Syracuse
University
Lourenço
Paz
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public
Affairs
Assistant Professor of Economics
Department
of Economics
lspaz 'at' maxwell.syr.edu
110 Eggers
Hall
Phone: 315-443-5874
Syracuse, New York
13244-1020
Fax: 315-443-3717
CV
Research
Teaching
Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of Maryland, College Park May 2009
M.A. Economics, University of Maryland, College
Park May 2008
M.A. Economics, EPGE-FGV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
July 2003
B.A. Public Administration, EAESP-FGV,
Research Interests: International Trade, Development and Labor Economics
Informal Economy, Spatial Econometrics, Brazilian Economy
Teaching
Spring 2013:
ECN 302 Intermediate
Macroeconomics
ECN 410 Modern Economic Development
ECN 865 Advanced Topics in
International Trade
Office Hours (Spring 2013)
Tuesday and Thursday 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Summer 2013:
ECN 301 - M004 Intermediate Microeconomics
(Maymester)
ECN 601 - M004Survey
Microeconomic Theory (Maymester)
On-line Courses
(What is an on-line
course? Is it for me?)
ECN 301 - U800 Intermediate
Microeconomics
ECN 601 - U802 Survey
Microeconomic Theory
ECN 310/LAS 300 - U800 Latin American
Economic Development
ECN 610 - U800 Latin American
Economic Development
Working papers
“The impacts of trade liberalization on informal labor markets: an evaluation of the Brazilian case”
"Trade Liberalization and Productivity in the Presence of Inter-industry Spillovers"
"Trade
Liberalization and Industry Wage Premium: The Missing Role of
Productivity"
Work in Progress
“The welfare impacts of a revenue-neutral switch from tariffs to VAT with intermediate inputs and VAT threshold” (draft available upon request)
“Good Jobs and Bad Jobs in the Process of Rural-Urban Migration” with Derek Laing
"The Effects of Exporting on the Individual Wage Premia: An evaluation using the 1999 Brazilian exchange rate devaluation" with Bruno C. Oliveira
Publications
"Estimating the elasticity of intertemporal substitution: Is the aggregate
financial return free from the weak instrument problem?" with Fabio Gomes,
Journal of Macroeconomics, forthcoming.
"Tariffs Versus VAT in the Presence of Heterogeneous Firms" with Ron Davies, International Tax and Public Finance, Springer, vol. 18(5), pages 533-554, October 2011.
Updated on 3/20/2013