Economics of Crime
Unbundling the Relationship between Economic Shocks and Crime (with Eduardo Ferraz and Juan Vargas). In: Buonanno, Paolo, Paolo Vanin, and Juan Vargas (eds). A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime, Elgar Modern Guides, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022, 184-204.
Economic Shocks and Crime: Evidence from the Brazilian Trade Liberalization (with Rafael Dix-Carneiro and Gabriel Ulyssea). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 10(4), October 2018, 158-195.
The Use of Violence in Illegal Markets: Evidence from Mahogany Trade in the Brazilian Amazon (with Ariaster B. Chimeli). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 9(4), October 2017, 30-57.
Organization and Information in the Fight against Crime: An Evaluation of the Integration of Police Forces in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil (with Igor Viveiros). Economía, the Journal of LACEA, 17(2), Spring 2017, 29-63.
Spillovers from Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Bolsa Família and Crime in Urban Brazil (with Laura Chioda and João M. P. de Mello). Economics of Education Review, 54, October 2016, 306-320.
The Welfare Cost of Homicides in Brazil: Accounting for Heterogeneity in the Willingness to Pay for Mortality Reductions (with Daniel Cerqueira). Health Economics, 25(3), March 2016, 259-276.
Living on the Edge: Youth Entry, Career, and Exit in Drug-selling Gangs (with Leandro Carvalho). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 121, January 2016, 77-98.
A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting the Welfare Costs of Crime. In: Laura Jaitman (editor). The Welfare Costs of Crime and Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean, Inter-American Development Bank, 2015, 15-34.
Welfare Costs of Crime and Common Violence. Journal of Economics Studies, 42(1), January 2015, 117-137.
The “Program of Integration and Management in Public Safety” in Minas Gerais, Brazil: A Descriptive Analysis (with Igor Viveiros). In: Philip J. Cook, Stephen Machin, Olivier Marie, and Giovanni Mastrobuoni (editors). Lessons from the Economics of Crime: What Reduces Offending? CESifo and MIT Press, 2013, 205-232.
Understanding High Crime Rates in Latin America: The Role of Social and Policy Factors (with Joana Naritomi). In: Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto Schargrodsky (editors). The Economics of Crime: Lessons for and from Latin America, University of Chicago Press, 2010, 19-55.
Drug Prohibition and Developing Countries: Uncertain Benefits, Certain Costs (with Philip Keefer and Norman Loayza). In: Philip Keefer and Norman Loayza (editors). Innocent Bystanders – Developing Countries and the War on Drugs, World Bank and Palgrave Macmillian, 2010, 9-59.
The Welfare Cost of Violence across Countries. Journal of Health Economics, 25(5), September 2006, 821-846.
Crime Reporting as a Measure of Institutional Development. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 52(4), July 2004, 851-871.
Development, Crime, and Punishment: Accounting for the International Differences in Crime Rates. Journal of Development Economics, 73(1), February 2004, 155-184.