2026
January 8-May 7, 2026. Fulbright Distinguished Chair at Rice University 2025-2026, Houston, USA.
January 1, 2026. On the Organizing Committee of the Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, LAWLE 2026. www.lawle.org
January 1, 2026. Co-organizer of the Fourth International Workshop on Game Theory and Economic Applications, IWGTEA 2026. São Paulo, www.iwgtea.fea.usp.br
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2025
December 18, 2025. Presentation of the paper “Politics and Public Banks: BNDES Loans to Local Governments in Brazil” at the 47th Meeting of the Brazilian Econometric Society, EBE 2025, Insper, São Paulo, December 16-19, 2025.
December 17, 2025. Presentation of the paper “Contratos, risco e flexibilidade: Repensando a ponte aérea no Brasil” at the 53º Encontro Nacional de Economia, ANPEC 2025, Insper, São Paulo, December 16-19, 2025.
December 12, 2025. President of the Full professorship Committee of prof. Vander Lucas. UnB. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (president), Fernando Antonio Slaibe Postali (FEA/USP), Rozane Bezerra de Siqueira (UFPE), Francisco de Sousa Ramos (UFPE).
December 5, 2025. Organizer of the event “Cerimônia de Homenagem ao Professor João Geraldo Bugarin“, FACE e LabGover, UnB.
November 25, 2025. Organizer of the round table “Pratas da Casa“, 13o. Fórum de Economia, CAECO, University of Brasilia. Panelists: Adriana Portugal, Esteves Conalgo Jr., Adolfo Sachsida.
November 20, 2025. Chair of the Theory panel at the Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics – LAWLE 2025, presentation of the paper “Politics and Public Banks: BNDES Loans to Local Governments in Brazil” in the Impact Evaluation panel. ITAM, Mexico City.
November 19, 2025. Paper “Advantage for Sale: Endogenous Asymmetry in Sequential Auctions” presented by Wilfredo Maldonado at JOLATE 2025, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
November 18, 2025. Co-organizer of the round table for the launch of IDB’s book “Mercados e Desenvolvimento: Melhorando vidas por meio da competição”. FACE/UnB. Participants: Mauricio Bugarin (Opening remarks, UnB), Laura Afaro Maykall (IDB & Harvard), César Santos (IDB), Luís Braido (FGV), Renato Gomes (Bacen), Rafael Nogueira (Nubank).
October 31, 2025. Paper “Eficiência, atratividade e poder dissuasivo de acordos de leniência e combate à corrupção: O caso da Operação Lava Jato” presented by Roberto H. A. Neto at the XVIII Congresso da ABDE – 2025, IDP, Brasília.
October 27, 2025. Paper “Contratos, risco e flexibilidade: Repensando a ponte aérea no Brasil” accepted for presentation at the 53º Encontro Nacional de Economia, ANPEC 2025, INSPER, São Paulo.
October 10, 2025. Paper “Politics and Public Banks: BNDES Loans to Local Governments in Brazil” presented at the UFES seminar program, Vitória, ES (online presentation).
October 10, 2025. Paper “Participação cidadã e efetividade do controle: Uma modelagem em Teoria dos Jogos”, co-authored with Débora Costa, accepted for presentation at the XVIII Congresso da ABDE – 2025, IDP, Brasília.
October 6, 2025. Paper “Politics and Public Banks: BNDES Loans to Local Governments in Brazil” accepted for presentation at the 2025 Econometric Society European Winter Meeting (EWMES 2025), Nicosia, Cyprus.
September 30, 2025. President of the Master Thesis Committee of Arthur Magdaleno. Title: Eleitores e funções orçamentárias: a influência dos gastos pré-eleitorais na reeleição de prefeitos no Brasil (Voters and Budgetary Functions: The Influence of Pre-Election Spending on the Reelection of Mayors in Brazil). Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (UnB, advisor), Christian Lehman (UnB, member), Márcio Nakaguma (FGV/EESP, member).
September 27, 2025. Working paper “Advantage for Sale: Endogenous Asymmetry in Sequential Auctions” published USP & REPEC.
September 23, 2025. Paper “Politics and Public Banks: BNDES Loans to Local Governments in Brazil” accepted for presentation at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Econometric Society (EBE-2025)
August 19, 2025. Presentation of the paper “Endogenous Asymmetry in Sequential Auctions” at the 2025 World Congress of the Econometric Society, ESWC 2025, Seoul, Korea, https://www.eswc2025.org/
August 19, 2025. Presentation of the paper “Can Decentralized Incentive Schemes Induce Compliance with NDCs? A Game Theoretic and Agent-based Modelling Analysis” by Karina Bugarin at the 2025 World Congress of the Econometric Society, ESWC 2025, Seoul, Korea, https://www.eswc2025.org/
July 30, 2025. Paper “Politics and Public Banks: BNDES Loans to Local Governments in Brazil” accepted for presentation at the 2025 Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics (LAWLE 2025), Mexico City, Mexico.
July 3, 2025. Paper “Prazo contratual ótimo nas concessões públicas: Uma análise sob a ótica da Teoria dos Jogos” accepted for publication in Revista de informação legislativa (RIL). https://doi.org/10.70015/ril_v62_n247_p87
July 3, 2025. Paper “Politics and Public Banks: BNDES Loans to Local Governments in Brazil” accepted for publication in Economía LACEA Journal.
June 12, 2025. President of the PhD Thesis Committee of Sérgio Gesteira Costa. Title: Treasury Auction Issuance Strategies and Results. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (UnB, chair), Daniel Cajueiro (UnB), Fábia A. de Carvalho (FMI), Douglas Silveira (UFJF).
May 13, 2025. Paper “Auctioning electricity transmission margins for competitive access to Brazil’s National Interconnected System” published online in Utilities Policy, 95, 2025,101962, ISSN 0957-1787,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2025.101962
March 31, 2025. Paper “Can Decentralized Incentive Schemes Induce Compliance with NDCs? A
Game Theoretic and Agent-based Modelling Analysis”, coauthored with Karina Bugarin and Fabiana Rocha, accepted for presentation in the 2025 World Congress of the Econometric Society, ESWC 2025, Seoul, Korea, https://www.eswc2025.org/
March 31, 2025. Paper “Endogenous Asymmetry in Sequential Auctions”, coauthored with Wilfredo Maldonado, accepted for presentation in the 2025 World Congress of the Econometric Society, ESWC 2025, Seoul, Korea, https://www.eswc2025.org/
March 21, 2025. President of the PhD Thesis Qualification Committee of Sérgio Gesteira Costa. Title: Treasury Auction Issuance Strategies and Results. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (UnB, chair), Daniel Cajueiro (UnB), Fábia A. de Carvalho (FMI).
February 27, 2025. President of the Undergraduate Monograph Committee of Maria Paula Heck. Title: Recompensas e punições: Uma análise econométrica da penalização de partidos não integrantes da coalizão governista na Câmara dos Deputados (Rewards and Punishments: An Econometric Analysis of the Penalization of Non-Governing Coalition Parties in the Chamber of Deputies). Committee: Mauricio Bugarin, Jorge Nogueira.
February 25, 2025. President of the Master Thesis Qualification Committee of Arthur Magdaleno. Title: O efeito eleitoral de ciclos político-orçamentários nos municípios brasileiros (The electoral effect of political budget cycles in Brazilian municipalities). Committee: Mauricio Bugarin, Christian Lehman.
February 1, 2025. Paper “Income Inequality and Elections’ Financing: New Evidence from Brazil and Japan” accepted for publication in the Japanese Political Economy.
January 23, 2025. Co-organizer of the Fourth International Workshop on Game Theory and Economic Applications, IWGTEA 2026. São Paulo, www.iwgtea.fea.usp.br
January 1, 2025. Member of the Organizing Committee of LAWLE 2025, Mexico City, November 20-21, 2025. http://www.lawle.org.
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2024
December 23, 2024. Member of the Master Thesis Committee of Rafael Monteiro de Castro Nascimento. Title: Riscos fiscais judiciais: usando metadados de processos judiciais para prever o tempo de
expedição de precatórios federais. Committee: Daniel Oliveira Cajueiro, Mauricio Bugarin, Carlos Eduardo Gasparini.
December 20, 2024. Paper “Income Inequality and Elections’ Financing: New Evidence from Brazil and Japan” accepted for publication in The Japanese Political Economy, Japan.
December 17, 2024. Selected for the Fulbright Distinguished Chair at Rice University 2025-2026, Houston, USA.
December 16, 2024. Presentation of the paper: “Endogenous Asymmetry in Sequential Auctions” in the 2024 European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society, EWMES 2024, Palma de Maiorca, Spain.
December 10, 2024. Presentation of the paper: “Endogenous Asymmetry in Sequential Auctions” in the 46º Encontro da Sociedade Brasileira de Econometria, Natal, Brazil.
December 10, 2024. Organizer and chair of the “Special Session: Academic Legacy of Marilda Sotomayor” in the 46º Encontro da Sociedade Brasileira de Econometria, Natal, Brazil. Session participants: Marilda Sotomayor, Alvin Roth, David Perez-Castrillo, Aloísio Araújo, Wilfredo Maldonado and Mauricio Bugarin.
November 22, 2024. Presentation of the paper: “Endogenous Asymmetry in Sequential Auctions” in the 10th Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, LAWLE 2024, Santiago, Chile.
November 21-22, 2024. Co-organizer of the 10th Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, LAWLE 2024, Santiago, Chile.
November 17, 2024. Member of the Master Thesis Qualification Committee of Rafael Monteiro de Castro Nascimento. Title: Riscos fiscais judiciais: usando metadados de processos judiciais para prever o tempo de expedição de precatórios federais. Committee: Daniel Oliveira Cajueiro, Mauricio Bugarin.
November 7 and 8, 2024. Organizer of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group. Brasilia.
August 21 to November 14, 2024. Co-organizer, with the CAECO/UnB of the 12º Forum Econômico da UnB, Brasilia.
August 17, 2024. Publication of the working paper There is Trouble with the Trees: How to Avoid Trade-Induced Deforestation?, coauthored with Alan Leal (USP), in the EPRG Working Paper Series, WP 116/2024.
August 16, 2024. Publication of the working paper The case for auctioning transmission margins: the design of a competitive mechanism for access to the National Interconnected System in Brazil, coauthored with Lucas Santos e Silva (UnB), in the EPRG Working Paper Series, WP 115/2024.
August 16, 2024. Publication of the working paper Income Inequality and Elections’ Financing: New Evidence from Brazil and Japan, coauthored with Felipe Roviello (UnB), in the EPRG Working Paper Series, WP 114/2024.
June 13, 2024. Book chapter “Financiamento do saneamento básico: um desafio de governança multinível“ coauthored with Igor Pereira Oliveira and Adriana Cuoco Portugal, published in Portugal, A. C. & Gonzaga, V. C. (orgs.) “Gestão, controle e regulação do saneamento básico“, IBRAOP, 2024. ISBN 978-85-93840-04-3
June 5, 2024. Paper “Preferences for Social Insurance: The Role of Job Security and Risk Propensity” coauthored with Yasushi Hazama (IDE/Jetro, Japan) published in Economics of Governance. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10101-024-00313-z
May 2, 2024. Paper “Preferences for Social Insurance: The Role of Job Security and Risk Propensity” coauthored with Yasushi Hazama (IDE/Jetro, Japan) accepted for publication in Economics of Governance.
April 2, 2024. Member of the Doctorate Thesis Committee of Caroline Puchale. Title: “Ensaios em Economia Política Brasileira: disciplina partidária, emendas PIX e distribuição interna de recursos de campanha”. Committee: Marcelo Griebeler (adviser), Bruno Carazza dos Santos, Fernando Bizarro, Laura Karpuska, Mauricio Bugarin. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.
March 28, 2024. Member of the Doctorate Thesis Committee of Rafael Perez Marcos. Title: “Impacto dos Incentivos eleitorais na adoção de medidas de combate à pandemia de Covid-19 e impacto da pandemia no resultado das eleições brasileiras de 2020 e 2022”. Committe: Maria Eduarda Tannuri-Pianto (adiviser), Maurício Bugarin, Sérgio Gadelha, Fernando Meneguin. University of Brasilia.
March 18, 2024. Paper “Transferências Intergovernamentais Voluntárias Estratégicas: Uma análise para as regiões sul e sudeste do Brasil” coauthored with Rodrigo Stuckert accepted for publication in Revista do Serviço Público.
February 28, 2024. President of the Undergraduate Monograph Committee of Guilherme C. D. de Carvalho. Title: “Estudo Econômico do Piso Salarial da Enfermagem: Uma Abordagem de Decisão dos Agentes Privados”. Committee: Mauricio S. Bugarin (adviser), Luciana da Silva Teixeira. University of Brasilia.
