Research Interest

Macroeconomics, Growth and Development

» Journal Publications and Forthcoming Articles:

"Women Prefer Larger Governments:  Growth, Structural Transformation and Government Size" (with J. Tavares). Forthcoming Economic Inquiry, (2009).

"Cheap Home Goods and Persistent Inequality" (with J. Alexopoulos). Forthcoming Economic Theory, (2009).

"Is Brazil the land of happiness?" (with J. Guimarães and J. R. Nogueira) . Brazilian Review of Econometrics, (2009), 29 (1).

"The Effect of Financial Repression & Enforcement on Entrepreneurship and Economic Development" (with A. Antunes and A. Villamil).  Journal of Monetary Economics, (2008), 55 (2): 278-297.

"Assessing the "Engines of Liberation": Home Appliances and Female Labor Force Participation" (with J. Tavares).  Review of Economics and Statistics, (2008), 90 (1): 81-88.

"Computing General Equilibrium Models with Occupational Choice and Financial Frictions" (with A. Antunes and A. P. Villamil). Journal of Mathematical Economics, (2008), 44 (7-8): 553-568.

"Institutions and Economic Development in Brazil"  (with A. Magalhães and J. Tavares).  Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, (2008), 48 (2): 412-432.

"Religion in Macroeconomics: A Quantitative Analysis of Weber's Hypothesis" (wtih S. L. Parente and R. Zhao),  Economic Theory, (2007), 32 (1): 105- 123.

"Start Up Costs, Limited Enforcement, and the Hidden Economy" (wtih A. Antunes), European Economic Review, (2007), 57 (1): 203-224.

"Business Cycle and Level Accounting: The Case of Portugal".  Portuguese Economic Journal, (2007), 6 (1): 47-64.

"Institutions and Economic Development: How Strong Is the Relation?" (with Álvaro Novo). Empirical Economics, (2005), 30(2): 263-276. (Lead article) (It has appeared as the most downloaded paper in this journal in 2005).

"Layoff Costs, Tenure, and the Labor Market"  Economics Letters, (2004), 84 (3): 383-390.


"The Optimal Inflation Tax and Structural Reform."(with A. P. Villamil),  Macroeconomic Dynamics, (2003), 7 (3), 333-362.

"Corruption, Credit Market Imperfections, and Economic Development" (with António Antunes).   Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, (2003), 4 (43), 627-642.

"Child Labor and School Policies" Revista Brasileira de Economia, (2003), 57 (4).

"Economic Integration without Policy Coordination: The Case of Mercosur." (with Werner Baer and Peri Silva.)  Emerging Market Review (2002), 3: 269-291. (It has appeared on the most downloaded list of this journal in 2003). 

"Health in the Development Process: The Case of Brazil." (with Werner Baer and Antonio Campino.)  Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance (2001), 41(3): 405-426.

Book chapters

"Brazil's Lack of Growth" (with J. Bezerra). In: "Brazil under Lula", W. Baer and J. Love eds. Palgrave, (2009): 67-89.

» Working papers:

"Social Structure and Human Capital Dynamics" (with C. Giannitsarou).

"The Welfare Gains of Financial Liberalization: Capital Accumulation and Idiosyncratic Risks" (with A. Antunes)

"Intermediation Costs and Welfare" (with A. Antunes and A. Villamil)

"Cash Transfers to the Poor and the Labor Market" (with M. Corrêa)

"The Output Cost of Gender Discrimination: A Model-Based Macroeconomic  Estimate" (with J. Tavares)
 
"Quantitative Evidences on Inequality of Opportunities in Brazil" (with J. Guimarães and B. Sampaio) (NEW VERSION)