![]() | José Castro Caldas is an economist and a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of Coimbra University. He was previously an assistant professor at the Economics Department of ISCTE in Lisbon. He has taught and researched in the history of economics, institutional economics, and computer simulation applied to economics. He authored Economia(s) (with Francisco Louçã, Afrontamento, 2009) and Escolha e Instituições – Análise Económica e Simulação Multiagentes (Celta, 2001) and published articles in Revue de la Regulation, Journal of Economic Issues, The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Revista Crítica de Ciência Sociais and Cambridge Journal of Economics. |
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