Amélia Branco

 
 

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Amélia Branco (ameliab@iseg.utl.pt) is an assistant professor at ISEG-UTL since October 2005. In 2009 she was awarded at the 13th edition of FISEG/ISEG with the paper “Incentives or obstacles? Institutional aspects of the cork business in the Iberian Peninsula (1930-1975)”, Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, n.º 1, pp. 17-44. She holds a PhD in Economic and Social History (ISEG-UTL), in which she studied the impact of forests in the Portuguese economic growth during the Estado Novo.

Her main research interests are: Portuguese modern economic growth; economic and forestry policies during Estado Novo; Portuguese forest History; Natural resources economy; forestry products related industries.

 

Most relevant publications (as an author and co-author):

  • BRANCO, Amélia; Parejo, Francisco M. (2011). «Distrito industrial y competitividad en el mercado internacional: la industria corchera de Feira en Portugal». In Jordi Catalan, J. A. Miranda e R. Ramon-Muñoz (ed.). Distritos Y Clusters en la Europa del Sur. Madrid: LIDEditorial Empresarial, pp. 123-142.
  • BRANCO, Amélia (2011). «El Plan de Repoblación Forestal (1938-1968): una medida del Estado Novo por evaluar». In Freire, Dulce & Lanero, Daniel (Eds.). Agriculturas e innovacíon tecnológica en la Península Ibérica (1946-1975). Madrid: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino, pp. 135-166.
  • BRANCO, Amélia (2010). «Was the Portuguese Forest Policy a contribution towards economic modernization? The case of the Paper Pulp Industry during the Estado Novo (1930-1974)». Revista de Historia Industrial. Vol. 19, Nº 3, pp.69-96.
  • BRANCO, Amélia (2009). «O Impacto da Fileira da Cortiça no Crescimento Económico Português no Período de 1930 a 1974». In Zapata, Santiago (Ed.). Cork Oak Woodlands and Cork Industry: Present, Past and Future. Island Press.
  • BRANCO, Amélia (2009). «Manufacture and Trade of Cork Products: An International Perspective». In Aronson, James; Pereira, João S.; Pausas, Juli G. (Ed.). Cork Oak Woodlands on the Edge. Ecology, Adaptive Management and Restoration. Island Press, pp. 177-200.
  • BRANCO, Amélia; Parejo, Francisco M. (2008). «Incentives or obstacles? Institutional aspects of the cork business in the iberian peninsula (1930-1975)». Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies. Nº1, pp. 17-44.
  • BRANCO, Amélia (2005). O impacto das florestas no crescimento económico moderno durante o Estado Novo (1930-1974). Lisboa: ISEG (Tese de doutoramento em História Económica e Social).