Working papers

Kostarakos, I., Marques Santos, A. and Molica, F. (2025). "Regional resilience in the era of climate change and digitalization", JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis No 08/2025, European Commission, Seville, JRC139516.

Kostarakos, I. and Marques Santos, A. (2025). "An Assessment of the Economic Performance of Industrial Ecosystems", JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis No 07/2025, European Commission, Seville, JRC141103. 

Franzetti, E., Marques Santos, A. and Arlia, D. (2025). "Assessing large-scale restructuring events across EU member states between 2003 and 2023", JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis No 06/2025, European Commission, Seville, JRC141340.

Bachtrögler-Unger, J.; Gabelberger, F.; Marques Santos, A. and Doussineau, M. (2025). "When cohesion meets excellence: analysing the drivers of synergies between EU R&I funding instruments in EU regions", JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis No 05/2025, European Commission, Brussels, JRC141964.

Bourdin, S.; Molica, F. and Marques Santos, A. (2025). "Too much or not enough? The dual nature of green discontent and its geography", European Commission, Seville, JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis No 04/2025, JRC141349.

Marques Santos, A.; Lelli, F. and Molica, F. (2025). "A better place to play: public support and spatial patterns of firm relocation in Europe", JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis No 03/2025, European Commission, Seville, JRC139770. 

Kostarakos, I. and Marques Santos, A. (2025). "Territorial Economic Data viewer: An Introduction to the Industrial module", JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis No 02/2025, European Commission, Seville, JRC139461.

Marques Santos, A., Molica, F., and Torrecilla Salinas, C. (2024). "EU-funded investment in Artificial Intelligence and regional specialization", GEE Papers no. 181, Office for Strategy and Studies of the Ministry of Economy, Portugal, ISSN 1647-6212. 

Foglia, F., Molica, F. and Marques Santos, A. (2024). "Exploring the drivers of irregular spending in the EU Cohesion policy: A Fractional Regression Analysis", JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis No 03/2024, European Commission, JRC138827.

Marques Santos, A., Conte, A. and Molica, F. (2023). "Money talks, but can it run Assessing the territorial dynamics of EU funds absorption capacity", JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis No 14/2023, European Commission, JRC136020.

Molica, F., Marques Santos, A. and Conte, A. (2023). "Can a more performance-based setting bring additional efficiency to EU cohesion policy", JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis No 12/2023, European Commission, JRC135268.

Cappellano, F., Marques Santos, A. and Dotti, N.F. (2023). "Are EU regions ready to tackle climate change", JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis No 10/2023, European Commission, JRC135523.

Marques Santos, A. and Conte, A. (2023). "Regional participation to Research and Innovation programmes under Next Generation EU: The Portuguese case", JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis No 07/2023, European Commission, JRC134274.

Marques Santos, A., Conte, A., Ojala, T., Meyer, N., Kostarakos, I., Santoleri, P., Shevtsova, Y., De Quinto Notario, A., Molica, F. and Lalanne, M. (2023). "Territorial Economic Data viewer: A data integration and visualization tool", JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis No 04/2023, European Commission, JRC133404.

Marques Santos, A. and Coad, A. (2023). "Suggestions for Monitoring and Evaluation of Transformative Innovation Policy", JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis No 03/2023, European Commission, JRC132492.

Barbero, J., Marques Santos, A., and Rodríguez-Crespo, E. (2022). "Financing green and digital transition: Assessing regional patterns", EMN working paper no. 17, European Microfinance Network, Brussels, Belgium.

Marques Santos, A., Barbero Jimenez, J., Salotti, S., Diukanova, O. and Pontikakis, D. (2022). "On the road to regional ‘Competitive Environmental Sustainability’: the role of the European structural funds", JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis No 07/2022 , European Commission, JRC129487.

Marques Santos, A., Barbero, J., Salotti, S., and Conte, A. (2022). "Job creation and destruction in the digital age: What about Portugal?", GEE Papers no. 163, Office for Strategy and Studies of the Ministry of Economy, Portugal, ISSN 1647-6212.

Marques Santos, A. (2021). "Linking the ‘Recovery and Resilience Plan’ and Smart Specialisation. The Portuguese Case", JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis No 05/2021, European Commission, JRC126178. 

Marques Santos, A., Haegeman, K. and Moncada Paterno` Castello, P. (2021). "The impact of Covid-19 and of the earlier crisis on firms’ innovation and growth: a comparative analysis", JRC Working Papers on Territorial Modelling and Analysis No 03/2021, European Commission, JRC125490.

Marques Santos, A., Edwards, J. and Neto, P. (2021). "Smart Specialisation Strategies and Regional Productivity: A preliminary assessment in Portugal", JRC Science for Policy Report ,Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, JRC124389, doi:10.2760/002330.

Laranja, M.; Marques Santos, A., Edwards, J. and Foray, D. (2021). “Re-thinking ‘Entrepreneurial Discovery Process’ in times of physical distancing: Lessons from Portuguese regions”, JRC Science for Policy Report, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, JRC123818, doi:10.2760/094408.

Marques Santos, A., Madrid, C., Haegeman, K. and Rainoldi, A. (2020). "Behavioural changes in tourism in times of Covid-19: Employment scenarios and policy options", JRC Science for Policy Report, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, JRC121262, doi:10.2760/00411.

Cincera, M.; Delanote, J.; Mohnen, P.; Santos, A. and Weiss, C. (2020). “Intangible investments and productivity performance”, GEE Paper 145, Office for Strategy and Studies of the Ministry of Economy, Portugal, ISSN 1647-6212.

Cincera, M.; Ince, E. and Santos, A. (2019). “Competition and Innovation: Evidence from Worldwide Corporate R&D Spenders”, Working Papers TIMES²  2019-033, ULB - Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, 309793.

Santos, A.; Cincera, M.; Neto, P. and Serrano, M. (2018). “Competition effect on innovation and productivity - The Portuguese case”, GEE Paper 102, Office for Strategy and Studies of the Ministry of Economy, Portugal, 0102.

Cincera, M. and Santos, A. (2017). “Countries’ attractiveness: An analysis of EU firms’ decisions to (de)localize R&D activities”,  Working Papers TIMES² 2017-026, ULB - Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, 266751.

Santos, A. and Cincera, M. (2017). “Access to Finance as a Pressing Problem: Evidence from Innovative European Firms”, Working Papers TIMES² 2017-022, ULB - Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, 250364.

Cincera, M. and Santos, A. (2015). “Innovation and Access to Finance – A Review of the Literature”, Working Papers TIMES² 2015-016 , ULB - Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, 229382.