Sónia Carla Silva Meneses Cabral
Banco de Portugal
Economic Research Department
Av. Almirante Reis, 71-6th floor
1150-012 Lisbon, Portugal
+351 21 313 09 92
[email protected]
Education
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
M.A. in Applied Economics, 1993 - 1995
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Licenciatura in Economics, 1988 - 1992
Employment
Banco de Portugal, since 1996
Economist, Economic Research Department
European Central Bank (ECB), July - December 2005
NCB expert at the Trade Group (on a secondment basis),
Directorate of General Economics - External Developments Division
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), May - November 2002
Economist at the Mexico/Portugal Desk (on a secondment basis),
Economics Department - Country Studies Branch
Ernst & Young, July 1995 - July 1996
Junior Auditor
Research Interests
International Trade, Multinational Firms
Refereed Publications
“Vertical specialization across the world: A relative measure” (with João Amador), The
North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2009, In Press, Corrected Proof, DOI
10.1016/j.najef.2009.05.003
“A Simple Cross-Country Index of Trade Specialization” (with João Amador and José Francisco Maria), Open Economies Review, 2009, Springer’s Online First, DOI 10.1007/s11079-0099130-z
Other Publications
“Portuguese International Trade in Services”(with João Amador), Banco de Portugal Economic Bulletin, Autumn 2009, Forthcoming
“Intra-industry Trade in the Portuguese Economy: Products and Partners”(with João Amador),
Banco de Portugal Economic Bulletin, Summer 2009
“The Portuguese Export Performance in Perspective: A Constant Market Share Analysis”(with João Amador), Banco de Portugal Economic Bulletin, Autumn 2008
“Vertical Specialization in Portuguese International Trade”(with João Amador), Banco de
Portugal Economic Bulletin, Summer 2008
“International Trade Patterns over the Last Four Decades: How does Portugal Compare with
other Cohesion Countries?”(with João Amador and José Francisco Maria), Banco de Portugal
Economic Bulletin, Autumn 2007
“Relative Export Structures and Vertical Specialization: A Simple Cross-Country Index”(with
João Amador and José Francisco Maria), Banco de Portugal Economic Bulletin, Winter 2006
“Portuguese Export Market Shares: An Analysis by Selected Geographical and Product
Markets”(with Paulo Soares Esteves), Banco de Portugal Economic Bulletin, Summer 2006
“Recent Evolution of Portuguese Export Market Shares in the European Union” , Banco de
Portugal Economic Bulletin, December 2004
“Comparative Export Behaviour of Foreign and Domestic Firms in Portugal” , Banco de
Portugal Economic Bulletin, March 1995
Working papers and Work in Progress
“International Fragmentation of Production in the Portuguese Economy: What do Different
Measures Tell Us?”(with João Amador), Banco de Portugal, Working Paper 11-2008
“Vertical Specialization Across the World: A Relative Measure”(with João Amador), Banco
de Portugal, Working Paper 10-2008
“International Trade Patterns over the Last Four Decades: How does Portugal Compare with
other Cohesion Countries?”(with João Amador and José Francisco Maria), Banco de Portugal,
Working Paper 14-2007
“Relative Export Structures and Vertical Specialization: A Simple Cross-Country Index”(with
João Amador and José Francisco Maria), Banco de Portugal, Working Paper 1-2007
“Comparative Export Behaviour of Foreign and Domestic Firms in Portugal”, Banco de
Portugal, Working Paper 8-1996