March 2013
VITA
CLAUDINEY M. PEREIRA
CONTACT INFORMATION
Claudiney M. Pereira
Senior Professor of Practice
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies
312 Tilton Hall Deparment of Economics
Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118
Office Phone: (504)862-8351 Mobile: (504) 920-9426
E-mail: [email protected]
http://econ.tulane.edu/people.shtml
http://stonecenter.tulane.edu/articles/detail/209/Claudiney-Pereira
http://business.tulane.edu/faculty/mgmt.php
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics, North Carolina State University, 2003.
M.Sc. Economics, University of Brasilia (Brazil), 1996.
B.A. Economics, Federal University of Viçosa (Brazil), 1991.
EMPLOYMENT
Senior Professor of Practice. Department of Economics, Tulane University. Fall 2011Professor of Practice, Department of Economics, Tulane University. Fall 2006-Spring 2011.
Associate Faculty, Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University. Fall 2006Adjunct Professor, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University. Spring 2007Visiting Assistant Professor, Tulane University. Fall 2004-Spring 2006.
Assistant Professor, Catholic University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil. Fall 2003-Summer 2004.
Senior Researcher, National Industry Confederation (CNI), Brasília, Brazil. January 2004-July
2004.
Consultant, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA). Funded by the United
Nations Development Program (UNDP), Brasília, Brazil. August 1995-July 1996.
RESEARCH
“The Effects of Brazil’s High Taxation and Social Spending on the Distribution of Household
Income.” Department of Economics, Tulane University. December, 2012. With Sean Higgins.
Submitted to the Public Finance Review.
"Brazilian retail banking and the 2008 financial crisis: Were the government-controlled banks
that important?" Journal of Banking and Finance, 2012. With Luiz F. Maia-Filho.
“Economic Growth Theory: A Review of the Literature” (in Portuguese). In Crescimento e
Estabilização (Stabilization and Growth), chapter 6, ed. by Rosa M.O. Fontes. Federal
University of Viçosa Press, Brazil. 1998. With Jorge Thompson Araújo.
“Asymmetric Pass-Through in Brazil: Interest Rates Rise Faster than they Fall.” Working Paper,
Tulane University. February, 2013.
“Incidence of Taxes and Social Spending by Race and Ethnicity in Brazil”. Inter-American
Development Bank, January, 2013. With Sean Higgins.
“Fiscal Policy, Urban-Rural Inequality and Rural Poverty in Brazil”. Prepared for the
International Fund for Agricultural Development. September, 2012. With Sean Higgins.
“Commitment to Equity: An Assessment of Fiscal Policies in Brazil.” CEQ Assessment Report,
Washington DC: Inter-American Dialogue; New Orleans, LA: Center for Inter-American Policy
& Research (CIPR), Tulane University. November, 2011. With Sean Higgins.
“Fiscal Policy and Income Redistribution in Latin America: Challenging the Conventional
Wisdom.” Tulane University Working Paper 1124, 2011. With Nora Lustig et al.
http://econ.tulane.edu/workingpapers.shtml
“Fiscal Policy, ‘Fiscal Mobility’, the Poor, the Vulnerable and the Middle Class in Latin
America.” Prepared as a background paper for the World Bank’s 2012 flagship report on Latin
America and the Caribbean, From Opportunity to Achievement: Socioeconomic Mobility and the
Rise of the Middle Class in Latin America. With Nora Lustig et al.
“Increasing Elasticity of Substitution, Technical Change, and Economic Growth.” Working
Paper, Tulane University. 2011.
“Comparing Performance of Aggregate Production Functions: A Monte Carlo Study.”
Working Paper, Tulane University. 2011.
“The Allocation of Talent and Economic Growth: The Case of Brazil”. In progress.
RESEARCH FUNDING
Inter-American Development Bank. “Improving Race and Ethnicity Data Instruments for
Policy Analysis and Formulation.” 2012-2013.
World Bank. “Can Latin America Afford Opportunities for All?” 2012.
International Fund for Agricultural Development. “Fiscal Policy, Urbaan-Rural Inequality
and Rural Poverty in Brazil.” 2011-2012.
World Bank. “Fiscal Policy, ‘Fiscal Mobility,’ and the Poor.” Background paper for 2012
flagship report on Latin America and the Caribbean, From Opportunity to Achievement:
Socioeconomic Mobility and the Rise of the Middle Class in Latin America. 2011.
Inter-American Dialogue and Center for Inter-American Policy and Research.
“Commitment to Equity Assessment: Brazil.” 2011.
National Council for Scientific and Technoogical Development (Brazil). “Analysis of
Brazilian Competitiveness in the Paper and Cellulose International Markets.” 1992.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
“High Social Spending, Poor Targeting and Low Redistributive Effectiveness in Brazil.”
XXXI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. May, 2013
(upcoming). With Sean Higgins.
“Declining Inequality in Latin America: Causes and Explanations.” Center for Inter-American
Policy and Research. May, 2013 (upcoming).
“Commitment to Equity: An Assessment of Fiscal Policies. The Case of Brazil.” Inter-American
Dialogue. November, 2011. With Sean Higgins.
“The Role of the Brazilian Retail Banking System in the Financial Crisis: Were the
government-controlled banks that important?” University of California at Riverside. Latin
America: Crises and Opportunities Conference. April, 2010. With Luiz F. Maia-Filho.
“A Model of Endogenous Growth with Exhaustible Natural Resources.” Annals of the
Brazilian Econometric Society Meeting. 1996. With Stephen A. DeCastro.
“Analysis of the Brazilian Competitiveness of Natural Fiber Industry in the International
Markets”. Annals of Brazilian Society for Scientific Development Meeting. 1993. With
Maria F.S. Diniz.
COURSES TAUGHT
PhD Courses: Cross-Section Econometrics, Statistics, Research Methods in Economics, and
Economic Theory of Organizations.
MBA and MA Courses: Econometrics, Business Statistics, and Macroeconomics.
Undergraduate Courses: Economic Statistics, Development Economics, Intermediate
Macroeconomics, Economics of Money and Banking, Introduction to Macroeconomics,
Introduction to Microeconomics, Principles of Economics, Economic History of Brazil, and
Brazilian Economy.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Outstanding Teaching Award for Part-Time Instructors. College of Management, North
Carolina State University, May 2003. (US$500)
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. Department of Economics, North Carolina State
University, April 2002.
MEMBERSHIPS
American Economic Association, Brazilian Econometric Society, and Latin American Studies
Association.
REFERENCES
Nora Lustig
Samuel Z. Stone Professor
of Latin American Economics
204 Tilton Hall
Department of Economics
Tulane University
Phone: 504-862-8347
[email protected]
John J. Seater
Thurman/Raytheon Professor
of Economics
4146 Nelson Hall
Department of Economics
NC State University
Phone: (919) 513-2697
[email protected]
Stephen E. Margolis
Professor
Department of Economics
4156 Nelson Hall
NC State University
Phone: (919) 513-2565
[email protected]
Emilson Caputo Silva
Professor
CAIP Chair
Alberta School of Business
University of Alberta
Phone: (780) 248-1312
[email protected]