Jorge Andraz is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Algarve, Faculty of Economics, and full integrated member of the regional branch of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Management and Economics at the University of Algarve (CEFAGE-UAlg). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Algarve, a MA in Economics and Management Sciences from the University of Algarve and a BA in Economics from the Lisbon Catholic University. He is currently the Coordinator of the Technical Unit of the Algarve Sustainable Tourism Observatory. His main research interests include Applied Microeconometrics, Applied Macroeconomics, Financial Economics,Tourism and Public Policies Impact Analysis. He has authored (or co-authored) more than 40 articles or chapters, including publications in the International Regional Science Review, Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing, Empirical Economics, Portuguese Economic Journal, Tourism Management, Tourism Economics, Journal of International Business and Economics, Applied Economic Letters, Journal of Economic Development, Economic Issues, Annals of Regional Science, International Economic Journal and the Journal of Economic Development. He has also developed supervision activities of master dissertations, doctoral thesis and in 1 post-doctoral project. He has been involved in 3 research projects with national and international funding and he has acted as a reviewer/evaluator for 15 international scientific journals. He has belonged to the editorial team of 6 international scientific journals and he was the editor of a special issue in 1 scientific journal. He has been involved in several nationally and internationally funded research projects.
The group's research profile covers a wide range of topics in the fields of Economics and Finance, with particular emphasis on Financial Economics, Economic Integration, Business Cycles, Monetary Economics, Regional Economics, Economics of Innovation, Economic Policy, Labor Market, Income Inequality, Economic Growth and Development and Tourism Economic Impacts.