February 26, 2024. President of the Doctorate Thesis Committee of Débora Costa Ferreira. Title: “Reeleição, regras fiscais e federalismo: Evolução dos incentivos eleitorais no Brasil”. Committee: Mauricio S. Bugarin (adviser), Marcos Nakaguma, Sérgio Gadelha, Rafael Terra. University of Brasília.
February 21, 2024. Member of the Doctorate Thesis Committee of Fernando de Faria Siqueira. Title: “Three essays on telecommunications, digitalization, and regulation: empirical, institutional and theoretical perspectives”. Committee: Regerio Mazali (adviser), Mauricio Bugarin, Luciana Yeung, Rafael C. de M. Ferraz. University of Brasilia.
February 1st, 2024. Chair of the Organizing Committee of the 2024.1 EPRG/PPGECO-UnB joint Research Seminar, University of Brasilia, Brazil.
January, 2, 2024. Publication of the paper “Reeleição, Regras Fiscais e Federalismo: Evolução dos Incentivos Eleitorais no Brasil“, co-authored with Dédora Costa Ferreira in CADERNOS DE FINANÇAS PÚBLICAS. 24, 01 (jan. 2024). DOI:https://doi.org/10.55532/1806-8944.2024.234.
January 1st, 2024. In the Organizing Committee of the 10th Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, LAWLE 2024, Santiago, Chile.
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2023
December 15, 2023. President of the Doctorate Thesis Qualification Committee of Débora Costa Ferreira. Title: “Reeleição, regras fiscais e federalismo: Evolução dos incentivos eleitorais no Brasil”. Committee: Mauricio S. Bugarin (adviser), Sérgio Gadelha, Rafael Terra. University of Brasília.
November 24, 2023. Academic award: The research “Reeleição, regras fiscais e federalismo: Evolução dos incentivos eleitorais no Brasil”, co-authored with Débora Costa Ferreira was awarded a honorary mention in the 28o. Prêmio Tesouro Nacional-2023. Brasilia.
November 18, 2023. Presentation of the paper “Doação Privada de Campanha: Atuação de Grupos de Interesse Junto a Parlamentares Socialmente Conectados” co-authored with André R. M. Leite (presenter) in LAWLE 2023.
November 17, 2023. Presentation of the paper “Strategic partisan transfers: Analysis for the South and Southeast regions of Brazil”, co-authored with Rodrigo Stuckert (presenter) in LAWLE 2023.
November 17, 2023. Presentation of the paper “Optimal contract period of public concession: a game theoretic analysis”, co-authored with Fernando Meneguin (presenter) and Débora Costa Ferreira in LAWLE 2023.
November, 16, 2023. Presentation of the paper “Ex-ante moral hazard of unemployment insurance”, co-authored with Artur Santo (presenter) and Paulo Loureiro in LAWLE 2023.
November 16, 2023. Presentation of the poster “Lei de Benford na detecção de jogo de planilha: O caso do Estádio Nacional de Brasília”, coauthored with Carlos Alberto Cascão Jr. (presenter) and Adriana Portugal in LAWLE 2023.
November 16, 2023. Presentation of the poster “Custo de formação de coalizões no presidencialismo brasileiro” co-authored with Bernardo Strufaldi in LAWLE 2023.
November 16, 2023. Presentation of the paper “Income Inequality and Elections’ Funding: Evidence from Brazil and Japan” co-authored with Filipe Yudi Roviello in LAWLE 2023.
November 16, 2023. Chair of the special session on Twin Peaks Regulation. LAWLE 2023.
November 16-18, 2023. Chair of the Organizing Committee of the 9th Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, LAWLE 2023. https://lawle.org. Brasilia.
October 13, 2023. President of the Master Thesis Qualification Committee of João Pedro Lang. Title: Party and voter behavior in alternating single- and multi-member elections: a game-theoretic analysis of Brazilian senatorial races”. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (adviser), Mathieu Turgeon.
September, 22 to December 8, 2023. Chair of the Organizing Committee of the MESP-PPGECO-EPRG Joint Seminar Program, 2023-II. https://econpolrg.com/seminars/. University of Brasilia.
June 30, 2023. President of the Master Thesis Committee of Filipe R. B. Biscarde. Title: “PRECATÓRIOS FEDERAIS DE 2022: A decomposição do “Meteoro” das contas públicas quanto à frequência, impacto financeiro e tempo de formação”. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (adviser), Amanda Flávio de Oliveira, Ivo Gico Jr. University of Brasilia.
June 25, 2023. Publication (online) on the paper “Will democracy support switching from targeting to universalism?” in The Japanese Political Economy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/2329194X.2023.2224968
June 20, 2023. President of the Master Thesis Committee of Amanda Lima Camello. Title: “Restos a pagar e corrupção no Brasil”. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (adviser), Ana Carolina Zoghby, Fernando Meneguin. University of Brasilia.
April 28 to July 7, 2023. Chair of the Organizing Committee of the MESP-PPGECO-EPRG Joint Seminar Program, 2023-I. https://econpolrg.com/seminars/. University of Brasilia.
April 19, 2023. President of the Doctorate Thesis Committee of Denise Gontijo do Nascimento. Title: “Organizações Sociais e Prestação de Serviços Públicos: Desenho de incentivos para a qualidade e eficiência do gasto público”. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (adviser), Rafael Terra de Menezes, Fernando B. Meneguin, Fernando Sertã Meressi. University of Brasilia.
April 19, 2023. President of the Master Thesis Committee of Lucas Santos e Silva. Title: “Dois Estudos em Teoria dos Leilões: Licitações e desenho de um mecanismo competitivo para acesso ao Sistema Interligado Nacional (SIN)”. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (adviser), José Guilherme de Lara Resende, Thiago G. F. Prado.
March 31, 2023. Member of the Master thesis committee of Gabriel Marin. Title: “A Economia Política das Isenções Fiscais: Teoria e Evidência”. Committee: Marcelo Griebeler (adviser), Mauricio Bugarin, Rafael Lima, Bruno Lanzer.
March 27, 2023. Member of the Doctorate thesis qualification committee of Rafael Perez. Title: “Ensaios sobre os incentivos eleitorais e a adoção de medidas de combate à pandemia e sobre o impacto da COVID-19 no resultado das eleições brasileiras de 2020 e 2022”. Committee: Maria Eduarda Tannuri-Pianto (advisor), Mauricio Bugarin, Sérgio Gadelha, Fernanda Marciniuk. University of Brasilia.
March 27, 2023. Member of the Specialization thesis committee of Rafael Encinas. Title: “Análise Custo-Benefício dos Regimes Automotivos Regionais”. Committee: Karina Bugarin (advisor), Mauricio Bugarin. Instituto Sezerdello Correa-TCU.
February 13, 2023. Member of the Specialization thesis committee of Marcelo Rodrigues Alho. Title: “O Direito de Preferência da Petrobras nos Leilões de Partilha da Produção uma Abordagem Sob a Ótica da Eficiência”. Committee: Adriana Portugal (advisor), Mauricio Bugarin. Instituto Sezerdello Correa-TCU.
January 27, 2023. Presentation of the chapter “Brazilian Workers in Japan and Public Policies for Promoting Their Social Integration with a Focus on Basic Education for Children“ of the book “Brazil-Japan Cooperation: From Complementarity to Shared Value“ in the corresponding book launch event, University of Brasilia.
January 27, 2023. Co-organing of the “Brazil-Japan Cooperation: From Complementarity to Shared Value“ Book Launch Seminar. University of Brasilia.
January 1, 2023. Chair of the Organizing Committee of the Ninth Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics-LAWLE 2023. University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.
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2022
November 17-18, 2022. Presentation of the research “Dormant voters, social media, and strategic radicalism – Preliminary results” in the Eighth Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics-LAWLE 2022. Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
November 17-18, 2022. Presentation of the research “Public procurements with secret reserve prices and negotiation: An auction-theoretic analysis for the private values case” in the Eighth Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics-LAWLE 2022. Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
November 17-18, 2022. Co-organizer of the Eighth Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics-LAWLE 2022. Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
November 10, 2022. Member of the evaluation committee for the best 2021 Brazilian Central Bank working papers: Prêmio de Melhores Trabalhos para Discussão do Banco Central do Brasil publicados em 2021.
November 1st, 2022. Publication of the essay “O estratégico eleitor brasileiro e o resultado das eleição de 2022” in NEXO Jornal.
October 27, 2022. President of the Master thesis qualification committee of Amanda Lima Camello. Title: “Restos a pagar e sua implicação na percepção de corrupção no Brasil” (Remains to be paid and their implication in the perception of corruption in Brazil). Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (ECO/UnB, chair), Ana Carolina Zoghbi (ECO/UnB, member).
October 25, 2022. Member of the Doctor thesis defense committee of Lorena Giuberti Coutinho, UNU-MERIT, United Nations University, The Netherlands. Title: “Essays on Technology and Society – The Impacts of Algorithms and Online Media on Labor Market Outcomes and Political Dynamics”. Committee: Pierre Mohnen (UNU-MERIT, Chair), Mauricio Bugarin (ECO/UnB, member), Micheline Goedhuys (UNU-MERIT, member), Yphtach Lelkes (University of Pennsylvania, member). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_njSugj2YTE.
September 2022. Launch of the book: “Brazil-Japan Cooperation: From Complementarity to Shared Value“ in process of publication by Springer Nature. “Chapter 5: Brazilian Workers in Japan and Public Policies for Promoting their Social Integration with a Focus on Basic Education to the Children” is coauthored by Mauricio Bugarin and Keiichi Yamazaki.
September 29, 2022. President of the undergraduate monograph committee of Giovanna Rocha de Sousa. Title: “O uso de gastos de campanha em mídias sociais e seus impactos comparados aos de mídias tradicionais”. Committee: Maurício Bugarin (Chair), Daniela Freddo. Economics Department, University of Brasilia.
September 27, 2022. President of the undergraduate monograph committee of Pedro Watuhã. Title: “Alternância política: Explorando os casos do Brasil e do Japão”. Committee: Maurício Bugarin (Chair), Daniel Cajueiro. Economics Department, University of Brasilia.
September 9, 2022. Member of the Full Professorship Examination Committee (Banca de Concurso para Professor Titular), Universidade Federal do Ceará. Candidate: Prof. Leandro Rêgo. Committee: Manoel B. Campêlo Neto (Chair), Fábio G. Cozman, Francisco Cribari-Neto, Maurício S. Bugarin.
August 26, 2022. President of the Master thesis qualification committee of Lucas Santos e Silva. Title: “Studies on reverse auctions, energy auctions, and competitive mechanisms for accessing the National Interconnected System”. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (ECO/UnB, chair), Luciano I. de Castro (IMPA, member).
August 22, 2022. President of the PhD thesis qualification committee of Denise Herminio Gontijo do Nascimento. Title: “Organizações Sociais e Prestação de Serviços Públicos: Desenho de
incentivos para eficiência do gasto público”. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (UnB, chair), Fernando Sertã Meressi (Ministério da Economia), Paulo Augusto Pettenuzzo de Britto (FACE/UnB).
August 15, 2022. President of the Master thesis defense committee of José Antônio Barbosa da Silva. Title: “Gasto público federal com emendas parlamentares: Uma análise à luz da lei de Benford”. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (ECO/UnB, chair), Adriana Portugal (TCDF, member), Lúcio Rennó (IPOL/UnB, member).
July 6, 2022. Presentation at PET-UnB’s “Conhecendo o ECO: Prof. Maurício Bugarin”.
June 30, 2022. Publication of the paper “The Paradox of Concessions in developing countries“, coauthored with Frederico Ribeiro, in Brazilian Review of Econometrics.
June 13, 2022. President of the Master thesis qualification committee of Fabio Springer de Freitas Pereira. Title: “Incentivos na alocação de emendas parlamentares ao orçamento”. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (ECO/UnB, chair), Fernanda Marciniuk (Cateno, member), André Borges (IPOL/UnB, member).
May 31, 2022. Member of the PhD thesis defense committee of Mayana Borges da Cunha. Title: “A cooperação em culturantes no Jogo do Dilema do Prisioneiro: Interface entre Teoria dos Jogos e a Ciência Culturo-Comportamental”. Committee: Laércia Abreu Vasconcelos (UnB, chair), Pedro Bordini Faleiros (UNIMEP), Maurício Soares Bugarin (UnB), Jorge Mendes de Oliveira Castro Neto (PPB/UnB)
May 2, 2022. President of the Master thesis qualification committee of Fabio Springer de Freitas Pereira. Title: “Incentivos na alocação de emendas parlamentares ao orçamento”. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (ECO/UnB, chair), Vander Lucas (ECO/UnB, member), André Borges (IPOL/UnB, member).
