My research interests gravitate around the empirical linkages between technological progress and a host of macroeconomic issues, such as climate change, income distribution, and economic growth. As the main driver of development, technology poses contradictory consequences to the economy and society: while it brings prosperity, it can also accentuate environmental and social disparities.
My research emphasizes that technological variables stand out as relevant structural determinants of global warming, income inequality, and long-run growth. Therefore, it requires a critical view on its mechanisms and institutional guidelines.
I have also done research on International Economics and the History of Economic Thought. In particular, I have investigated the economic effects of multilateral trade agreements, and long-run prospects for both economy and society.
A copy of my Research Statement is available upon request.
“The US labor share of income: What shocks matter?", with Ivan Mendieta-Muñoz, Codrina Rada, and Rudiger von Arnim, 2020, Review of Social Economy (forthcoming).
“Technical progress in GDP production and CO$_2$ emissions in Brazil: 1970–2012”, with Adalmir Marquetti and Henrique Morrone, 2018, Cepal Review (August), 125: 119–132.
“Exports evolution in the Southern region and in the Brazilian economy over the 2000s: Competitiveness and technological profile”. [In Portuguese: “Evolução das Exportações da Região Sul e do Brasil nos Anos 2000: Competitividade e perfil tecnológico”], with André Filipe Zago de Azevedo, 2013, Economia e Desenvolvimento, 25(1): 46–63.