvement of forest activities.

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Zeeshan Arshad; Margarita Robaina; Muhammad Shahbaz; Anabela Botelho Veloso. The effects of deforestation and urbanization on sustainable growth in Asian countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2020, 27, 10065 -10086.

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Zeeshan Arshad, Margarita Robaina, Muhammad Shahbaz, Anabela Botelho Veloso. The effects of deforestation and urbanization on sustainable growth in Asian countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2020; 27 (9):10065-10086.

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Zeeshan Arshad; Margarita Robaina; Muhammad Shahbaz; Anabela Botelho Veloso. 2020. "The effects of deforestation and urbanization on sustainable growth in Asian countries." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27, no. 9: 10065-10086.

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Published: 01 January 2020 in Handbook of Research on Novel Practices and Current Successes in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
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The aim of this research is to propose actions for energy policy aimed at the inclusion of renewable energy sources for Namibe, Angola. The chapter begins by describing the barriers that have been encountered in other countries in the same policy path. Renewable energy opportunities and potentialities are also described for the Namibe province. Finally, the energy policy proposal for the Namibe province is exposed, based on some experiences that have achieved positive results in other countries.

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Isata Teixeira Lemba; Marta Ferreira Dias; Margarita Robaina. Renewable Energy Policy in Africa and Policy Options for Sustainability. Handbook of Research on Novel Practices and Current Successes in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2020, 153 -176.

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Isata Teixeira Lemba, Marta Ferreira Dias, Margarita Robaina. Renewable Energy Policy in Africa and Policy Options for Sustainability. Handbook of Research on Novel Practices and Current Successes in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. 2020; ():153-176.

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Isata Teixeira Lemba; Marta Ferreira Dias; Margarita Robaina. 2020. "Renewable Energy Policy in Africa and Policy Options for Sustainability." Handbook of Research on Novel Practices and Current Successes in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals , no. : 153-176.