March 14, 2022. Publication of the paper “Desigualdade Social e Financiamento de Campanhas nos Municípios Brasileiros“, coauthored with Felipe Roviello, in E-Legis. The paper was simultaneously published in English (Social inequality and electoral financing in Brazilian municipalities) and in Spanish (Desigualdad social y financiamiento de las elecciones en municipios de Brasil).
2021
December 14, 2021. President of the undergraduate monograph committee of Mayra Cruz Viana. Title: “Lei de Benford aplicada aos números de casos e de mortes por COVID-19 no Brasil”. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (chair) and Adriana C. Portugal (member).
December 9, 2021. Presentation in the Session in Honor of Marilda Sotomayor, ANPEC/SBE 2021. Shared the session with Wilfredo Maldonado (organizer), Aloísio Araújo, David Pérez-Castrillo, Myrna Wooders and Alvin Roth. See the entire presentation here.
December 9, 2021. President of the Master thesis defense committee of Felipe Yudi Roviello, title: “Income inequality and electoral funding: Evidence from Brazil and Japan”. Economics Department, University of Brasilia. Committee: Mauricio Soares Bugarin (UnB, adviser), Sergio Sakurai (USP-RP, member), Bernardo Mueller (UnB, member).
December 8, 2021. President of the Master thesis defense committee of Rodrigo Stuckert. Title: “Transferências Intergovernamentais Estratégicas: uma análise para as Regiões Sul e Sudeste do Brasil”. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (UnB, adivisor); Rodrigo Schneider (Skidmore College, member); Ana Carolina Zoghbi (UnB, member).
November 23, 2021. Member of the PhD thesis qualification committee of Tiago Sousa Pereira. Title: “Ensaios sobre Economia Política e Regulação”. Economics Department, University of Brasilia, Committee: Vander Lucas (advisor), Mauricio Bugarin, Paulo Coutinho.
November 19, 2021. Co-organizer of the “Seventh Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics“, LAWLE 2021, George Mason University, USA. Chair of Session 1.
November 18, 2021. Launch of the book: “Law and Economics: entre a história e temas contemporâneos“, in which I have a chapter with Adriana Portugal. Check the Youtube video of the event here: https://youtu.be/L1aaD–gr0k. Also, check the book freely accessible at: https://webadvocacy.com.br/law-and-economics-entre-a-historia-e-temas-contemporaneos/
November 12, 2021. Publication of the paper: “Planos de saúde coletivos: Análise econômica do reajuste por faixa etária”, coauthored by Fernando Meneguin, Tomás Bugarin & Maurício Bugarin in Revista de Análise Econômica do Direito.
November 9, 2021. Apresentação do trabalho “Licitações com preço de reserva secreto e negociação: Uma análise da teoria dos leilões para o caso de valores privados” no II Congresso Internacional dos Tribunais de Contas, João Pessoa/PB.
November 9, 2021. Publication of the essay “A nova lei de improbidade administrativa e os incentivos à corrupção“ in Revista JOTA, Coluna da ABDE, coautthored with Fernando Meneguin intitulado.
October 15, 2021. Member of the Master thesis defense committee of Aline de Medeiros Dantas. Title: “Transferências Partidárias Estratégicas: Teoria e Evidência para o Brasil, 2007 a 2018”. Committee: Sérgio R. de B. Gadelha (IDP, advisor); Adolfo Sashsida (IDP, member); Rogério Boueri Miranda (IDP, member); Maurício S. Bugarin (UnB, member).
September 29, 2021. President of the Master thesis qualification committee of Rodrigo Stuckert. Title: “Transferências Intergovernamentais Estratégicas: uma análise para a Região Sul do Brasil”. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (UnB, adivisor); Rodrigo Schneider (Skidmore College, member); Ana Carolina Zoghbi (UnB, member).
September 2, 2021. Presentation of the research “Brazilian Workers in Japan and Public Policies for Promoting their Social Integration with a Focus on Basic Education to the Children” in the Second Webinar of the “Project CAPES-JSPS: Partnership for a change: Structuring Brazil-Japan Cooperation”. Brazil and Japan.
August 3, 2021. In the media. Folha de São Paulo. Interviewed by journalist Thiago Resende and cited in his article: “Governo discute dar aumento no Bolsa Família para quem conseguir emprego“.
July 4-9, 2021. Co-organizer of the “Simpósio Interdisciplinar sobre o Sistema Político Brasileiro & XI Jornada de Pesquisa e Extensão da Câmara dos Deputados“. IMPA/EPRG/CEFOR.
July 2, 2021. Member of the evaluation committee for the best 2020 Brazilian Central Bank working papers: Prêmio de Melhores Trabalhos para Discussão do Banco Central do Brasil publicados em 2020.
July 1, 2021. Paper “Partisan intergovernmental transfers: empirical evidence, political and economic effects, and the electoral rationale” coauthored with Ivan Ferreira has been accepted for publication in the special issue of Revista do Serviço Público in honor of Jorge Vianna Monteiro.
June 30, 2021. Publication of the paper “Limite de contratos por empresas em licitações públicas: uma análise sob a ótica da teoria dos leilões” coauthored with Adriana Portugal in Revista do TCU.
June 30, 2021. Publication of the paper “Auditoria de obras públicas e Lei de Benford – o caso do Expresso DF Sul no Distrito Federal“, with Renata Café and Adriana Portugal in Revista do Serviço Público.
May 20, 2021. Virtual Seminar at CEFOR-Câmara dos Deputados. Ciclo de Palestras da Pós-Graduação. Título: “Motivação Partidária nas Transferência Voluntárias Intergovernamentais“. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh2Xhl8eEBo
May 5, 2021. Virtual Seminar “Motivação Partidária nas Transferências Voluntárias da União“. Seminários de Política Econômica 2. Prof. Marina Rossi.
April 7, 2021. Virtual Seminar at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Negócios. Título: “Motivação Partidária nas Transferências Voluntárias da União“. Online transmission: https://www.facebook.com/EscoladeNegociosdaPUCRS
March 29, 2021. President of the Master Thesis qualification committee of Felipe Yudi Roviello, title: “Income inequality and electoral funding: Evidence from Brazil and Japan”. Economics Department, University of Brasilia. Committee: Mauricio Soares Bugarin (adviser), Sergio Sakurai, Bernardo Mueller.
March 18, 2021. Member of the Master Thesis defense committee of Fabiano Lima, title: “Pretori d’Assalto: A racionalidade por trás da politização do judiciário”. Economics Department, University of Brasilia. Committee: Arnaldo Mauerberg Junior (adviser), Mauricio Soares Bugarin, Cláudio Gonçalves Couto.
March 17, 2021. Webinar organized by the Controladoria Geral da União, CGU, title: “Proteção ao denunciante no Brasil: novas perspectivas.” In the series “Prosa de Ouvidoria”, available in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU3sF98O3Cw.
March 16, 2021. Invited to become an Associate Editor of Economics Bulletin.
February 28, 2021. Participation in the QS Global Academic Survey (evaluating world universities).
February 27, 2021. Literary prize. The (literary) essay “Amizade a toda prova” received a “Special mention” in the “Primeiro Concurso de Crônicas da Academia Internacional da União Cultural“.
February 26, 2021. Publication of the essay “O setor privado e as vacinas: entendendo as visões polarizadas”, coauthored with Karina S. S. Bugarin in NEXO Jornal.
January 22, 2021. Artur Santos wins second place in the XXVI Prêmio Brasil de Economia, COFECON for his Ph.D. thesis “Seguro-Desemprego: Avaliação sobre o seguro ao trabalhador formal e o seguro-defeso”. Advisors: Paulo Loureiro and Mauricio Bugarin (co-advisor), University of Brasilia.
2020
December 14, 2020. Publication of the paper “Elections, Heterogeneity of Central Bankers and Inflationary Pressure: The case for staggered terms for the president and the central banker“, with Fábia Carvalho, in Revista Brasileira de Economia.
December 11, 2020. Publication of the general interest paper “Leilões: A Teoria dos Jogos e o Prêmio Nobel de Economia de 2020” in Revista Conceito Jurídico.
December 2, 2020. Publication of the book “IBRAOP 20 Anos – Artigos técnicos que marcaram nossa história”, in which I have the chapter “Aplicações da Lei de Newcomb-Benford às Auditorias de Obras Pública” with Flávia Cunha.
November 12, 2020. Publication of the general interest paper “COVID-19 e a inevitável Lei dos Números Anômalos: Resultados Preliminares” in Revista Conceito Jurídico.
November 2, 2020. Presentation of the research “Education for integration and national identity preservation: Case study of institutions dedicated to support education of Brazilian kids in Japan” in the First Webinar of the “Project CAPES-JSPS: Partnership for a change: Structuring Brazil-Japan Cooperation”, Brazil and Japan.
October 24, 2020. Publication of the essay “A Teoria dos Leilões, o Prêmio Nobel e o Leilão do 5G no Brasil“ in NEXO Jornal.
October 22, 2020. Featured in the opening podcast of the series “Talking Law and Economics” organized by the “Grupo de Estudos em Direito e Economia. Available on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4VxCUDjbgJUdP5sed9raPr or Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/epis%C3%B3dio-1-teoria-dos-jogos/id1536639040?i=1000495602012
October 22, 2020. Publication of the essay “Nobel 2007: Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin e Roger Myerson” in the blog Terraço Econômico Portal.
October 16, 2020. Publication of the essay “Teoria dos Leilões e Aplicações: A Teoria dos Jogos volta a roubar a cena no Prêmio Nobel de Economia de 2020” in the blog Brasil, Economia e Governo.
October 8, 2020. Interviewed by IBRAOP on the subject of new methodologies to control public expenditure, on the ocasion of the 20th anniversary of the institution.
October 7, 2020. Publication of the essay “A covid-19 e a inexorável Lei dos Números Anômalos” in NEXO Jornal.
October 6, 2020. Publication of the essay “How risk and uncertainty affect our response to COVID-19” in The Tennessean.
September 23, 2020. Publication of the general interest paper “Covid-19 e Teoria Econômica: Risco & Incerteza” in Revista Conceito Jurídico.
September 11, 2020. Publication of the the book “Reforma do Estado Brasileiro: Transformando a Atuação do Governo” in which I have the chapter “Descentralização administrativa e de receitas” with Sérgio Gadelha.
August, 2020. Publication of the book chapter “Efeito da Urna Eletrônica sobre o Volume e a Composição do Gasto Público Municipal“, coauthored with Rodrigo Schneider and Diloá Athias in the book: “Economia & Sustentabilidade – Princípios Fundamentais”, Editora Conhecimento Livre.
August 20, 2020. Presentation of the paper: “Elections, Heterogeneity of Central Bankers and Inflationary Pressure: The case for staggered terms for the president and the central banker” in the 2020 World Congress of the Econometric Society, Milan, Italy (virtual event).
July 7, 2020. Member of the Master Thesis qualifying exam committee of Yuri Ferreira G. Dias, title: “Um modelo de leilão para estimular a competição por outorgas de autorização de pequenas centrais hidroelétricas”. Economics Department, Federal University of Goiás. Committee: Paulo Scalco (adviser), Wilfredo Maldonado (co-adviser), Mauricio Soares Bugarin, Francisco Bruno de Lima Holanda.
June 15, 2020. Publication of the short opinion article “A covid-19 e a Teoria Econômica: sentindo na pele a dramática diferença entre risco e incerteza” at the University of Brasilia Portal.
June 8, 2020. The general interest article “Por um diretor-geral da Polícia Federal com mandato fixo e intercalado com o mandato presidencial” has been published in the blog Brasil, Economia e Governo.
June 6, 2020. The general interest article “Covid-19: e teoria econômica: diferença entre risco e incerteza” originally published in the digital Journal NEXO has also been published in the blog Brasil, Economia e Governo.
June 2, 2020. In the media. Folha de São Paulo. Interviewed by reporter Thiago Resende and cited in his article “Fila do Bolsa Família ainda penaliza Norte e Nordeste“. The article resonated in the following media:
JORNAL O NOROESTE – ONLINE – MT, June 3, 2020.
UGT – SP, June 3, 2020.
SOCIALISMO CRIATIVO, June 3, 2020.
May 27, 2020. Publication of the short opinion article “Por um diretor-geral da Polícia Federal com mandato fixo e intercalado com o mandato presidencial” at the University of Brasilia Portal.
May 22, 2020. Virtual seminar at Universidad del CEMA, Argentina. Paper presented: “Job security, attitude towards risk and preference for social insurance: A note on ‘Earnings inequality and welfare spending’ by Moene and Wallerstein”.
