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, São Paulo, Brazil        December 1999

Research Interests: International Trade, Development and Labor Economics
                              Informal Economy, Spatial Econometrics, Brazilian Economy


Teaching
Summer Session I 2011:
       ECN 301 - M001 Intermediate Microeconomics
       ECN 310 - M700 / LAS300-M700 Latin American Economic Development
       ECN 601 - M001 Survey Microeconomic Theory
                     
       On-line Courses (What is an on-line course? Is it for me?)
       ECN 301 - U800 Intermediate Microeconomics
       ECN 601 - U800 Survey Microeconomic Theory

                       

Spring 2012:
      ECN601 - 001  Survey Microeconomic Theory (IR)
      ECN865 - 001  Advanced International Trade    

Office Hours (Spring 2012)
Tuesday and Thursday 12:40 pm - 1:40 p.m.

Working papers

“The Impacts of Trade Liberalization on Informal Labor Markets”

"Trade Liberalization and Industry Wage Premium: The Missing Role of Productivity"

"Trade Liberalization and Productivity in the Presence of Inter-industry Spillovers"

Work in Progress

“Decomposing the effect of trade liberalization on the inter-industry wage premium”

“Optimal tariff and VAT enforcement in revenue-neutral multilateral trade liberalization”

Publications
"Tariffs Versus VAT in the Presence of Heterogeneous Firms" with Ron Davies, forthcoming at International Tax and Public Finance






Updated on 1/29/2012