Joao Ricardo Faria

Research 

Macroeconomics; Economic Theory; Economics of terrorism and conflict; Economics of academia

Selected Publications 
 

Journal Publications

[42] Persistent high ambition and substance abuse: A rationalization of a vicious circle (2008)  Journal of Economics  94, 261-274 (with Amnon Levy).
[41] A simple nonlinear dynamic model for unemployment: Explaining the Spanish case (2008) Discrete Dynamics  in Nature and Society, Article ID 981952, 11 pages, doi:10.1155/2008/981952 (with M. Leon-Ledesma).
[40] Can globalization stop the decline in commodities' terms of trade? The Prebisch-Singer hypothesis revisited (2008) Cambridge Journal of Economics 32, 683-701 (with A.V. Mollick, P.H. Albuquerque and M. Leon-Ledesma).
[39] Terrorism in Africa:  Persistence and poverty (2008) Journal of Policy Modeling 30, 55-69 (with  Carlos Barros and Luis Gil-Alana ).
[38] The tenure game: Building up academic habits (2008) Japanese Economic Review 59, 370-380 (with Goncalo Monteiro)
[37] Demographic and technological growth in tourism markets (2008) Tourism Economics 14, 115-121.
[36] Negatively correlated author seniority and the number of acknowledged people: Name-recognition as a signal of scientific merit? (2008) Journal of Socio-Economics 37, 1234-1247 (withNathan Berg)
[35]Employment and fertility choice: A differential game approach (2007) Economics Bulletin, Vol. 10 no. 9 pp. 1-8 (with Le Wang)
[34] Are U.S. citizens at risk of terrorism in Europe? (2007) Defence and Peace Economics18, 495-507  (with Carlos Barros, Isabel Proença and Luis Gil-Alana)
[33] Proliferation of academic journals: Effects on research quantity and quality (2007) Metroeconomica 58, 536-549 (with Rajeev Goel).
[32] Ramsey in dual-population lands: Internal conflict and utility-maximizing consumption (2007) Defence and Peace Economics 18, 339-352 (with Amnon Levy )
[31] Population and growth: Is there a puzzle ? (2006) Journal of Development Studies42, 909-917  (with M.Leon-Ledesma and A. Sachsida)
[30] Terrorist innovations and anti-terrorist policies (2006) Terrorism and Political Violence, 18, 47-56. [29] Terror support and recruitment (2005) Defence and Peace Economics 16, 263-273 (with Daniel Arce) [28] The game academics play: Editors versus authors (2005) Bulletin of Economic Research57, 1-12. [27] Real exchange rate and employment performance in an open economy (2005) Research in Economics 59, 67-80 (withMiguel Leon-Ledesma)
[26] Profitability, investment and efficiency wages (2005) Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences, 4, 201-211.
[25] Trade liberalization, nature of mergers and employment (2005) Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 14, 43-63. (withHalis Yildiz)
[24] Leading by example and international collective action (2005) Journal of Public Economic Theory7, 51-63. (withAndre Rossi de Oliveira and Daniel Arce)
[23] The nominal theory of interest under habit formation: Evidence for the U.S., 1959-2002 (2004) North American Journal of Economics and Finance 15, 333-354. (withAndre V. Mollick)
[22] The effects of taxes on labor in a dynamic efficiency wage model (2004) Japanese Economic Review, 55, 286-297.
[21] Habit formation, working habits and technological progress (2004)  Manchester School, 72, 403-413 (withMiguel Leon-Ledesma)
[20] Terror cycles (2003) Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics 7, No.1, Article 3.
[19] Testing the Balassa-Samuelson effect: Implications for growth and PPP (2003) Journal of Macroeconomics 25, 241-253 (withMiguel Leon-Ledesma )
[18] Limit cycles in an optimal control problem of Diabetes (2003) Applied Mathematics Letters 16, 127-130.
[17]  Scientific, business and political networks in academia (2002) Research in Economics 56, 187-198. [16] Growth and labor supply in the presence of habit formation in consumption (2002) Economics Bulletin 4, 1-5.
[15] The dynamic efficiency of the Ramsey model with endogenous labour participation rate (2001) Optimal Control Applications and Methods 22, 145-149.
[14] The macroeconomic determinants of equilibrium unemployment insurance (2001) Labour 15, 487-500. (withFrancisco G. Carneiro )
[13] Habit formation in a monetary growth model (2001) Economics Letters 73, 51-55. 
[12] Markup, indexation and inflation: A bargaining approach (2001) Economic Modelling 18, 313-323. [11] Supervision and effort in an intertemporal efficiency wage model: The role of the Solow condition (2000) Economics Letters 67, 93-98.
[10] What happened to the Neanderthals ? - The survival trap (2000) Kyklos 53, 161-172.
[9] A two-class fiscal and monetary growth model (2000) Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 11, 355-364.
[8] The readmission of the Jews to England: The Mercantilist view (1999) European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 6, 513-522.
[7] Is there an optimal constitution ? (1999) Constitutional Political Economy   10, 177-184.
[6] Growth and stability in a model with Pasinettian saving behaviour and neoclassical technology (1999) Manchester School   67, 111-121, (with Joanilio R. Teixeira ).
[5] The economics of witchcraft and the big eye effect (1998)Kyklos   51, 537-546.
[4] Investment, credit and endogenous cycles (1998)  Journal of Economics   67, 135-143, (with Joaquim P. de Andrade ). [ Abstract ].
[3] Environment, growth and fiscal and monetary policies (1998) Economic Modelling   15, 113-123.
[2] The indexation of wages and bonds in Brazil (1997) Applied Economics   29, 1459-1464, (with Francisco G. Carneiro).
[1] Urbanization, economic growth, and welfare (1996) Economics Letters   52, 109-115, (with Andre V. Mollick).