May 21, 2020. In the media. Publication of the general interest article “Covid-19: e teoria econômica: diferença entre risco e incerteza” in the digital Journal NEXO.
May 7, 2020. The paper “Electronic voting and public spending: the impact of de facto enfranchisement on federal budget amendments in Brazil” has been published in the Journal of Applied Economics.
May 5, 2020. The paper “Elections, Heterogeneity of Central Bankers and Inflationary Pressure: the case for staggered terms for the president and the central banker”, co-authored with Fábia A. de Carvalho was accepted for presentation in the 12th World Congress of the Econometric Society: ESWC 2020.
April 1st, 2020. The paper “Leilões para conversão de dívida em investimento: Uma proposta da teoria de leilões para implantação dos Termos de Ajuste de Conduta (TAC) da ANATEL”, with Hélio M. M. da Fonseca has been published as a “leading article” in Revista do Serviço Público, 71 (1) 8-37 jan/mar 2020.
April 1st, 2020. Master thesis defense committee president. Student: Andrei Ricardo Monteiro Leite. Title: Doação Privada de Campanha: Atuação de grupos de interesse junto a parlamentares socialmente conectados. Department of Economics University of Brasilia. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (advisor), Arnaldo Mauerberg Junior, Pedro Fernando de Almeida Nery Ferreira.
February 14, 2020. Seminar at Vanderbilt University (Center For the Study of Democratic Institutions, Department of Political Science). Title: “Job security, attitude towards risk and preference for social insurance: A note on ‘Earnings inequality and welfare spending’ by Moene and Wallerstein”.
2019
December, 2019. The paper “Does enfranchisement affect fiscal policy? Theory and empirical evidence on Brazil” has been published in Economics of Governance.
December 16, 2019. Presentation of the paper “Airport concessions and investment in Brazil: Appearances can be deceiving” in the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group – EPRG, University of Brasilia, Brasilia. Presented by co-author: Frederico Ribeiro.
December 16-17, 2019. Seventh Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group – EPRG, University of Brasilia, Brasilia. In the organizing committee.
December 9, 2019. Invited to become a member of the Editorial Board of Estudos Econômicos, pelo período de 2020-2024.
November 29, 2019. Member of the PhD thesis defense of Thiago de A. Barbosa. Title: “POR QUE VOTAMOS EM CORRUPTOS? Evidências experimentais sobre as limitações do voto no combate à corrupção”. Political Science Department, University of Brasilia, Committee: Mathieu Turgeon (advisor), Lucio Rennó, Nara de Carvalho Pavão.
November 20-21, 2019. Sixth Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, LAWLE 2019, ITAM, Mexico city. In the organizing committee.
November 20, 2019. Paper “Airport concessions and investment in Brazil: Appearances can be deceiving” co-authored with Frederico Ribeiro in the Sixth Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, LAWLE 2019, ITAM, Mexico city.
November 11, 2019. Book chapter “Descentralização administrativa e de receitas” co-authored with Sérgio Gadelha accepted for publication in the book “REFORMA DO ESTADO- Transformando a atuação do Governo” edited by Fabio Giambiagi, Guimarães Ferreira and Antônio Marcos Hoelz Ambrózio.
October 25, 2019. Paper “Does Enfranchisement Affect Fiscal Policy? Theory and Empirical Evidence on Brazil” published in the journal Economics of Governance. Co-auhtors: Rodrigo Schneider and Diloá Arias. doi:10.1007/s10101-019-00230-6
October 23, 2019. Paper “Leilões para conversão de dívida em investimento: Uma proposta da teoria de leilões para implantação dos Termos de Ajuste de Conduta (TAC) da ANATEL” accepted for publication in the journal Revista do Serviço Público. Co-author: Hélio M. M. da Fonseca.
October 14, 2019. Paper “Opportunistic political cycles and judicial interpretation: A decision-theoretic model with a case study for Brazil” accepted for presentation at ALACDE 2019, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Law and Economics Association.
September 30, 2019. Paper “Does Enfranchisement Affect Fiscal Policy? Theory and Empirical Evidence on Brazil” accepted for publication in the journal Economics of Governance. Co-auhtors: Rodrigo Schneider and Diloá Arias.
September 29, 2019-September 28, 2020. Post-doctoral research at the Political Science Department, Vanderbilt University.
September, 2019. Retroactive publication of the paper “Responsabilidade fiscal, a atuação do Poder Judiciário e o Comportamento Estratégico dos governantes” in Economic Analysis of Law Review, 9(3): 30-51, 2018. Co-authors: Débora Costa Ferreira and Fernando Meneguin.
September 23, 2019. The Brazilian Central Bank published the working paper “Elections, Heterogeneity of Central Bankers and Inflationary Pressure: the case for staggered terms for the president and the central banker“, Working Paper Series No. 501. Co-author: Fábia A. de Carvalho.
September 22, 2019. Paper “Electronic voting and Public Spending: The impact of de facto enfranchisement on federal budget amendments in Brazil” accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Economics. Co-auhtors: Rodrigo Schneider and Diloá Arias.
September 6, 2019. Member of the Master Thesis qualifying exam committee of Yuri Ferreira G. Dias, title: “Análise das Estratégias de Competição nos Mercados das Pequenas Centrais Hidroelétricas”. Economics Department, Federal University of Goiás. Committee: Wilfrado Maldonado, Paulo Scalco.
August 8, 2019. Three papers accepted for presentation in LACEA-LAMES 2019: 1. Redistribution in contemporary Japan: A political economy analysis of Ide, Furuichi and Miyazaki (2016)’s “All for All” fiscal reform proposal; 2. Elections, Heterogeneity of Central Bankers and Inflationary Pressure: The case for staggered terms for the president and the central banker, with Fábia Carvalho; 3. Wealth, economic shocks and preference for redistribution: The security-income trade-off, with Yasushi Hasama.
June 19, 2019. Publication of the paper “A influência da reeleição nas políticas fiscais subnacionais” co-authored with Fernanda Marciniuk in Revista Brasileira de Economia.
June 13, 2019. Paper “Airport concessions and investment in Brazil: Appearances can be deceiving“, coauthored with Frederico Ribeiro, invited for presentation at the Sixth Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, LAWLE 2019, ITAM, Mexico city, November 20-21, 2019.
April 25, 2019. Publication of the working paper “Closed Season e Seguro-Defeso: Análise de Incentivos e Avaliação de Impacto” co-authored with Artur Santos and Paulo Loureiro in the Working Paper Series of the Economics and Politics Research Group.
April 1, 2019. Member of the PhD Thesis committee of Mayana Borges da Cunha, title: “Metacontingências no Jogo do Dilema do Prisioneiro: Efeitos da interação verbal e da relação custo/benefício sobre a cooperação”. Departamento de Processos Psicológicos Básicos, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de Brasília. Committee: Laércia Abreu Vasconcelos (advisor).
March 28, 2019. University of Brasilia Economics Department Undergraduate Graduation Ceremony. As the president of the organizing committee, I have been invited to be the master of ceremonies (mestre de cerimônias).
March 17, 2019. The paper “The Judiciary and the Incentives for Subnational Governments’ Fiscal Irresponsibility: A decision-theoretic model with a case study for Brazil” has been accepted for preentation at the 2019 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (2019 AMES), Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
March, 12-14, 2019. Invited discussant at the 1° Fórum Nacional sobre Crimes Econômico-Financeiros, Associação Nacional dos Peritos Criminais Federais, Curitiba. Please check the program also here. I will be part of the round table “O real peso da corrupção no desenvolvimento nacional e o confisco alargado de bens“. Certificate.
March 8, 2019. Member of the PhD Thesis committee of Fernando Pedro Fernando de Almeida Nery Ferreira, title: “Economia política do meio ambiente: identificação da bancada ruralista e outras bancadas temáticas no Congresso Nacional com análise de redes”. Committee: Bernardo Mueller (advisor), Rafael Silveira e Silva, Haroldo Ribeiro.
February 28, 2019. Awarded Post-Doctoral Fellowship, UnB/FAP-DF Programme, first place.
February 28, 2019. Member of the PhD Thesis committee of Vinicius Vizotto Zanchi, Programa de Pós Graduação em Economia, Universidade Católica de Brasília. Title: “The influence of Culture on Crime and impact of national development banks on regional growth”. Committee: Philipp Ehrl (advisor), Carlos H. C. Guitierrez, José Ângelo Divino, Vanclei Zanin.
February 22, 2019. Member of the Master’s Thesis committee of Caroline Lucion Puchale, title: “Ciclos Politico-Econômicos nos Estados Brasileiros: uma análise de gasto público através de dados em painel espacial de 2003 a 2014”. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia e Desenvolvimento, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Committee: Gilberto Oliveira Veloso (advisor), Pascoal José Marion Filho.
February 20, 2019. Publication of the working paper “A influência da reeleição nas políticas fiscais subnacionais” co-authored with Fernanda Marciniuk in the Working Paper Series of the Economics and Politics Research Group.
January 18, 2019. In the Media. Newpaper Folha de São Paulo. Interviewed by Reporter Carolina Linhares for the article: “Governadores eleitos em 2018 perdem um em cada quatro prefeitos aliados“. The article says: “Bugarin é autor de uma tese precursora sobre as transferências partidárias, ou seja, o fato de que repasses de verbas não obrigatórias tendem a manifestar uma preferência partidária. Prefeitos aliados do governador costumam receber mais recursos.” Read the entire article online here. And here.
January-November, 2019. In the organizing committee of the Sixth Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, LAWLE 2019, ITAM, Mexico city, November 20-21, 2019.
2018
December 20, 2018. Publication of the paper “Atuação do Poder Legislativo Estadual: Análise dos Incentivos dos Deputados Estaduais na Atividade Legislativa” coauthored with Débora Ferreira and Fernando Meneguin in Revista Estudos Institucionais.
December 20, 2018. Member of the PhD Thesis qualifying committee of Fernando Pedro Fernando de Almeida Nery Ferreira, title: “Economia política do meio ambiente: identificação da bancada ruralista e outras bancadas temáticas no Congresso Nacional com análise de redes”. Committee: Bernardo Mueller (advisor), Rafael Silveira e Silva.
December 19, 2018. Publication of the paper “Energia Solar Fotovoltaica: presente ou futuro?” coauthored with Vítor França in Brasília em Debate, 19: 31-36.
December 18, 2018. Lauch ceremony & debate of the volumes 19 and 20 of Brasília em Debate. I contribute in volume 19 with the paper “Energia Solar Fotovoltaica: presente ou futuro?” coauthored with Vítor França. CODEPLAN, Brasilia, Brazil.
December 1, 2018. Presentation of the paper: “Não basta a independência do BC: o que a teoria dos jogos nos diz sobre o mandato ótimo do presidente do Banco Central“, Sixth Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group. Brasilia, Brazil.
November 30, 2018. Book launch of the book: “Essays on Political Economy and Society” at the 2018 EPRG meeting. I contribute to the book with the chapter “Inequality and the Cost of Electoral Campaigns: Evidence from the Brazilian 2012 municipal elections”, co-authored with Michel Tanaka.
November 30, December 1, 2018. Chair of the Organizing Committee of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group. Brasilia, Brazil.
November 20, 2018. Invited to be part of the roundtable “Capacidade de Estado e órgãos anticorrupcção: como fortalecer as burocracias?” in the international event “Repensando o esforço anticorrupção no Brasil”, organized by the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS), American University (Washington, D.C.), the Escola Nacional de Administração Pública (ENAP), and the Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU), November 19-20, Brasilia.
November 15-16, 2018. Member of the organizing committee and presenter at LAWLE 2018, 5th Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, Santiago, Chile, November 15 – 16, 2018.
November 15, 2018. Presentation of the paper: “The Judiciary and the Incentives for Subnational Governments’ Fiscal Irresponsibility: A case study for Brazil” at LAWLE 2018, 5th Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, Santiago, Chile, November 15 – 16, 2018.
November 07, 2018. Book launch of the book: “Essays on Political Economy and Society” at the UnB Bookstore, 4pm. I contribute to the book with the chapter “Inequality and the Cost of Electoral Campaigns: Evidence from the Brazilian 2012 municipal elections”, co-authored with Michel Tanaka.
November 07, 2018. Presentation of the paper “Aplicação da Lei de Benford na detecção de jogo de planilha: o caso do estádio nacional de Brasília” at SINAOP 2018, XVIII Simpósio Nacional de Auditoria de Obras Públicas (Sinaop), organized by Instituto Brasileiro de Auditoria de Obras Públicas – Ibraop, João Pessoa, November 5-9, 2018. Co-authors: Carlos A. Cascão Jr. and Adriana Portugal. Presented by Carlos A. Cascão Jr.
