Publications
2024
Pandemic, Inequality and Public Health: A Quantitative Analysis (with L. Barros, M. Correa). Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. Volume 97, October 2024. (Working Paper #2302, Department of Economics, University of Windsor)
Optimal Taxation of Informal Firms: Misreporting Costs and a Tax Reform in Brazil (with E. Mattos, R. Regatieri). The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics. De Gruyter, vol. 24(1), pages 1-44, January, 2024 (Working Paper #2008, Department of Economics, University of Windsor)
Taylor Rules During a Pandemic: A Counterfactual Exercise (with M. Batu, S. Caetano). Applied Economics Letters. 2024. Working Paper #2002, Department of Economics, University of Windsor.
2023
The Economic Implications of a Network SIR-Macro Model of Epidemics (with K. Andre, M. Correa). Economics Letters. v.225. April 2023. (Working Paper #2301, Department of Economics, University of Windsor)
2022
Brazil's Bolsa Familia: Neighborhood and Racial Group Networks (with J. Faciroli, R. Freguglia, M. Vieira). Journal of Development Studies. v.59(4), pp. 593-610 . 2022. (Working Paper #2201, Department of Economics, University of Windsor)
Is Tax Evasion Macho? Experimental Evidence on Testosterone and Personality Traits in Evasion (with J. Carre, S. Geniole, E. Mattos). Economic and Political Studies. 2022. (Working Paper #1801, Department of Economics, University of Windsor)
Tolerance of Informality and Occupational Choices in a Large Informal Sector Economy (with M. Correa, M. Magalhaes). The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics. 2022. (Working Paper #2004, Department of Economics, University of Windsor)
2021
Short Communication: Economic Impact of Drowning in the Great Lakes Region of North America (with C. Houser, C. Trudeau). Ocean and Coastal Management, 212 (2021).
2020
What if People Value Nature? Climate Change and Welfare Costs (with M. Batu). Resource and Energy Economics. v. 61, August 2020. (Working Paper #1707, Department of Economics, University of Windsor)
2019
Network Search: Climbing the Job Ladder Faster (with D. O'Dea, D. Wiczer). International Economic Review. v.60(2), May 2019, pp. 693-720 . ( Working Paper #1606, Department of Economics, University of Windsor)
Optimal Paternalistic Health and Human Capital Policies (with E. Mattos). Economics Letters. v.176, March 2019, pp. 39–42. (Working Paper #1709, Department of Economics, University of Windsor)
Macroeconomic Effects of Inflation Target Uncertainty (with S. Caetano, W. Correa). Economics Letters. v.181, August 2019, pp.111-115. (Working Paper 1804, Department of Economics, University of Windsor)
2018
Asymmetric effects of shocks on TFP (with S. Caetano, M. Souza). Applied Economics Letters. 25(3), pp. 206-210, 2018.
2017
Optimal tax policy under heterogeneous environmental preferences (with S. Behringer, C. Trudeau). Economics Letters. v.157, August 2017, pp. 79–82. (Working Paper #1703, Department of Economics, University of Windsor)
2016
The Implications of Labor Market Network for Business Cycles (with S. Caetano, D. O'Dea). Economics Letters. v.144, July 2016, Pages 37–40. (Working Paper #1603, Department of Economics, University of Windsor)
Optimal Taxation and Social Networks (with D. O'Dea). Macroeconomic Dynamics. 18 (8), pp. 37-40, July 2016. (Working Paper, Department of Economics, University of Windsor)
2015
Optimal Sales Tax Rebates and Tax Enforcement Consumers (with E. Mattos). Oxford Economic Papers. 67 (2): 479-493. April 2015. (Working Paper #1302, Department of Economics, University of Windsor)
Welfare and Inequality with Hard-to-Tax Markets (with E. Mattos, L. Ogura). FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis. 71(3), pp. 371-384, September 2015.
2013
Tax Enforcement Policies, Tax Evasion and Time Allocation. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. 3(3), pp. 285-293. August 2013.
Informal Economy and Spatial Mobility: Are Informal Workers Economic Refugees? (with F. Chein, R. Freguglia). Journal of Economic Studies. 40(5), 2013.
A Quantitative Analysis of Tax Enforcement and Optimal Monetary Policy. Macroeconomic Dynamics. 17(5), pp.1096-1117. July 2013.
2012
Poverty and the Optimal General Income Tax-cum-Audit Policy (with E. Mattos, C. Trudeau). The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. 12(1), Article 32 (Topics), 2012.
2011
Informal Work Networks (with D. O'Dea). Canadian Journal of Economics. 44(1), 2011, pp. 247-272.
Optimal Monetary and Audit Policy with Imperfect Taxation (with N. Turdaliev). Journal of Macroeconomics, 33(2), 2011, pp. 327-340.
2010
Solow meets Leontief: Economic Growth and Energy Consumption (with F. Perobelli). Energy Economics, 32(1), 2010, pp. 43-53
2009
On the Optimality of the Friedman Rule with Costly Tax Enforcement (with Anne Villamil). Journal of Economic Asymmetries, 6(2), 2009, pp. 7-30