Research
PUBLICATIONS
"Correlation of Business Cycles in the Euro Zone" (with Carlos Goncalves and Tiago Soares), Economics Letters, 2009.
"Import Substitution and Economic Growth", Journal of Monetary Economics, 2010.
"Short Run and Long Run in Trade Models: A Note", EconomiA, 2013.
"Taxation, Credit Constraints and the Informal Economy" (with Julia Araujo), EconomiA, 2016.
2nd place, Brazil's Ministry of Finance Award (Macroeconomics and Finance), 2015.
"Evidence on search costs under hyperinflation in Brazil: The effect of Plano Real" (with Julia Araujo), Brazilian Review of Econometrics, 2020.
"Education quality and the empirics of economic growth: reconciling Mankiw-Romer-Weil estimates with microeconometric evidence" (with Danilo Souza), Applied Economics Letters, 2021.
"Is 'Rotten Tomatoes' killing the movie industry? A regression discontinuity approach" (with Marislei Nishijima and Thais Souza), Applied Economics Letters, 2022.
"Does monetary policy impact CO2 Emissions? A GVAR analysis" (with Luccas Attílio and João Faria), Energy Economics, 2023.
"Missing: a correlation between exchange rate misalignment and GDP growth" (with Carlos Goncalves), Review of International Economics, 2023.
Formerly "Exchange Rate Misalignment and Growth: A Myth?"
Featured in Valor Econômico newspaper (May 2016)
Replication materials; WP version
In Portuguese
"Tecnologia e Demanda por Qualificação na Indústria Brasileira" (with Naercio Menezes-Filho), Revista Brasileira de Economia, 2003.
"Impactos das Distorções Tributárias sobre a Determinação da Oferta de Trabalho" (with João Ramos), EconomiA, 2010.
"Previdência e taxa de juros no Brasil" (with Brian Ogundairo), Revista Brasileira de Economia, 2016.
"Rigidez de preços no Brasil: Evidências microeconômicas e impactos macroeconômicos" (with Débora Oliveira), Revista Brasileira de Economia, 2023.
WORKING PAPERS
"A model of endogenous education quality: The role of teachers" (with Danilo Souza), accepted Macroeconomic Dynamics
"Elusive Unpleasantness" (with Carlos Goncalves and Fernando Genta)
"Price setting in Brazil from 1989 to 2007: Evidence on hyperinflation and stable prices" (with Julia Araujo)
First place, Central Bank of Brazil Award, 2018
"Of two minds: An experiment on how time scarcity shapes risk-taking behavior" (with Sergio Almeida)
WORK IN PROGRESS
"Trade Policy, Inequality and Growth"
"Trade Liberalization and Growth in Latin America" (with Lucas Chang)
"Research Productivity and Secular Stagnation" (with Luccas Attilio)
OLDER
"Heterogeneity, Electoral Rules and the Number of Candidates: An Empirical Investigation using a Quasi-Natural Experiment" (with Carlos Goncalves and Ricardo Madeira)