November 06, 2018. Special lecture “Restrição de contratos com uma mesma empresa em um projeto público: diminuição de competitividade e necessidade de controle do jogo de cronograma” at SINAOP 2018, XVIII Simpósio Nacional de Auditoria de Obras Públicas (Sinaop), organized by Instituto Brasileiro de Auditoria de Obras Públicas – Ibraop, João Pessoa, November 5-9, 2018. Co-author: Adriana Portugal.
October 23, 2018. Paper “A influência da reeleição nas políticas fiscais subnacionais” (the effect of reelection on subnational fiscal policy), coauthored with Fernanda Marciniuk, accepted for publication in Revista Brasileira de Economia.
October 19, 2018. Paper “Eficiência, atratividade e dissuasão de acordos de leniência e combate à corrupção: o caso da Operação Lava-Jato” co-authored with Rafael M. Gomes, Roberto H. de Aragão Neto and André L. Gama has been selected for publication in Revista de Informação Legislativa-RIL.
October 19, 2018. Academic seminar presentation of the research “Partisan Transfers in a Federation: Empirical evidence, political and economic consequences, political-economy rationale” at the Universidade Católica de Brasília, UCB, seminar program, UCB.
October 18, 2018. Academic seminar presentation of the research “Partisan Transfers in a Federation: Empirical evidence, political and economic consequences, political-economy rationale” at the EPRG research seminar program, University of Brasilia.
September 21, 2018. Fernanda Ledo Marciniuk obtains a CNPq Junior Post-Doc fellowship to work under my supervision at the University of Brasilia.
July, 2018. Member of the Selection Committee of the ANS (Agência Nacional de Saúde)’s “Primeiro Prêmio ANS: Concurso de Monografia sobre Saúde Suplementar“.
July 9, 2018. Member of the Doctorate Qualifying Defense Committee of Gustavo Jardim Portella, Computer Science Department, University of Brasília.
June 25, 2018. Presentation of the paper “Responsabilidade fiscal, a atuação do Poder Judiciário e o comportamento estratégico dos governantes” at theXXII Annual Conference of ALACDE, ALACDE 2018, Assución, Paraguay. Presented by co-author Débora Costa Ferreira.
June 4-7, 2018. Member of the public contest for full-professorship (Concurso Público para Professor Titular), Economics Department, FEA, University of São Paulo-USP.
June 1-2, 2018. Discussant at the New Developments in the Study of Executive Politics Conference, Vanderbilt University, USA.
May 23-25, 2018. Paper “Heterogeneity of Central Banker and Inflationary Pressure” to be presented at the XX Annual Inflation Targeting Seminar of the Banco Central do Brasil. Co-author: Fábia A. de Carvalho.
April 9, 2018. In the Media. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 204: Semana de 09 a 15 de abril.
April 6, 2018. Member of the Master thesis committee of Thamara Dutra Ribeiro, Brazilian Chamber of Deputies’ Professional Master’s Program. Title: “Teoria dos Jogos e os casos de migração partidária na Câmara dos Deputados após o TSE decidir pela fidelidade ao partido em 2007” Committee: João L. Marciano (advisor), Ricardo Martins.
March 26, 2018. In the Media. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 201: Semana de 26 de março a 2 de abril.
February 28, 2018. Master Thesis defense of André Moura. Advisor. Title: “Reforma da previdência: uma análise à luz da teoria dos jogos”. Committee: Vítor Gomes e Silva (ECO), José Ricardo da Costa e Silva (BCB e Senado Federal).
February 28, 2018. Master Thesis defense of Igor Westphal. Advisor. Title: “Avaliação da Implementação das Urnas Eletrônicas Usando Testes de Dígitos”. Committee: Ana Carolina Zoghbi (ECO), Mathieu Turgeon (IPOL).
February 26, 2018. Master Thesis qualifying of Guilherme Paiva. Advisor. Title: “Análise do comportamento político-fiscal de bancos públicos no Brasil no período 1995 – 2016 (o caso do BNDES)”. Committee: Bernardo Mueller (ECO), Fernanda Marciniuk (OPAS/ONU).
February 19, 2018. Member of the Ph.D. Thesis qualifying committee of Thiago Barbosa, title: “Meu Corrupto Favorito. Por que elegemos políticos corruptos? Evidências experimentais para o Brasil”. Committee: Mathieu Turgeon (advisor), André Borges (member). Political Science Institute, University of Brasilia (IPOL/UnB).
February 8, 2018. The paper “Japanese School or Brazilian School? Enrollment of Brazilian Students in Schools in Japan” will be published in Japanese (日本の学校かブラジル人学校か？日本におけるブラジル人児童生徒の就学) in Yokohama National University’s ECONOMIA (エコノミア）volume 68, number 1 (181) on February 2018, pages 17-40.
2017
December 2017. Publication of the paper “Lei de Benford aplicada à auditoria da reforma do Aeroporto Internacional de Minas Gerais” in Revista do Setor Público, 68(4): 915-940.
December 17, 2018. In the Media. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 195: Semana de 18 a 24 de dezembro.
December 14, 2017. Presentation of the paper “Electronic voting and Social Spending: The impact of enfranchisement on municipal public spending in Brazil” at the 45o Encontro Nacional de Economia, ANPEC 2017. Natal, Brazil. Co-authors: Rodrigo Schneider (UIUC) and Diloá Arias (UIUC).
November 2017. Publication of the article “Strategic partisan transfers in a federation: Evidence from a new Brazilian database” at the Journal of Applied Economics, 20(2): 211-239, 2017. Leading article.
November 16-18, 2017. Chair of the organizing committee of LAWLE 2017. Brasília, Brazil.
October 19, 2017. Paper “Efeitos da restrição de propostas em licitações sobre custos e expectativa de conclusão de projetos públicos” announced winner of the second place in the “Best Research Article Presented at the III Congresso Internacional de Controle e Políticas Públicas” award. Co-author: Adriana Portugal (TCDF).
October 18, 2017. Presentation of the paper: “Efeitos da restrição de propostas em licitações sobre custos e expectativa de conclusão de projetos públicos” no III Congresso Internacional de Controle e Políticas Públicas, Curitiba. Co-author: Adriana Portugal (TCDF).
October 2, 2017. In the Media. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 185: Semana de 2 a 8 de outubro.
September 29, 2017. Presentation at the II Semana pela Liberdade, UnB. Title: “Teoria dos Jogos e Federalismo Fiscal”
September 22, 2017. Presentation of the paper “Responsabilidade fiscal, a atuação do Poder Judiciário e o comportamento estratégico dos governantes” at the X Congresso Anual da ABDE (Associação Brasileira de Direito e Economia), Porto Alegre. Co-autores: Fernando Meneguin (Senado Federal e IDP) e Débora Ferreira (TCU).
September 11, 2017. In the Media. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 182: Semana de 11 a 17 de setembro.
September 5, 2017. In the Media. UnB-TV. Diálogos: Direito e Economia. Interviewing prof. Fernando Meneguin.
August 28, 2017. In the Media. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 180: Semana de 28 agosto a 3 de setembro.
August 25, 2017. Portal UnB. Published the text: “O papel do Judiciário na (ir)responsabilidade fiscal“.
August 23, 2017. UnB-TV. Informe: UnB sedia workshop latino americano em direito e economia.
August 22, 2017. Presentation of the paper: “Electronic voting and Social Spending: The impact of enfranchisement on municipal public spending in Brazil” at the EEA-ESEM Lisbon 2017 Meetings. Co-authors: Rodrigo Schneider (UIUC) and Diloá Arias (UIUC). Paper presented by Diloá Arias (UIUC).
August 22, 2017. Brasil, Economia e Governo. Published the text: “O papel do Judiciário na (ir)responsabilidade fiscal“.
August 16, 2017. Presentation of the paper: “Uma proposta metodológica para a Auditoria de Obras Públicas no Distrito Federal” at CODEPLAN, the Brazilian Federal District Planning Agency (http://www.codeplan.df.gov.br/). The paper was published in the CODEPLAN working papers series, Texto para Discussão no. 30/Agosto de 2017. The entire presentation is available at TV CODEPLAN.
August 14, 2017. In the media. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 178: Semana de 14 a 20 de agosto.
August 8, 2017. In the media. Newspaper Correio Braziliense. Published the text: “O papel do Judiciário na (ir)responsabilidade fiscal“.
August 4, 2017. Paper “Ética & incentivos: devemos recompensar quem denuncia corrupção?” published in Direito GV, 13(2): 390-427, 2017.
August 3, 2017. In the media. Radio JK FM. Programa Ponto e Vírgula. Interviewed by Estevão Damázio.
July 24, 2017. In the media. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 175: Semana de 24 a 30 de julho.
July 3, 2017. In the media. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 172: Semana de 3 a 9 de julho.
June 25, 2017. In the media. Jornal Folha de São Paulo. “Crianças diagnosticadas como autistas no Japão preocupam brasileiros“. Interviewed by Ana Stela de Sousa Pinto. Read more here. And here.
June 12, 2017. In the media. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 169: Semana de 12 a 18 de junho.
June 9, 2017. Doctorate qualifying defense committee. André Bello de Sá Rosas Costa. Title: Opinião Pública e Polarização Política: Origem, Causas e Consequências. Committee: Mathieu Turgeon (advisor), André Borges and Mauricio Bugarin.
May 28, 2017. Nexo Journal. “O cálculo econômico da corrupção: incentivos e comportamento de políticos e empresários”. Interviewed by Renata Rizzi.
May 26, 2017. Publication of the book “Seleção de Amostra de Auditoria de Obras Públicas pela Lei de Benford”, co-authored with Flávia Ceccato Cunha and Adriana Portugal no IBRAOP.
May 22, 2017. In the media.TV participation. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 166: Semana de 22 a 28 de maio.
May 15, 2017. In the media. TV participation. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 165: Semana de 15 a 21 de maio.
May 4, 2017. Presentation at the Latin American Liberty Forum 2017. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3-4, 2017. Session: “High-Impact Activism in Brazil”. Title: “Brazil, 1983-2017: A chronology of crises, protests and institutional consolidation”.
April 26, 2017. Paper “Ética & incentivos: devemos recompensar quem denuncia corrupção?”, co-authored with Tomas Bugarin accepted for publication in Direito GV.
April 24, 2017. In the media. TV participation. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 162: Semana de 24 a 31 de maio.
April 19, 2017. Paper “Lei de Benford aplicada à auditoria da reforma do Aeroporto Internacional de Minas Gerais”, co-authored with Flávia Ceccato Cunha accepted for publication in the Revista do Serviço Público.
April 10, 2017. In the media. TV participation. UnB-TV. Diálogos: A Previdência e os Problemas Sociais. Interviewed by Marilson Dantas.
March 8, 2017. Opening seminar (Aula inaugural) of the “Curso de Especialização Análise Política e Políticas Públicas”, IPOL/UnB. Title: “Corrupção tolerada: O custo social da delegação”.
March 7, 2017. Paper “A Progressividade do Imposto de Renda da Pessoa Física no Brasil”, co-authored with Fábio Castro (UnB and SRF/MF) accepted for publication in Estudos Econômicos.
February 18, 2017. Paper “Strategic Partisan Transfers in a Fiscal Federation: Evidence from a new Brazilian database”, coauthored with Fernanda Marciniuk, accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Economics.
February 1, 2017. Presentation of the research output “Escola japonesa ou escola brasileira? A inserção dos estudantes brasileiros na escola no Japão” in the Workshop “Inclusão de alunos brasileiros no sistema educacional japonês”, Brazilian Embassy, Tokyo. See here for a media interview.
January 25, 2017. Presentation at the Institute of Advanced Science, Yokohama National University, Japan. Title: “Benford’s Law and Government Procurement Audit in Brazil”.
January 18, 2017. Presentation at the World Bank Masters’ Program (JJ/WBGSP for Public Policy and Taxation), Yokohama National University, Japan. Title: “Benford’s Law and Government Procurement Audit”.
2016
December 19-20, 2016. 4th “Economics of Low Carbon Markets” Workshop, São Paulo. Presentation of the paper “The Integration of Photovoltaic Energy in Brazil: Incentive Analysis”, co-authored by Vitor França. Presented by Vitor França.
December 13-16, 2016. 44o Encontro Nacional de Economia, ANPEC. Presentation of the paper “A Influência da Reeleição na Política Fiscal Subnacional”, co-authored by Fernanda Marciniuk. Presented by Fernanda Marciniuk.
November 29, 2016. Meeting at the Ministry of Education, MEXT. Tokyo, Japan.
November 23, 2016. ANAC 10 Anos Award Ceremony. Brasília, Brazil. Picture 1, Picture 2.
November 18, 2016. Presentation of the paper “Electronic Voting and Social Spending: The impact of enfranchisement on municipal public spending in Brazil” at LAWLE 2016, Bogotá, Colombia.
