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Esmeralda de Jesus Ratinho Lopes Arranhado Ramalho
Assistant Professor (Universidade de Évora)

Ph.D. in Economics (U. Bristol, 2002), M.Sc. in Mathematics Applied to Economics and Business (ISEG/UTL, 1996), B.A. in Economics (U. Évora, 1994).

Research interests:

Microeconometrics.

Personal web page: http://evunix.uevora.pt/~ela/
Ideas: http://ideas.repec.org/e/pra185.html
Researcher ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-6180-2009

Articles published in selected journals (indexed in CEFAGE ranking)

Silva, V.G., E.A. Ramalho, C.R. Vieira (2017), "The Use of Cheques in the European Union: A Cross-Country Analysis", Open Economies Review, 28(3), 581-602.
Ramalho, E.A., J.J.S. Ramalho (2017), "Moment-based estimation of nonlinear regression models with boundary outcomes and heterogeneity, with applications to non-negative and fractional responses", Econometric Reviews, 36(4), 397-420.
Silva, V., E. Ramalho, C. Vieira (2016), "The impact of SEPA in credit transfer payments: evidence from the euro area", Research in International Business and Finance, 38, 404-416.
Ramalho, E.A., J.J.S. Ramalho, J.M.R. Murteira (2014), "A generalized goodness-of-functional form test for binary and fractional regression models", Manchester School, 82(4), 488-507.
Murteira, J.M.R., E.A. Ramalho, J.J.S. Ramalho (2013), "Heteroskedasticity testing through comparison of Wald-type statistics", Portuguese Economic Journal, 12(2), 131-160.
Ramalho, E.A., R.J. Smith (2013), "Discrete choice nonresponse", Review of Economic Studies, 80(1), 343-364.
Ramalho, E.A., J.J.S. Ramalho (2012), "Alternative versions of the RESET test for binary response index models: a comparative study", Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 74(1), 107-130.
Ramalho, E.A., J.J.S. Ramalho, J.M.R. Murteira (2012), "A supremum-type RESET test for binary choice models", Economics Bulletin, 32(1), 905-912.
Ramalho, E.A., A. Caleiro, A. Dionísio (2011), "Explaining Consumer Confidence in Portugal", Journal of Economic Psychology, 32(1), 25-32.
Ramalho, E.A., J.J.S. Ramalho, J.M.R. Murteira (2011), "Alternative estimating and testing empirical strategies for fractional regression models", Journal of Economic Surveys, 25(1), 19-68.
Ramalho, E.A., J.J.S. Ramalho, P.D. Henriques (2010), "Fractional regression models for second stage DEA efficiency analyses", Journal of Productivity Analysis, 34(3), 239-255.
Ramalho, E.A. (2010), "Covariate measurement error: bias reduction under response-based sampling", Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, 14(4), article 2.
Ramalho, E.A., J.J.S. Ramalho (2007), "On the weighted maximum likelihood estimator for endogenous stratified samples when the population strata probabilities are unknown", Applied Economics Letters, 14(3), 171-174.
Ramalho, E.A. (2007), "Binary models with misclassification in the variable of interest and nonignorable nonresponse", Economics Letters, 96(1), 70-76.
Ramalho, E.A., J.J.S. Ramalho (2006), "Two-step empirical likelihood estimation under stratified sampling when aggregate information is available", Manchester School, 74(5), 577-592.
Ramalho, E.A., J.J.S. Ramalho (2006), "Bias-corrected moment-based estimators for parametric models under endogenous stratified sampling", Econometric Reviews, 25(4), 475-496.
Ramalho, E.A. (2002), "Regression models for choice-based samples with misclassification in the response variable", Journal of Econometrics, 106(1), 171-201.

Articles published in ISI journals (not indexed in CEFAGE ranking)

Ramalho, E. J. Ramalho, R. Evangelista (forthcoming), "Combining micro and macro data in hedonic price indexes", Statistical Methods and Applications.
Ramalho, E.A., J.J.S. Ramalho (2014), "Convenient links for the estimation of hedonic price indexes: the case of unique, infrequently traded assets", Statistica Neerlandica, 68(2), 91-117.
Ramalho, E.A., J.J.S. Ramalho (2010), "Is neglected heterogeneity really an issue in binary and fractional regression models? A simulation exercise for logit, probit and loglog models", Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 54(4), 987-1001.

Doctoral theses

Ramalho, E.A. (2002), Some Sampling Issues in Econometrics, Ph.D. thesis, University of Bristol, Reino Unido.

Master theses

Ramalho, E.A. (1996), "Dados de Contagem e Modelos de Regressão – Aplicação ao Número de Citações Recebidas por Trabalhos de Instituições Portuguesas", M.Sc. thesis, ISEG/UTL, Portugal.

Projects funded by national science agencies

Theoretical Developments in the Regression Analysis of Fractional Data and its Applications to Finance

FCT

01/03/2012-28/02/2015
91 000€
Econometric Models for Fractional Response Variables with Applications to Corporate Financing Choices

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

01/11/2007-31/10/2010
28 000 €

Industry contracts

Coordination and Support for the Owner-Occupied Housing Statistics Pilot Project

Instituto Nacional de Estatística

07/2010-03/2012
24 150€

Ph.D. thesis

Title: A Relevância dos Intangíveis na Avaliação das Empresas da Euronext
Author: Francisco José Mendes Leote
Supervisor(s): Jacinto Vidigal da Silva, Esmeralda A. Ramalho
Degree: PhD. (Management)
Institution: University of Évora
Year: 2015

M.Sc. thesis

Title: Análise dos Efeitos do Programa de Iniciativa Comunitária LEADER na Região Alentejo, entre 1991 e 2006
Author: Anabela Marques Santos
Supervisor(s): Esmeralda A. Ramalho, Paulo Neto
Degree: M.Sc. (Economics)
Institution: Universidade de Évora
Year: 2012
Title: A Estrutura da Despesa Pública Cabo-Verdiana no Período 1991 a 2010
Author: Maria Jesus de Fátima Gomes Andrade
Supervisor(s): Miguel Rocha de Sousa, Esmeralda A. Ramalho
Degree: M.Sc. (Economics)
Institution: Universidade de Évora
Year: 2012