Publications

• "FAR Regulations and the Spatial Size of Brazilian Cities",  (with L. Monasterio).

 Regional Studies, Forthcoming.

• "Natural Disasters and Establishment Performance: Evidence from the 2011 Rio de Janeiro Landslides", (with P. Alves and L. Emanuel).

Regional Science and Urban Economics, 95(1), 2022. [Link]

• "Corruption and Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean", (with L. Paulo and R. Tigre). 

Review of Development Economics, 26(2), 2022. [Link]

• "Is Netflix a Threat to the Cable TV Industry? Evidence from Brazil", (with J.M. Silva). 

Telecommunications Policy, 46(3), 2022. [Link]

• "Using the Moran's I to detect Bid Rigging in Brazilian Procurement Auctions", (with G. Resende). 

The Annals of Regional Science, 66(1), 2021. [Link]. 

• "The Economic Impact of State Splitting in Brazil".

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy,  21(1), 2021. [Link]

• "Patterns of urban land use in a developing country: the role of transport infrastructure and natural amenities in Brazil", (with R. Silveira-Neto). 

Spatial Economic Analysis, 15(4), 2020. [Link]

• "Zoning ordinances and the housing market in developing countries: Evidence from Brazilian municipalities", (with R. Silveira-Neto). 

Journal of Housing Economics, 46, 2019.  [Link]. 

• "Natural disasters, economic growth, and spatial spillovers: Evidence from a flash flood in Brazil", (with A. Barbosa).

Papers in Regional Science, 98(2), 2019. [Link]

• "Evaluating the competition effects of Uber's entry into the Brazilian incumbent cab-hailing app segment", (with G. Resende). 

Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 14(4), 2018. [Link]. 

• "Secession of municipalities and economies of scale: Evidence from Brazil", (with R. Silveira-Neto). 

Journal of Regional Science, 58(1), 2018. [Link]. 

• "Physical and Human Capital and Brazilian Regional Growth: A Spatial Econometric Approach for the Period 1970-2010", (with R. Silveira-Neto). 

Regional Studies, 50(10), 2016. [Link]

Brazilian Journals:

• "Avaliação dos Efeitos Fiscais da RIDE-DF nos Municípios do Entorno de Brasília ", (with P.  Pinheiro).  

Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos,  17(3), 2023. [Link] 

• "Peer effects and scholastic achievement: spatial models estimates using the student friendship network at the classroom level", (with I. Raposo, T. Menezes, and R. Nóbrega). 

Economia Aplicada,  23(1), 2019. [Link]

• "Distribuição do PIB per Capita nas Microrregiões Brasileiras: Uma Análise Exploratória Espacial", (with J. P. Lima). 

Planejamento e Políticas Públicas,  47, 2016. [Link]

• "Uma Análise Espacial das Eleições Presidenciais Brasileiras de 2010", (with T. Menezes).

 Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico, 45, 2015. [Link]