Assistant Professor Amsterdam Business School rpribas.rs@gmail.com Google MyCitations

I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam and have a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois. My research is focused on firm creation and growth, education, household investment decisions, and individual acceptance and externalities of public policies.

Coming presentations:

• European Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, Dec. 2020. Cultural Productivity and Short-Term Financial Commitment
• RIDGE Forum, Political Economy of Conflict and Crime Workshop, Dec. 2020. “No Drugs in My Back Yard:” the Ambivalent Reception of Cannabis Retailers

• Prostitution and Housing Demand
• Student Rank and Career Investment
• Cash Transfers, Spillovers, and Entrepreneurship
• Stock Liquidity and Firm Growth
• Impact of Cash Transfer Programs
• Dynamics of Poverty and Labor Market