Research

• Costs of obesity attributable to the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in Brazil. (with BF Silva and RFLC Lima)

Scientific Reports, 2024

• The effects of intergovernmental transfers on the local fiscal incentives of Brazilian municipalities (with PJH Alves)

Journal of Government and Economics, 2024 

• Political Turnover and Public Health Provision in Brazilian Municipalities  (with E Machoski and AKA Melo )

Economics, 2024 

• Predicting the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Brazil: a modeling study. (with REA Rodrigues, RPT Vianna and PVL Moreira)

Frontiers in Public Health,  2024

• Two ‘Brazils’: Socioeconomic status and education performance in Brazil  (with AA Guilherme and  L Silva  )

International Journal of Educational Research, 2024 

• Fiscal decentralization and economic growth: evidence from Brazilian states  (with PJH Alves, E Machoski and AKA Melo)

Public Sector Economics, 2023 

• Inflation, perception of economic uncertainty and COVID-19: Evidence from Central Bank communication (with PNH Silva)

Central Bank Review, 2023

• The direct and indirect costs of cardiovascular diseases in Brazil (with REA Rodrigues, RPT Vianna and PVL Moreira)

PLoS One, 2022 

• Projected impact of change in the percentage of energy from each NOVA group intake on cardiovascular disease mortality in Brazil: a modelling study  (with M O’Flaherty , RPT Vianna and PVL Moreira)

BMJ open, 2022 

• Elasticity of population (mis) reporting in Brazilian municipalities: A census tale  (with E Mattos)

Revista Brasileira de Economia, 2022 

• Coronary heart disease and stroke mortality trends in Brazil 2000–2018 (with M O’Flaherty , RPT Vianna and PVL Moreira)

PLoS One, 2021 

• Analysis of the educational results of brazilian states (with PJH Alves GS Frio and LC Cordeiro )

Estudos em Avaliação Educacional, 2020 

Corruption in public health and its effects on the economic growth of Brazilian municipalities  (with E Machoski)

The European Journal of Health Economics, 2020

• The importance of the BRICS group in the specialization of production and export competitiveness of North-East Brazil (with LN Vitorio, SS Lima, DR Arruda )

Cepal Review, 2020

• Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Educational System in Brazil: A Systematic Review.  (With AA Mohamed)

Revise & Resubmit request form Review of Educational Research

• Navigating Post-Covid-19 Economic Recovery in WAEMU: Fiscal-Monetary Dynamics through a DSGE Lens. (With AA Mohamed and ACG Cintado).

Revise & Resubmit request from Economic Analysis and Policy

Evaluating the impacts of the Brazilian model for military public schools. (With  PJH Alves, AKA Melo and REA Rodrigues)

Harnessing Oil Revenues for Sustainable Development: Evaluating Brazil's Royalties Law. (With REA Rodrigues and WPSF Souza)