Other Journal Publications 

[23] Capital and labor in the long-run: Evidence from Tobin's q for the U.S. (2008) Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming. (with A.V. Mollick)
[22] Public support and terrorism: The Putin paradox (2008) Open Political Science Journal 1, 1-4.
[21] The international research of academic economists in Brazil: 1999-2006  (2007) Economia Aplicada 11, 387-406 . (with A. Araujo and C. Shikida)
[20] The citation pattern of Brazilian economists (2007) Estudos Econômicos 37, 151-166. (with A. Araujo and C. Shikida)
[19]Government revenues and expenditures in Guinea-Bissau:Causality and cointegration (2005) Journal of Economic Development30, 107-117 (with F.Carneiro and B.S. Barry)
[18] Is there a trade-off between domestic and international publications ?(2005)  Journal of Socio-Economics 34, 269-280.
[17] An intertemporalPasinettian model with government sector (2004) International Journal of Business and Economics 3, 257-268 (with Ricardo Araujo).
[16] Some reflections on incentives for publication: The case of the CAPES'  list of economic journals (2004)  Economia Aplicada 8, 791-816.
[15] Conflict, distribution, and population growth (2003)  Journal of Bioeconomics 5, 47-53. (withAndre Rossi de Oliveira)
[14] Optimal exchange rate policy, wage bargaining structure and foreign direct investment (2003) International Economics 56, 1-12. (withLuiz R. de Mello)
[13] What type of economist are you: r-strategist or K-strategist ? (2003) Journal of Economic Studies 30, 144-154.
[12] Devaluation, output and wages (2003)  International Economic Journal 17, 15-27. (withFrancisco G. Carneiro)
[11]  An analysis of rankings of economic journals (2002) Brazilian Journal of Business Economics 2, 95-117.
[10] Jobless growth: The long run relationship between capital and labor  (2002) Journal of Economic Research 7, 215-228.
[9] Does high inflation affect growth in the long and short run ? (2001) Journal of Applied Economics 4, 89-105. (withFrancisco G. Carneiro ).
[8] Rent seeking in academia: The consultancy disease (2001) American Economist 45, 69-74.
[7] Capital accumulation and the modified golden rule with endogenous labor participation rate and efficiency wages (2001) Journal of Economic Research 6, 97-108.
[6] The research output of academic economists in Brazil (2000) Economia Aplicada  4, 95-113.
[5] The demand for currency in the presence of indexed money: The case of Brazil (2000) Applied Economics Letters 7, 41-43.  
[4] Causality between the minimum wage and other wages (1997) Applied Economics Letters 4, 507-510, (with Francisco G. Carneiro).
[3] Currency substitution and indexed money (1997) Applied Economics Letters  4, 163-166, (with Francisco G. Carneiro).
[2] Pressure groups and inflation: A cyclical model (1996) Revista de Economia Politica   16, 129-135, (with Jorge S. Arbache ).
[1] Money and growth: From a quasi-neoclassical standpoint (1994) Revista Brasileira de Economia   48, 529-550, (with Joaquim P. de Andrade).