November 17-18, 2016. On the organizing committee of LAWLE (Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics) 2016. Bogotá, Colombia.
November 10-12, 2016. Presentation of the paper “Electronic Voting and Social Spending: The impact of enfranchisement on municipal public spending in Brazil” at LACEA-LAMES 2016, Medellín, Colombia.
November 10, 2016. Announcement of First Prize at the ANAC 10 Anos Award. “Concessão de um aeroporto: Integração entre leilão e operação utilizando a teoria dos jogos”. Joint work with Frederico Ribeiro.
November 4, 2016. Presentation of the paper “Onde politizar a burocracia? Incentivos à politização por presidentes recém-eleitos no presidencialismo de coalizão brasileiro”. IPEA. Brasília, Brazil.
November 3, 2016. Paper “Teoria dos Contratos, incentivos e o Prêmio Nobel de Economia de 2016: Contribuições de Bengt Holmström e Oliver Hart” published in blog “Brasil, Economia e Governo“.
October 21, 2016. Presentation of the project “Brazilian kids in Japanese schools: Integration of Brazilian Students in the Japanese National Public School System –A proposal for fostering social adaptation of Brazilian families in Japan”. Brazilian embassy, Tokyo, Japan.
October 18, 2016. Meeting at the Japan Board of Audits. Tokyo, Japan.
September 26, 2016. Paper “É eficiente a prisão a partir da decisão de segunda instância?” published in “Brasil, Economia e Governo“.
September 13, 2016. Paper “É eficiente a prisão a partir da decisão de segunda instância?” published in Boletim Legislativo, 51, 2016.
September 12, 2016. Paper “Porque Lula-Palocci-Meirelles funcionou e Dilma-Levy-Tombini não?” published in “Brasil, Economia e Governo“.
August 27, 2016. Master thesis defense (virtual). Matheus de Mello de Assunção. “Do people vote for education? Evidence from Brazilian municipal elections”. Advisor: Fernanda Estevan. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin, Enlinson Mattos, Raphael Corbi.
August 22, 2016. Essay “Rio 2016: What if the Olympics were a country… how unequal would it be?” available in this blog’s Essays section.
August 9, 2016. Special lecture. “The Current Situation of Brazil & the Public Sector Reform”. Yokohama National University.
Second semester, 2016. Post Doc at Yokohama National University, Japan.
July 22, 2016. Undergraduate monograph defense (virtual). Érica Rebelo. “A Lei de Benford e Fraudes Eleitorais: O Caso das Eleições Presidenciais Brasileiras de 2014”. Advisor. Committee: Flávia Ceccato.
July 11-13, 2016. Presentation of the paper “Wealth, economic shocks and preference for redistribution: The security-income trade-off” at the PET 16-Rio (Association for Public Economic Theory). Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
July 7, 2016. PhD thesis defense. Fernanda Marciniuk. “A Influência de Fatores Políticos e Institucionais na Política Fiscal Subnacional”. Advisor. Committee: Maria Tanuri Pianto, Mathieu Turgeon, Rafael Terra, Sérgio Gadelha.
July 6, 2016. Master thesis defense. Vítor França. “A Inserção da Energia Fotovoltaica no Brasil: Uma Análise de Incentivos”. Advisor. Committee: Ivan Marques de Toledo Camargo, Hélvio Neves Guerra.
July 5, 2016. Master thesis defense. Denise Gontijo. “Crescimento Econômico no Brasil recente: Uma análise da interação entre o governo e a sociedade”. Advisor. Committee: José Ricardo da Costa e Silva, Roberto Ellery, Jr.
June 27, 2016. Master thesis defense. Frederico Ribeiro. “Concessão de um aeroporto: Integração entre leilão e operação utilizando a Teoria dos Jogos”. Advisor. Committee: Gil Riella, Nathalia Souza.
June 6-10, 2016. Chair of the organizing committee of the “Fourth Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group” and of the “First International Workshop in Economics & Politics – FIWEP“. Brasília, Brazil.
May 6, 2016. Presentation of the paper: “Electronic voting and Social Spending: The impact of enfranchisement on municipal public spending in Brazil” at the 13th Midwest International Economic development Conference (MIEDC 2016), Minneapolis, USA. Co-authors: Rodrigo Schneider (UIUC) and Diloá Arias (UIUC). Presented by Rodrigo Schneider (UIUC).
May 1, 2016. Paper “Incentivos à corrupção e à inação no serviço público: Uma análise de desenho de mecanismos“, co-authored with Fernando Meneguin, published in Estudos Econômicos.
April 15, 2016. Paper on “Qualidade do Gasto Público no Programa Bolsa Família: Diagnóstico, mecanismos de aprimoramento e impacto fiscal” (Public expenditure quality in the Bolsa Familia CCT Program: Diagnosis, improving mechanisms and fiscal impact) presented at the ESP Seminar-ECO/UnB and at the Ministry of Social Development (MDS).
April 15, 2016. Master dissertation qualification. Frederico Ribeiro. “Cumprimento de contratos de infraestrutura aeroportuária”. Advisor. Committee: Gil Riella.
April 5, 2016. Doctorate thesis defense. Augusto Marques de Castro Oliveira. “Gasto em educação e o diferencial de salários por qualificação – Elasticidade de substituição entre consumo e adimplência”. Member of the committee. Committee: Wilfredo L. Maldonado (advisor), José A. Divino, Jaime J. Orrillo, Luís F. V. N. Pereira.
March 31, 2016. Paper “Danos sociais e punitive damages: instrumentos para a correção da seleção adversa e do risco moral na responsabilidade civil” (Social damages and punitive damages: instruments for correcting adverse selection and moral hazard problems in civil liability) accepted for publication in Economic Analysis of Law Review (EALR).
March 18, 2016. Interview on the prize-winning article “Qualidade do Gasto Público no Programa Bolsa Família: Diagnóstico, mecanismos de aprimoramento e impacto fiscal” (Public expenditure quality in the Bolsa Familia CCT Program: Diagnosis, improving mechanisms and fiscal impact) at the University of Brasilia main homepage: http://www.unb.br/noticias/unbagencia/unbagencia.php?id=9951
March 17, 2016. Secretary of the Federal Budget (SOF) Award Ceremony.
March 9, 2016. Paper on “Qualidade do Gasto Público no Programa Bolsa Família: Diagnóstico, mecanismos de aprimoramento e impacto fiscal” (Public expenditure quality in the Bolsa Familia CCT Program: Diagnosis, improving mechanisms and fiscal impact) cited at the José Roberto Afonso’s blog “Portal de Economia“.
March 1st, 2016. Article “Qualidade do Gasto Público no Programa Bolsa Família: Diagnóstico, mecanismos de aprimoramento e impacto fiscal” (Public expenditure quality in the Bolsa Familia CCT Program: Diagnosis, improving mechanisms and fiscal impact) announced winner of the VIII Secretary of the Federal Budget (SOF) Award.
2015 (update: YNU visiting professor, publications)
December 17. Ph.D. Thesis Proposal Defense. Fernanda Marciniuk. “Ensaios em Política Fiscal e Reeleição”. Advisor. Committee: Rafael Terra, Sérgio Gadelha.
December 15. Undergraduate monograph defense. Rafael Richter. “Em busca de transparência: a Lei de Benford aplicada às despesas eleitorais”. Advisor. Committee: Mathieu Turgeon.
December 9. Undergraduate monograph defense. Renata Motta Café. “O uso da Lei de Benford na auditoria de obras públicas: o caso do VLP”. Advisor. Committee: Adriana Cuoco Portugal.
December 5. Presentation of the paper “Incentives in the in Brazilian Bolsa Família CCT Program” at the Third Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group.
December 4-5. Third Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group (CNPq-UnB), Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia. Organizing committee: Maurício Bugarin, Mathieu Turgeon. http://econpolrg.com/1386-2/
December 3. the book “Inequality and the Cost of Electoral Campaigns in Brazil and Japan” has been accepted for publication by Lap Lambert Academic Publishing.
November, 30. Member of the Committee for Full Professorship Examination (Concurso para Professor Titular) of prof. Marcelo Resende de Mendonça e Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro.
November 19. Presentation of the paper “Ex-ante Executive Regulation versus ex-post Judicial Activism: A game theoretic analysis of the main trade-offs” at LAWLE 2015, Mexico City, Mexico.
November, 15-21. Co-organizer of the Latin American Workshop on Law and Economics, LAWLE-2015. Mexico City. http://www.lawle.org
November 18. Special conference (Conferencia Magistral) “Los Principios económicos de la regulación normativa”, Universidad Anáhuac Mexico Sur, Mexico City, Mexico.
October 19. Paper “Efficiency in a Monotonic Partnership with Investment: An endogenous implementation of Holmström’s Principal” published at Bulletin of Business and Economics.
October 21. Presentation of the seminar “Wealth, economic shocks and preference for redistribution: The security-income trade-off” at the 2015-II Seminar Program of the Economics and Politics Research Group.
October 7. Paper “Incentivos à Corrupção e à Inação no Serviço Público: Uma análise de desenho de mecanismos” accepted for publication at Estudos Econômicos.
August 28. Paper “Efficiency in a Monotonic Partnership with Investment: An endogenous implementation of Holmström’s Principal” accepted for publication in the September 2015 issue of Bulletin of Business and Economics.
August 20. Paper “Lei de Benford para a Auditoria de Obras Públicas; Análise de Sobrepreço na Construção da Arena da Amazônia” published in BLC – Boletim de Licitações e Contratos.
July 31. Presentation of the ISER Seminar: “Wealth, economic shocks and preference for redistribution: The security-income trade-off“. Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
June 22. Presentation of the seminar: “Turnover of Political Appointments in Brazilian Federal Government, 1999-2014“. Yokohama National University, International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Department of International Development.
June 14. Discussion on the topic: “Japan from a Brazilian perspective & Brazil” at the Yokohama Totsuzawa International Forum, Yokohama, Japan.
March 12. Presentation of the lecture: “Preferences for Redistribution: A model and empirical evidence“, Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, Chiba, Japan.
February 23. Presentation of the lecture: “Brazilian Presidential Elections in 2014“, Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, Chiba, Japan.
February 19. Presentation of the lecture: “General Review of Brazil: recent politics, economics, social and diplomatic issues“. JETRO, Tokyo, Japan.
January 28. Presentation of the Special Lecture: “Preferences for Income Redistribution“. IDE Advanced Scool-IDEAS, Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, Chiba, Japan.
January 12-March 16. Special Visiting Professor. Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, Chiba, Japan. Special lectures on Preferences for Redistribution:
January 16: “Overview”, January 23: “Literature Review”. February 6: “Modeling”. February 27: “Methods”. March 6: “Analysis”.
2014 (update: YNU visiting professor)
December 9-12. 42o Encontro Nacional de Economia, ANPEC. Presentation of the paper “Consórcio público municipal: Uma análise institucional”, co-authored by Hilton Machado and Suzana Bastos. Presented by Hilton Machado. Natal, Brazil.
December 3. Publication of the paper “Rotatividade nos cargos de confiança da administração federal brasileira (1999-2013)”, co-authored with Felix Lopez and Karina Bugarin at the special issue on Bureaucracy and Public Policy of Revista do Serviço Público.
June 7. Second Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group. Chair of the organizing committee. Organizing Committee: Mauricio Bugarin, Mathieu Turgeon, Marcelo Medeiros, Roberto Ellery, Bernardo Mueller.
June 4. Master thesis defense. Marcelo Araújo Matias Pimentel (IPOL/UnB). Title: Os determinantes dos gastos sociais das prefeituras: o papel do financiamento eleitoral. Committee: Mathieu Turgeon (advisor), Lúcio Rennó and Mauricio Bugarin.
May 29. Publication of the paper “Rotatividade nos Cargos de Confiança da Administração Federal Brasileira (1999-2012) – Resultados Preliminares” at the Boletim de Análise Político-Institucional, 5, 55-64.
May 27. Mauricio Bugarin and Tomás Bugarin receive the Robert D. Cooter Award’s Honorary Mention at ALACDE conference in Guatemala for the research “Moral & Incentives: An applied mechanism design analysis of a bill that rewards citizens for denouncing corruption in Brazil“.
May 26-28. ALACDE conference, Guatemala. Presentation of the paper “Moral & Incentives: An applied mechanism design analysis of a bill that rewards citizens for denouncing corruption in Brazil“, co-authored with Tomás Bugarin, and the paper “Ex-ante Executive Regulation & ex-post Judicial Activism: A game theoretic analysis of the main trade-offs“, co-authored with Fernando Meneguin.
