Research Interests

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Macroeconomics, Growth, Economic Development.

Biography

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Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research expertise is Macroeconomics, Economic Growth and Development. His research has appeared in leading academic journals, such as the Journal of Monetary Economics, Review of Economic Statistics, European Economic Review and the Journal of the European Economic Association. He is currently the managing editor of the BE Journal in Macroeconomics.

Recent Publications

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Published Papers

Cavalcanti, T. V. D. On the determinants of slum formation, (2018) Economic Journal
Cavalcanti, T.V.D., Giannitsarou, C. and Johnson, C.R. Network cohesion, (2017) Economic Theory
Cavalcanti, T.V.D and Vaz, P.H. Access to long-term credit and productivity of small and medium firms: a causal evidence, (2017) Economics Letters
Cavalcanti, T.V.D. and Giannitsarou, C. Growth and human capital:a network approach, (2017) Economic Journal
Cavalcanti, T.V.D., Giannitsarou, C. and Johnson, C.R. Network cohesion, (2016) Economic Theory

Cambridge Working Papers in Economics

Cavalcanti, T. V. D., Da Mata, D. and Toscani, F. Winning the Oil Lottery: The Impact of Natural Resource Extraction on Growth, (2014) CWPE1455
Cavalcanti, T. V. D., Mohaddes, K. and Raissi, M. Commodity Price Volatility and the Sources of Growth, (2011) CWPE1112

Chapter in Book

Calvacanti, T.V.D and Jalles, J.T. Oil shocks in Brazil and in the United States, (2010) in the book: Energy, bio fuels and development: comparing Brazil and the United States - Routledge
Cavalcanti, T.V.D, Guimaraes, J.F. and Nogueira, J.R. Is there any difference in well-being between American and Brazilian college students?, (2010) in the book: Economic development in Latin America: essays in honor of Werner Baer - Palgrave Macmillan

Recent Activities

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Rebuild Macroeconomics's Sustainability Research Hub - Publication Date: 2018-08-03
Dr. Tiago Cavalcanti, along with Prof. Michael Grubb have joined Rebuild Macroeconomics's Sustainability Research Hub as Co-Leaders. You can read their profiles and find out about the Sustainability Research Hub on the Rebuild Macro site.

Faculty Senior Academic Promotions - Publication Date: 2018-06-14
Dr. Tiago Cavalcanti, Dr. Meredith Crowley and Dr. Matthew Elliott have all been successful in the Faculty's Senior Academic Promotions.

Dr. Cavalcanti appointed to the Economic Journal's board as Associate Editor - Publication Date: 2017-10-11
Dr. Tiago Cavalcanti been invited to be an Associate Editor for the Economic Journal.

Keynes Fund Sponsored Projects

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Credit Policies, Entrepreneurship and Development: Theory and Empirical Evidence on Brazil Cavalcanti, T.V.D (JHLA) Research Output
Oil, Growth and Misallocation: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment and Establishments Level Data Cavalcanti, T.V.D (JHLO) Research Output
Gray Zones: On the Causes and Consequences of Slums Cavalcanti, T.V.D (JHOB) Project Summary and Output
How Important are Religious Organisations as Insurance? with Iyer, S., Cavalcanti, T.V.D and Rauh, C. (JHOT)
Climate Change Mitigation Policies: Distributional and Allocative Effects Cavalcanti, T.V.D (JHOV)

Press Articles

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Interview to BBC on Bolsa Família

VoxEU analysis on The Output Costs of Gender Discrimination

Opinion Articles:

Será o fim do capitalismo? Nordeste Econômico, Maio 2009, Recife-PE, Brazil

Lucro dos bancos, Jornal do Comércio, March 2008, Recife-PE, Brazil

E se a conjuntura mundial fosse pior..., Nordeste Econômico, July 2007, Recife-PE, Brazil

As Universidades Públicas, Jornal do Comércio, January 2006, Recife-PE, Brazil

Teaching

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PIIB Paper 2 - Economic Growth
PIIB Paper 6 - Michaelmas - Credit and Financial Development
MPhil R200 - Advanced Macroeconomics

PhD Students

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