Lígia Pinto

Ph.D in Economic Sciences (University of South Carolina)

Department of Economics

Associate Professor with Habilitation

pintol@eeg.uminho.pt

253 604 586 , 253 604 584

Campus de Gualtar - Edificio 8 - 1.27

Publications
Teaching

Selected publications

Botelho, A., Pinto, L., Lourenço-Gomes, L., Sousa, S., & Valente, M. (2016). Public Perceptions of Environmental Friendliness of Renewable Energy Power Plants. Energy Procedia, 106, 73–86. DOI

Botelho, A., Ferreira, P., Lima, F., Pinto, L. M. C., & Sousa, S. (2015). Assessment of the environmental impacts associated with hydropower. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. DOI

Botelho, A., Dinar, A., Pinto, L. M. C., & Rapoport, A. (2014). Time and uncertainty in resource dilemmas: equilibrium solutions and experimental results. Experimental Economics, 1–24. DOI

Botelho, A., Dinis, I., & Pinto, L. C. (2012). The impact of information and other factors on on-farm agrobiodiversity conservation: evidence from a duration analysis of Portuguese fruit growers. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 10(1), 3–17. DOI

Botelho, A., Harrison, G. W., Pinto, L. M. C., & Rutström, E. E. (2009). Testing static game theory with dynamic experiments: A case study of public goods. Games and Economic Behavior, 67(1). DOI

Other publications

Botelho, A., Dias, I. C., Fernandes, T., Pinto, L. M. C., Teixeira, J., Valente, M., & Veiga, P. (2019). Overestimation of health urgency as a cause for emergency services inappropriate use: Insights from an exploratory economics experiment in Portugal. Health and Social Care in the Community, 27(4), 1031–1041. DOI

Gonçalves, T., Pinto, L. M. C., & Lourenço-Gomes, L. (2019). Exploring distinct sources of heterogeneity in discrete choice experiment: An application to wine choice across European consumers. Economics Letters, 178, 28–32. DOI

Ramísio, P. J., Pinto, L. M. C., Gouveia, N., Costa, H., & Arezes, D. (2019). Sustainability Strategy in Higher Education Institutions: Lessons learned from a nine-year case study. Journal of Cleaner Production, 222, 300–309. DOI

Sousa, S., Botelho, A., Pinto, L., & Valente, M. (2019). How relevant are non-use values and perceptions in economic valuations? The case of hydropower plants. Energies, 14(15). DOI

Botelho, A., Dinis, I., Lourenço-Gomes, L., Moreira, J., Pinto, L. C., & Simões, O. (2018). The role of consumers in agrobiodiversity conservation: the case of traditional varieties of apples in Portugal. Agroecology And Sustainable Food Systems, 42(7), 796–811. DOI

Botelho, A., Lourenço-Gomes, L., Pinto, L. M. C., Sousa, S., & Valente, M. (2018). Discrete-choice experiments valuing local environmental impacts of renewables: two approaches to a case study in Portugal. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 20, 145–162. DOI

Agnoletti, M., Baptista, R., Henriques, R., Nogueira, P., Pinto, L. M. C., Ramísio, P. J., … Vaz, E. (2017). A Green City: Impossible Dream or Necessity? In C. J. de Melo, E. Vaz, & L. M. C. Pinto (Eds.), Environmental History in the Making, Vol. II: Acting (Mauro Agnoletti., pp. 355–376). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. DOI

Botelho, A., Arezes, P., Bernardo, C., Dias, H., & Pinto, L. M. C. (2017). Effect of wind farm noise on local residents’ decision to adopt mitigation measures. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(7). DOI

Botelho, A., Dinis, I., Lourenço-Gomes, L., Moreira, J., Pinto, L. C., & Simões, O. (2017). The effect of sequential information on consumers’ willingness to pay for credence food attributes. Appetite, 118, 17–25. DOI

Botelho, A., Fernandes, E., & Pinto, L. M. C. (2017). EU ETS Allocation Rules: An Experimental Examination of the Ausubel Auction. In A. Dinar, A. Espinola-Arredondo, F. Munoz-Garcia, R. A. Matthew, C. Harron, K. Goodrich, … T. Bryant (Eds.), The WSPC Reference on Natural Resources and Environmental Policy in the Era of Global Change (Vol. 4, pp. 179–204). New Jersey: World Scientific. DOI

Botelho, A., Pinto, L. M. C., Lourenço-Gomes, L., Sousa, S., & Valente, M. (2017). Accounting for local impacts of photovoltaic farms: The application of two stated preferences approaches to a case-study in Portugal. Energy Policy, 109(October ), 191–198. DOI

Pinto, L. M. C., Ramísio, P. J., Marreiros, A., & Santos, S. (2017). Paving the way for a circular economy: theoretical framework and opportunities in challenging sectors. In S. G. Azevedo & J. C. O. Matias (Eds.), Corporate Sustainability: The New Pillar of the Circular Econom (pp. 127–164 ). Nova Science Publishers. DOI

Pinto, L., Ramísio, P., Marreiros, A., & Santos, S. (2017). Paving the way for a circular economy: theoretical framework and opportunities in challenging sectors. In S. G. Azevedo & J. C. O. Matias (Eds.), Corporate Sustainability: The New Pillar of the Circular Economy (pp. 127–164). New York: Nova Science Publishers. DOI

de Melo, C. J., Vaz, E., & Pinto, L. M. C. (2017). Environmental History in the Making - Volume I: Explaining (Vol. 6). switzerland: Springer International Publishing. DOI