April 25. Master thesis defense. André Melo (UnB). Title: Discriminatory versus uniform-price auctions: an empirical analysis of the Brazilian Treasury auctions. Advisor.
Committee: José G. de Lara Resende, José Franco M. de Moraes.
April 23. PhD thesis proposal defense. Hélio Fonseca (UnB). Title: Termo de ajustamento de conduta (TAC) nas telecomunicações: Histórico, informações e incentivo, contratos e leilões. Advisor. Committee: Ricardo Araújo and Vander Lucas.
April 17. The paper “Turnover of Political Appointments in Brazil: 1999 to 2012 – Key indicators”, co-authored with Felix Lopes (IPEA) and Karina Bugarin (Economics and Politics Research Group) has been accepted for publication at the Journal International Cooperation Studies (JICS), Kobe University, Japan. It will be published in Vol.22 No.1, July 2014.
March 31. The book review “How Latin American countries became fiscal conservatives: A book review of ‘Globalization and Austerity Politics in Latin America’ by Stephen Kaplan” has been accepted for publication at the Journal of International Cooperation Studies (JICS), Kobe University, Japan. It will be published in Vol.22 No.1, July 2014.
March 26. VII Congresso CONSAD de Administração Pública, Brasilia, Brazil. Presentation of the article: “Rotatividade nos cargos de confiança da Administração Federal brasileira (1999-2012)”, joint work with Felix Lopes (IPEA) and Karina Bugarin (SEA/PR).
March 12. International Workshop on Game Theory and Economic Applications of the Game Theory Society, São Paulo, Brazil. I was invited to become scientific co-organizer of the IWGTS 2014, to be held in São Paulo from July 25 to 31.
March 6. Paper “Rotatividade nos Cargos de Confiança da Administração Federal Brasileira (1999-2012) – Resultados Preliminares”, with Felix Lopez and Karina Bugarin accepted for publication in Boletim de Análise Político-Institucional, IPEA.
February 14. Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society, São Paulo, Brazil. I was invited to become a member of the Scientific Committee of the LAMES 2014, to be held in São Paulo from November 20 to 22.
January 24. Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan. Presentation of the article: “Incentives for Corruption and Inertia in the Brazilian Civil Service: A Mechanism Design Approach”.
January 16. Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. Presentation of the seminar: “From the ‘Diretas Já’ to the ‘Passe Livre’ street demonstrations: 30 years of citizen-led institutional consolidation in Brazil”.
2013 (to be updated: Osaka event)
December 12, 2013. 35o Encontro Brasileiro de Econometria, SBE, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Presentation of the paper: “Inequality and the Cost of Electoral Campaigns: Game Theoretic Predictions and the Cases of Brazil and Japan”.
December 10-12, 2013. 35o Encontro Brasileiro de Econometria, SBE, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. President of the Selection Committee for the SBE Prêmio Teoria (Brazilian Econometric Society Economic Theory Award).
December 10, 2013. 41o Encontro Nacional de Economia, ANPEC, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Presentation of the article: “Incentivos à Corrupção e à Inação no Serviço Público Brasileiro: Uma Análise de Desenho de Mecanismos”.
November 20, 2013. keynote speaker presenting the paper “Silver Jubilee of the Citizen Consitution: Evidences and Challenges of the Newer Brazil”. Osaka, Japan. Jointly organized by Asahi Shinbum and IDE-JETRO.
November 18, 2013. Article in the media. Article at IDE-JETRO website commenting on the event “Seeking Compatibility between Economic Growth and Social Justice: Focussing on the Experiences of the New Brazil”. Tokyo, Japan and my participation as one of the 3 keynote speakers.
November 18, 2013. Keynote speaker presenting the paper: “Silver Jubilee of the Citizen Consitution: Evidences and Challenges of the Newer Brazil” at the International Symposium “Seeking Compatibility between Economic Growth and Social Justice: Focussing on the Experiences of the New Brazil”. Tokyo, Japan. Jointly organized by Asahi Shinbum, The World Bank and IDE-JETRO.
November 17, 2013. Keynote speaker presenting the paper: “On the Institutional Incentives Faced by Brazilian Civil Servants” at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Social Sciences on Latin America, IDE, Chiba, Japan.
October 31-November 2, 2013. LACEA/LAMES 2013. Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society-Annual Meeting of LACEA, Mexico City, Mexico. Presentation of the paper: “Partisan transfers in a fiscal federation: New evidence from Brazil”.
October 1, 2013. Kobe University, Japan. Visiting researcher. From October to February 2014.
September 21, 2013. First Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group. Organizer of the event. Presentation of the paper “Ética & Incentivos: O que diz a Teoria Econômica sobre recompensar quem denuncia a corrupção?”
September 20, 2013. Master thesis defense. Gilberto Stanzioni (UnB). Title: “Composição Ótima da Dívida Pública: Um mecanismo para subsidiar a escolha do portfólio ideal de longo prazo”. Advisor. Committee: Fabiano Maia Pereira (STN) and Waldery Rodrigue Júnior (IPEA).
July 19, 2013. Undergraduate monograph defense. Teresa Cavalcanti (UnB). Title: “Crises Econômicas do Século 21 e Perspectivas para o Brasil”. Advisor. Committee: Geovana Bertussi (UnB).
July 15, 2013. 10:30. Undergraduate monograph defense. Gustavo Coelho (UnB). Title: “Leilões de Posição”. Advisor. Committee: Gil Riella (UnB).
July 12, 2013. 10:30. PhD thesis defense of Nathália Souza (UnB). Title: “Informação e Incentivos na Regulação das Telecomunicações no Brasil”. Co-advisor. Committee: Paulo Loureiro (advisor, UnB) and Roberto Ellery Jr. (UnB).
June 28, 2013. Presentation of the article: “Inequality and the Cost of Electoral Campaigns: The Cases of Brazil and Japan” at LAPCIPP’s internal seminar.
June 24, 2013. Public hearings’ presentation at the Brazilian Supreme Court on the research on electoral campaign finance. Participação convidada na Audiência Pública sobre Financiamento de Campanhas, STF. Veja vídeo aqui.
June 24, 2013. Interview at BandNewsFM ou electoral campaign reform and the presentation at the Brazilian Supreme Court.
June 18, 2013. The article “Incentivos à corrupção e à inação no serviço público: Uma análise de desenho de mecanismos” receives the Edgardo Buscaglia ALACDE Award for Empirical Research in Law and Economics. ALACDE, Rio de Janeiro.
June 14, 2013. Master thesis proposal of Marcelo Pimentel (IPOL/UnB). Title: “Os determinantes do gasto público municipal: O papel do financiamento eleitoral”. Thesis committee member. Committee: Mathieu Turgeon (Advisor) and Denilson Bandeira Coêlho (member).
June 12, 2013. Release of the Economics and Politics (CNPq) Research Group. Release of the CERME-CIEF-LAPCIPP-MESP Working Paper Series. Presentation at the event. Title: “Breve apresentação do Economics and Politics Research Group – EPRG”.
June 9, 2013. International Workshop on Game Theory and Economic Applications of the Game Theory Society, São Paulo, Brazil. I was invited to become a member of the local organizing committee and of the scientific committee of the IWGTS 2014, to be held in São Paulo from July 25 to 31.
June 6, 2013. Master thesis proposal of Flavia Ceccato (UnB). Title: “Aplicações da Lei Newcomb-Benford à auditoria de obras públicas”. Advisor. Committee: Bernardo Mueller (UnB) and Waldery Rodrigues Jr. (IPEA).
May 27, 2013. Presentation at the Instituto Rio Branco, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Title: “Game theory in International Economic Relations”, in Portuguese.
May 24, 2013. Júlia Korte, from Brazilian weekly news magazine Época publishes the article “Jane é um gênio. Da matemática” in which I am cited.
May 22, 2013. The article “Partidos, facções e a ocupação dos cargos de confiança no executivo federal” co-authored by Felix Lopez (IPEA) Karina Bugarin (SEA/PR) and myself has been accepted for presentation at the 2013 meetings of ANPOCS in Águas de Lindóia (SP) on September 23rd to 27th, 2013.
May 17, 2013. Master thesis defense of Antônio Ronieel Belém (UnB). Title: “Leilões de Aeroportos: Uma Análise da Restrição de Oferta Unitária”. Advisor. Committee: Marilda Sotomayor (USP) and Gil Riella (UnB).
May 15, 2013. Prof. Anthony Hall, from London School of Economics and Political Science publishes a review of the book “The Great Gap: Inequality and Politics of Redistribution in Latin America” in the first issue of volume 45 of the Journal of Latin American Studies.
May 14, 2013. Presentation at PET/ECO/UnB. Title: “Conhecendo o ECO: Prof. Maurício Bugarin“.
April 22, 2013. The article “Incentivos à Corrupção e à Inação no Serviço Público: Uma Análise de Desenho de Mecanismos” co-authored by Fernando Meneguin and myself has been accepted for presentation at the 2013 meeting of ALACDE in Rio on June 17th and 18th, 2013.
April 19, 2013. The article “Partisan Voluntary Transfers in a Fiscal Federation: New Evidence from Brazil” co-authored by Ricardo Ubrig (Whirlpool) and myself has been accepted for presentation at the X International Colloquium in Lisbon on May 28 and 29, 2013. (Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the event.)
April 15, 2013. PhD thesis Qualification defense of Nathália Souza (UnB). Co-advisor. Committee: Paulo Loureiro (advisor, UnB) and Roberto Ellery Jr. (UnB).
March 1, 2013. Presentation of the article “Partisan Voluntary Transfers in a Fiscal Federation: New Evidence from Brazil” co-authored by Ricardo Ubrig (Whirlpool) and myself at the LAPCIPP’s “Seminário de Encerramento do Semestre 02/2012”, IPOL/UnB. Please check here.
February 6, 2013. The award-winning article “Um Modelo Econômico para a Responsabilidade Civil na Defesa do Consumidor” (“An Economic Model for Torts in Consumer Protection Policy”), co-authored by Fernando Meneguin (Brazilian Federal Senate) and myself, has been published at the second issue of volume 3 (2012) of Economic Analysis of Law Review (EALR).
February 2013. Comment on the book “The Great Gap: Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution in Latin America” (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2011), in which I wrote a chapter, published in the Journal of Latin American Studies, 45(1):174-175, 2013, by Antony Hall.
January 19, 2013. The research on incentives to public managers, which won the first place in the Brazilian Treasury Secretariat Public Finance Award last December has received wide media coverage, being commented at over 15 general interest web sites and blogs. Please check here.
September-December, 2012
December 18, 2012. Article in the media. Blog do Moreno discusses the findings of the article “O Papel das Instituições nos Incentivos para a Gestão Pública” that won the first place in the Brazilian Treasury Secretariat Public Finance Award on December 4, 2012.
December 16, 2012. Article in the media, O Globo, (by André de Souza) discussing the article “O Papel das Instituições nos Incentivos para a Gestão Pública” that won the first place in the Brazilian Treasury Secretariat Public Finance Award on December 4, 2012.
December 7, 2012. Seminar “O conceito de racionalidade em Teoria dos Jogos e suas ramificações“, Department of Philosophy, University of Brasilia.
December 4, 2012, 15h. Award ceremony for the “Prêmio Tesouro Nacional de Finanças Públicas” (Brazilian Treasury Secretariat Public Finance Award – 2012).
December 3, 2012. Publication of the article “A Emenda Constitutcional dos Precatórios: Histórico, Incentivos e Leilões de Precatórios” at Estudos Econômicos.
November 30, 2012. Member of the selection committee for professors of economic theory (Comissão julgadora do concurso público de professor doutor do Departamento de Economia, especialidade: Teoria Econômica, FEA/RP), University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto.
November 21, 2012. General interest article “Como Tornar a Gestão Pública Mais Eeficiente?” published in the Economics blog “Brasil Economia e Governo”
November 14, 2012. Member of the PhD thesis defense of Luis Felipe Pereira, Catholic University of Brasilia, Brasilia. Title: “Controle de erros de aproximação da função de política com utilidades recursivas e previsão de recessões a partir de curva yield”. Advisor: Wilfredo Leiva Maldonado.
November 1-3, 2012. Presentation of the paper: “Inequality and the cost of electoral campaigns: The cases of Brazil and Japan” at the LACEA-LAMES 2012, the annual meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (Lacea) and the Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society (Lames),
Lima, Peru.
October 27, 2012. Member of the PhD thesis defense of Ivo Gico Jr. University of Brasilia, Brasilia. Title: “Tragédia do Judiciário: Subinvestimento em capital jurídico e sobreutilização do Judiciário”. Advisor: Bernardo Mueller.
October 5, 2012. Article “A Emenda Constitucional dos Precatórios: Histórico, Incentivos e Leilões de Deságio”, on court-ordered debt payments in Brazil, accepted for publication at Estudos Econômicos.
