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João Pereira dos Santos
Researcher at Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Publications - 30
Citations - 158
João Pereira dos Santos is an academic researcher from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Private sector & Property tax. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 22 publications receiving 96 citations. Previous affiliations of João Pereira dos Santos include Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
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More than just numbers: Suicide rates and the economic cycle in Portugal (1910-2013).
João Pereira dos Santos,João Pereira dos Santos,Mariana Tavares,Pedro Pita Barros,Pedro Pita Barros +4 more
TL;DR: This study examines how different economic and social aspects affected Portuguese suicide rates for more than one hundred years, emphasizing the role of economic recessions and expansions in the XX and early XXI century in Portugal.
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Image descriptors in radiology images: a systematic review
Mariana A. Nogueira,Pedro Henriques Abreu,Pedro Martins,Penousal Machado,Hugo Duarte,João Pereira dos Santos +5 more
TL;DR: Over 70 studies related to the application of image descriptors of different natures—e.g., intensity, texture, shape—in medical image analysis are analyzed, featuring four imaging modalities: mammography, PET, CT and MRI.
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What and how did people buy during the Great Lockdown? Evidence from electronic payments
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors study the impact of the Great Lockdown on purchases in Portugal and identify a massive causal impact on overall purchases, from a baseline year-on-year monthly growth rate of 10% to a decrease of 45%.
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Brown sugar, how come you taste so good? The impact of a soda tax on prices and consumption
TL;DR: Benefits of the soda tax in terms of reducing sugar intake are mainly due to reformulation, as producers reduced the sugar content of some drinks to fall below the 80 g per liter threshold.
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The virus that devastated tourism: The impact of covid-19 on the housing market
TL;DR: In this article , the causal impact of the negative shock on short-term rentals caused by covid-19 in the tourist-intensive city centre of Lisbon was studied, using data between Q3 2018 and Q3 2020.