 Edited Book

Economic Growth, Inequality and Migration (2002) Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar   (co-edited by Amnon Levy ).

Book Reviews

Review of Haim Ofek "Second Nature: Economic Origins of Human Evolution" Cambridge University Press, Economic History Services, May 30, 2002.

Activities as Referee  

I have served as referee for the following Journals:

Applied Economics , Applied Financial Economics , Australian Journal of Labour Economics, Brazilian Journal of Business Economics , Bulletin of Economic Research*, Computers & Matematics, Contemporary Economic Policy, Defence and Peace Economics*, Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, Economia*,  Economia Aplicada*, Economic Issues, Economic Journal ,  Economic Modelling* , Environment and Development Economics*,  Estudos Econômicos, International Economic Journal , International Game Theory Review, International Trade Journal, International Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of Bioeconomics,  Journal of Economics* [Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie ],Journal of Economics [MVEA ], Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control*,  Journal of Economic Studies,  Journal of Macroeconomics*, Journal of Peace Research,  Journal of Socio-Economics*, Manchester School, Marketing Science,  Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Open Political Science Journal,  Oxford Economic Papers,  Pesquisa e Planejamento Economico, Planejamento e Politicas Publicas, Revista Brasileira de Economia, Scottish Journal of Political Economy,  Southern Economic Journal*, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics,  Tourism Economics
(* denotes refereeing requests more than once) 

Referee for Research Agencies:

National Science Foundation, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Israel Science Foundation

Referee for Publishers:

Addison-Wesley, Blackwell, Edward Elgar , McGraw-Hill , and Routledge

Working Papers 

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1.The Sephardim diaspora: A model of forced migration and confiscation    (1998) Discussion Paper 98/11, Department of Economics, University of Kent at Canterbury 
2. An economic analysis of the Peter and Dilbert principles (2000) Working Paper No. 101, School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology, Sydney. This paper is cited by  Edward Lazear"The Peter principle: A theory of decline" (2004)  Journal of Political Economy 112, S141-S163.  
3. The intertemporal substitution model of labour supply in an open economy (2000) Discussion Paper 00/09, Department of  Economics, University of Kent at Canterbury [with Miguel Leon-Ledesma]. This paper is cited by Hian T. Hoon and Edmund Phelps  “A structuralist model of a small open economy in the short, medium and long run” (2007)Journal of Macroeconomics  29, 227-254;  and HianTeckHoon and  Edmund Phelps (2002) “Asset prices, the real exchange rate, and unemployment in a small open economy: A medium-run structuralist perspective”, in The Open Economy Macromodel: Past, Present And Future, ed. ArieArnon and Warren Young, New York, Springer, 275-286. A revised and extended version of this paper entitled Real exchange rate and employment performance in an open economy (2005) is published by Research in Economics 59, 67-80
4. A dynamic model of cannibalism   (2001) Political Economy Working Paper 06/01,School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas [with Andreas J. Novak ].
5. A theory of efficiency wage growth (2001) Political Economy Working Paper 15/01,School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas [with Mohamed Jellal]. 
6. A simple theory of permanent migrations: The case of Gypsies  (2004) Political Economy Working Paper 04/04, School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas.
7. A time consistent anti-terror legislation (2005) Working Paper 10/2005, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Texas-Pan American. Presented at MAPUSE 2, Vienna, Nov. 2007.
8. Why business schools do so much research: A signaling explanation (2008) ESSEC Working Papers, No DR 08002, ESSEC Business School Paris [With Damien Besancenot and Radu Vranceanu].
9. Unemployment and entrepreneurship: A cyclical relation? (2008) Discussion Papers in Economics No. 2008/2, Nottingham Trent University [With Juan Carlos Cuestas and Luis Gil-Alana]
10. Entreprenuership and Unemployment: A Nonlinear Bidirectional Causality (2008) Discussion Papers in Economics No. 2008/6, Nottingham Trent University [With Juan Carlos Cuestas and Estefanía Mourelle] 

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