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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS |
Assistant Professor Department of Political Science, University of Rochester, 2017-present Instructor Department of Political Science, University of Rochester, 2016 |
EDUCATION |
Ph.D., Economics (2016) University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Thesis topic: “Essays on the Political Economy of Conditional Cash Transfers” Committee: Francesco Trebbi (Advisor), Siwan Anderson, Patrick Francois, Thomas Lemieux M.A., Economics (2008-2010) New York University, New York, NY, USA B.A., Economics (1999-2002) Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil |
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
Equity Research Analyst Covering Latin American Power Utilities, Oil & Gas and Transportation companies at J.P. Morgan (2004-11, New York) and Citibank (2003, São Paulo) |
PUBLICATIONS |
Do Reelection Incentives Improve Policy Implementation? Accountability vs. Political Targeting, (2021), Quarterly Journal of Political Science: Vol. 16: No. 1, pp 35-69. Strategic Allocation of Irrevocable and Durable Benefits (2020), American Journal of Political Science. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ajps.12581. Cash Transfers, Clientelism, and Political Enfranchisement: Evidence from Brazil (2019), Journal of Public Economics, 176:1-17. |
REFEREE |
Journal of Public Economics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Politics, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Economic Inquiry |
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE |
Undergraduate advisor (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) Organizer of the Political Methodology seminar series: 2017-2018 Co-organizer of the Wallis seminar and working paper series: 2018-2019, 2019-2020 Co-creator and organizer of the Rochester Conference in Applied Methods in Political Science: 2019, 2020 Wallis graduate fellowships selection committee: 2017-2018 |
PRESENTATIONS |
2020: EESP-FGV (Brazil), Insper (Brazil), APSA (virtual); 2019: APSA, Harvard (Clientelism Conference), Yale, Barcelona GSE; 2018: EPSA, APSA, AEL Development Meeting; 2017: MPSA, PolMeth (Poster); 2016: Chicago (Harris), Vanderbilt (Economics), Ottawa (Economics), York (Economics); 2015: Rochester |
TEACHING |
Graduate Research Seminar, University of Rochester (2018-2019) Causal Inference (graduate), University of Rochester (2016-2019) Poverty and Development (undergraduate), University of Rochester (2017-2019) Elections in Developing Countries (undergraduate), University of Rochester (2017-2020) Teaching Assistant in the following fields (2011-2015): Empirical Methods, Environmental Economics, Trade, Development Economics |
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS |
International Tuition Award (2011–2014) University of British Columbia Faculty of Arts Graduate Award (2011–2012) University of British Columbia A D Scott Fellowship in Economics (2012–2013) University of British Columbia Graduate Microeconomics Award (2009) New York University |
GRADUATE ADVISING |
Member of dissertation committee: Alessio Albarello (ABD, Political Science) Varun Karekurve Ramachandra (ABD, Political Science) Maria Silfa (ABD, Political Science) Gyu Sang Shim (ABD, Political Science) Zuheir Desai (2020, Political Science) Olga Gasparyan (2020, Political Science) Hans Leonard (2020, Political Science) |
CITIZENSHIP |
Brazilian, US Permanent Resident |