Botelho, A., Dias, M. F., Ferreira, C., & Pinto, L. M. C. (2016). The market of electrical and electronic equipment waste in Portugal: Analysis of take-back consumers' decisions. Waste Management and Research, 34(10), 1074–1080. DOI

Botelho, A., Fernandes, E., & Pinto, L. M. C. (2016). EU ETS Trading Rules: An Experimental Examination of the Ausubel Auctioning Allocation. In A. Dinar, A. Espinola-Arredondo, F. Munoz-Garcia, R. A. Matthew, C. Harron, K. Goodrich, … T. Bryant (Eds.), The WSPC Reference on Natural Resources and Environmental Policy in the Era of Global Change (Vol. 4, pp. 179–204). Singapore: World Scientific. DOI

Botelho, A., Lourenço-Gomes, L., Pinto, L., Sousa, S., & Valente, M. (2016). Using stated preference methods to assess environmental impacts of forest biomass power plants in Portugal. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1–15. DOI

Botelho, A., Pinto, L. M. C., Lourenço-Gomes, L., Valente, M., & Sousa, S. (2016). Social sustainability of renewable energy sources in electricity production: An application of the contingent valuation method. Sustainable Cities and Society, 26, 429–437. DOI

Botelho, A., Pinto, L., Lourenço-Gomes, L., Sousa, S., & Valente, M. (2016). Public Perceptions of Environmental Friendliness of Renewable Energy Power Plants. Energy Procedia, 106, 73–86. DOI

Ferreira, C., & Pinto, L. M. C. (2016). Análise da decisão de entrega de resíduos de equipamentos elétricos e eletrónicos em Portugal. Revista Águas e Resíduos, VI(1), 5–14. DOI

Botelho, A., Dinar, A., Pinto, L. M. C., & Rapoport, A. (2015). Promoting cooperation in resource dilemmas: Theoretical predictions and experimental evidence. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 54, 40–49. DOI

Botelho, A., Ferreira, P., Lima, F., Pinto, L. M. C., & Sousa, S. (2015). Assessment of the environmental impacts associated with hydropower. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. DOI

Botelho, A., Lourenço-Gomes, L., Pinto, L. M. C., Sousa, P., Sousa, S., & Valente, M. (2015). Using Choice Experiments to Assess Environmental Impacts of Dams in Portugal. AIMS Energy, 3(3), 316–325. DOI

Botelho, A., Dinar, A., Pinto, L. M. C., & Rapoport, A. (2014). Time and uncertainty in resource dilemmas: equilibrium solutions and experimental results. Experimental Economics, 1–24. DOI

Lourenço-Gomes, L., Pinto, L. M. C., & Rebelo, J. F. (2014). Visitors' preferences for preserving the attributes of a world heritage site. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 15(1), 64–67. DOI

Simões, C. L., Pinto, L. M. C., & Bernardo, C. A. (2014). Environmental and economic analysis of end of life management options for an HDPE product using a life cycle thinking approach. Waste Management and Research, 32(5), 414–422. DOI

Lourenço-Gomes, L., Pinto, L. M. C., & Rebelo, J. (2013). Using choice experiments to value a world cultural heritage site: Reflections on the experimental design. Journal of Applied Economics, 16(2), 303–332. DOI

Lourenço-Gomes, L., Pinto, L. M. C., & Rebelo, J. F. (2013). Preservation of a rural and cultural landscape. Inssights from the multinomial and error components logit model. New Medit, 12(2), 65–72. DOI

Simões, C. L., Pinto, L. M. C., & Bernardo, C. A. (2013). Environmental and economic assessment of a road safety product made with virgin and recycled HDPE: A comparative study. Journal of Environmental Management, 114, 209–215. DOI

Simões, C. L., Pinto, L. M. C., Simoes, R., & Bernardo, C. A. (2013). Integrating environmental and economic life cycle analysis in product development: A material selection case study. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 18(9), 1734–1746. DOI

Simões, C. L., Pinto, L. M. C., & Bernardo, C. A. (2012). Modelling the economic and environmental performance of engineering products: A materials selection case study. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 17(6), 678–688. DOI

Simões, C. L., Pinto, L. M. C., & Bernardo, C. A. (2012). Modelling the environmental performance of composite products: Benchmark with traditional materials. Materials and Design, 39, 121–130. DOI

Botelho, A., Fernandes, E., & Pinto, L. C. (2011). An Experimental Analysis of grandfathering vs dynamic auctioning in the EU ETS. In R. M. Isaac & D. A. Norton (Eds.), Experiments on Energy, the Environment, and Sustainability (Vol. 14, pp. 37–76). Emerald. DOI

Botelho, A., Harrison, G. W., Pinto, L. M. C., & Rutström, E. E. (2009). Testing static game theory with dynamic experiments: A case study of public goods. Games and Economic Behavior, 67(1). DOI

Botelho, A., Pinto, L. M. C., & Rodrigues, I. (2005). How to comply with environmental regulations? the role of information. Contemporary Economic Policy, 23(4), 568–577. DOI

Botelho, A., & Pinto, L. C. (2004). Students' expectations of the economic returns to college education: Results of a controlled experiment. Economics of Education Review, 23(6), 645–653. DOI

Botelho, A., & Pinto, L. C. (2004). The diffusion of cellular phones in Portugal. Telecommunications Policy, 28(5-6), 427–437. DOI

Pinto, L. M., & Harrison, G. W. (2003). Multilateral negotiations over climate change policy. Journal of Policy Modeling, 25(9), 911–930. DOI

Botelho, A., & Pinto, L. C. (2002). Hypothetical, real, and predicted realwillingness to pay in open-ended surveys: experimental results. Applied Economics Letters, 9(15), 993–996. DOI

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