September 25, 2012. General interest article “O que é desenho de mecanismos e qual a importância de seu estudo?” published in the Economics blog “Brasil Economia e Governo”
(2007-2012: To be completed…)
2007
November 2007. Selected for inclusion in the 25th Silver Anniversary Edition of Who’s Who in the World.
October 16, 2007. In the media. Valor Econômico. Interviewed by Sergio Lamucci on Mechanism Design and the 2007 Nobel Prize.
October 16, 2007. In the media. Folha de São Paulo. Interviewed about Mechanism Design and the 2007 Nobel Prize.
July 26-August 3, 2007. Participating in the Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning, Harvard Business School.
April 20, 2007. In the media. Valor Econômico. Maria Cristina Fernandes cites my research on the fiscal effects of reelection.
2004
December 9, 2004. In the media. O Estado de São Paulo. Roberto Macedo cites my award-winning research on partisan transfers.
2002
July 2002. In the media. Cover page of the Newspaper “UnB Notícias” featuring Game Theory and the First Brazilian Workshop of the Game Theory Society.
2001
August 23, 2001. Patrono da Turma 2001-I de Graduação em Economia, Departamento de Economia, Universidade de Brasília.
August, 2020. Publication of the book chapter “Efeito da Urna Eletrônica sobre o Volume e a Composição do Gasto Público Municipal“, coauthored with Rodrigo Schneider and Diloá Athias in the book: “Economia & Sustentabilidade – Princípios Fundamentais”, Editora Conhecimento Livre.
July 7, 2020. Member of the Master Thesis qualifying exam committee of Yuri Ferreira G. Dias, title: “Um modelo de leilão para estimular a competição por outorgas de autorização de pequenas centrais hidroelétricas”. Economics Department, Federal University of Goiás. Committee: Paulo Scalco (adviser), Wilfredo Maldonado (co-adviser), Mauricio Soares Bugarin, Francisco Bruno de Lima Holanda.
June 15, 2020. Publication of the short opinion article “A covid-19 e a Teoria Econômica: sentindo na pele a dramática diferença entre risco e incerteza” at the University of Brasilia Portal.
June 8, 2020. The general interest article “Por um diretor-geral da Polícia Federal com mandato fixo e intercalado com o mandato presidencial” has been published in the blog Brasil, Economia e Governo.
June 6, 2020. The general interest article “Covid-19: e teoria econômica: diferença entre risco e incerteza” originally published in the digital Journal NEXO has also been published in the blog Brasil, Economia e Governo.
June 2, 2020. In the media. Interviewed by reporter Thiago Resende and cited in his article “Fila do Bolsa Família ainda penaliza Norte e Nordeste“. The article resonated in the following media:
JORNAL O NOROESTE – ONLINE – MT, June 3, 2020.
UGT – SP, June 3, 2020.
SOCIALISMO CRIATIVO, June 3, 2020.
May 27, 2020. Publication of the short opinion article “Por um diretor-geral da Polícia Federal com mandato fixo e intercalado com o mandato presidencial” at the University of Brasilia Portal.
May 22, 2020. Virtual seminar at Universidad del CEMA, Argentina. Paper presented: “Job security, attitude towards risk and preference for social insurance: A note on ‘Earnings inequality and welfare spending’ by Moene and Wallerstein”.
May 21, 2020. In the media. Publication of the general interest article “Covid-19: e teoria econômica: diferença entre risco e incerteza” in the digital Journal NEXO.
May 7, 2020. The paper “Electronic voting and public spending: the impact of de facto enfranchisement on federal budget amendments in Brazil” has been published in the Journal of Applied Economics.
May 5, 2020. The paper “Elections, Heterogeneity of Central Bankers and Inflationary Pressure: the case for staggered terms for the president and the central banker”, co-authored with Fábia A. de Carvalho was accepted for presentation in the 12th World Congress of the Econometric Society: ESWC 2020.
April 1st, 2020. The paper “Leilões para conversão de dívida em investimento: Uma proposta da teoria de leilões para implantação dos Termos de Ajuste de Conduta (TAC) da ANATEL”, with Hélio M. M. da Fonseca has been published as a “leading article” in Revista do Serviço Público, 71 (1) 8-37 jan/mar 2020.
April 1st, 2020. Master thesis defense committee president. Student: Andrei Ricardo Monteiro Leite. Title: Doação Privada de Campanha: Atuação de grupos de interesse junto a parlamentares socialmente conectados. Department of Economics University of Brasilia. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (advisor), Arnaldo Mauerberg Junior, Pedro Fernando de Almeida Nery Ferreira.
February 14, 2020. Seminar at Vanderbilt University (Center For the Study of Democratic Institutions, Department of Political Science). Title: “Job security, attitude towards risk and preference for social insurance: A note on ‘Earnings inequality and welfare spending’ by Moene and Wallerstein”.
2019
December, 2019. The paper “Does enfranchisement affect fiscal policy? Theory and empirical evidence on Brazil” has been published in Economics of Governance.
December 16, 2019. Presentation of the paper “Airport concessions and investment in Brazil: Appearances can be deceiving” in the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group – EPRG, University of Brasilia, Brasilia. Presented by co-author: Frederico Ribeiro.
December 16-17, 2019. Seventh Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group – EPRG, University of Brasilia, Brasilia. In the organizing committee.
December 9, 2019. Invited to become a member of the Editorial Board of Estudos Econômicos, pelo período de 2020-2024.
November 29, 2019. Member of the PhD thesis defense of Thiago de A. Barbosa. Title: “POR QUE VOTAMOS EM CORRUPTOS? Evidências experimentais sobre as limitações do voto no combate à corrupção”. Political Science Department, University of Brasilia, Committee: Mathieu Turgeon (advisor), Lucio Rennó, Nara de Carvalho Pavão.
November 20-21, 2019. Sixth Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, LAWLE 2019, ITAM, Mexico city. In the organizing committee.
November 20, 2019. Paper “Airport concessions and investment in Brazil: Appearances can be deceiving” co-authored with Frederico Ribeiro in the Sixth Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, LAWLE 2019, ITAM, Mexico city.
November 11, 2019. Book chapter “Descentralização administrativa e de receitas” co-authored with Sérgio Gadelha accepted for publication in the book “REFORMA DO ESTADO- Transformando a atuação do Governo” edited by Fabio Giambiagi, Guimarães Ferreira and Antônio Marcos Hoelz Ambrózio.
October 25, 2019. Paper “Does Enfranchisement Affect Fiscal Policy? Theory and Empirical Evidence on Brazil” published in the journal Economics of Governance. Co-auhtors: Rodrigo Schneider and Diloá Arias. doi:10.1007/s10101-019-00230-6
October 23, 2019. Paper “Leilões para conversão de dívida em investimento: Uma proposta da teoria de leilões para implantação dos Termos de Ajuste de Conduta (TAC) da ANATEL” accepted for publication in the journal Revista do Serviço Público. Co-author: Hélio M. M. da Fonseca.
October 14, 2019. Paper “Opportunistic political cycles and judicial interpretation: A decision-theoretic model with a case study for Brazil” accepted for presentation at ALACDE 2019, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Law and Economics Association.
September 30, 2019. Paper “Does Enfranchisement Affect Fiscal Policy? Theory and Empirical Evidence on Brazil” accepted for publication in the journal Economics of Governance. Co-auhtors: Rodrigo Schneider and Diloá Arias.
September 29, 2019-September 28, 2020. Post-doctoral research at the Political Science Department, Vanderbilt University.
September, 2019. Retroactive publication of the paper “Responsabilidade fiscal, a atuação do Poder Judiciário e o Comportamento Estratégico dos governantes” in Economic Analysis of Law Review, 9(3): 30-51, 2018. Co-authors: Débora Costa Ferreira and Fernando Meneguin.
September 23, 2019. The Brazilian Central Bank published the working paper “Elections, Heterogeneity of Central Bankers and Inflationary Pressure: the case for staggered terms for the president and the central banker“, Working Paper Series No. 501. Co-author: Fábia A. de Carvalho.
September 22, 2019. Paper “Electronic voting and Public Spending: The impact of de facto enfranchisement on federal budget amendments in Brazil” accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Economics. Co-auhtors: Rodrigo Schneider and Diloá Arias.
September 6, 2019. Member of the Master Thesis qualifying exam committee of Yuri Ferreira G. Dias, title: “Análise das Estratégias de Competição nos Mercados das Pequenas Centrais Hidroelétricas”. Economics Department, Federal University of Goiás. Committee: Wilfrado Maldonado, Paulo Scalco.
August 8, 2019. Three papers accepted for presentation in LACEA-LAMES 2019: 1. Redistribution in contemporary Japan: A political economy analysis of Ide, Furuichi and Miyazaki (2016)’s “All for All” fiscal reform proposal; 2. Elections, Heterogeneity of Central Bankers and Inflationary Pressure: The case for staggered terms for the president and the central banker, with Fábia Carvalho; 3. Wealth, economic shocks and preference for redistribution: The security-income trade-off, with Yasushi Hasama.
June 19, 2019. Publication of the paper “A influência da reeleição nas políticas fiscais subnacionais” co-authored with Fernanda Marciniuk in Revista Brasileira de Economia.
June 13, 2019. Paper “Airport concessions and investment in Brazil: Appearances can be deceiving“, coauthored with Frederico Ribeiro, invited for presentation at the Sixth Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, LAWLE 2019, ITAM, Mexico city, November 20-21, 2019.
April 25, 2019. Publication of the working paper “Closed Season e Seguro-Defeso: Análise de Incentivos e Avaliação de Impacto” co-authored with Artur Santos and Paulo Loureiro in the Working Paper Series of the Economics and Politics Research Group.
April 1, 2019. Member of the PhD Thesis committee of Mayana Borges da Cunha, title: “Metacontingências no Jogo do Dilema do Prisioneiro: Efeitos da interação verbal e da relação custo/benefício sobre a cooperação”. Departamento de Processos Psicológicos Básicos, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de Brasília. Committee: Laércia Abreu Vasconcelos (advisor).
March 28, 2019. University of Brasilia Economics Department Undergraduate Graduation Ceremony. As the president of the organizing committee, I have been invited to be the master of ceremonies (mestre de cerimônias).
March 17, 2019. The paper “The Judiciary and the Incentives for Subnational Governments’ Fiscal Irresponsibility: A decision-theoretic model with a case study for Brazil” has been accepted for preentation at the 2019 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (2019 AMES), Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
March, 12-14, 2019. Invited discussant at the 1° Fórum Nacional sobre Crimes Econômico-Financeiros, Associação Nacional dos Peritos Criminais Federais, Curitiba. Please check the program also here. I will be part of the round table “O real peso da corrupção no desenvolvimento nacional e o confisco alargado de bens“. Certificate.
March 8, 2019. Member of the PhD Thesis committee of Fernando Pedro Fernando de Almeida Nery Ferreira, title: “Economia política do meio ambiente: identificação da bancada ruralista e outras bancadas temáticas no Congresso Nacional com análise de redes”. Committee: Bernardo Mueller (advisor), Rafael Silveira e Silva, Haroldo Ribeiro.
February 28, 2019. Awarded Post-Doctoral Fellowship, UnB/FAP-DF Programme, first place.
February 28, 2019. Member of the PhD Thesis committee of Vinicius Vizotto Zanchi, Programa de Pós Graduação em Economia, Universidade Católica de Brasília. Title: “The influence of Culture on Crime and impact of national development banks on regional growth”. Committee: Philipp Ehrl (advisor), Carlos H. C. Guitierrez, José Ângelo Divino, Vanclei Zanin.
February 22, 2019. Member of the Master’s Thesis committee of Caroline Lucion Puchale, title: “Ciclos Politico-Econômicos nos Estados Brasileiros: uma análise de gasto público através de dados em painel espacial de 2003 a 2014”. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia e Desenvolvimento, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Committee: Gilberto Oliveira Veloso (advisor), Pascoal José Marion Filho.
February 20, 2019. Publication of the working paper “A influência da reeleição nas políticas fiscais subnacionais” co-authored with Fernanda Marciniuk in the Working Paper Series of the Economics and Politics Research Group.
January 18, 2019. In the Media. Newpaper Folha de São Paulo. Interviewed by Reporter Carolina Linhares for the article: “Governadores eleitos em 2018 perdem um em cada quatro prefeitos aliados“. The article says: “Bugarin é autor de uma tese precursora sobre as transferências partidárias, ou seja, o fato de que repasses de verbas não obrigatórias tendem a manifestar uma preferência partidária. Prefeitos aliados do governador costumam receber mais recursos.” Read the entire article online here. And here.
January-November, 2019. In the organizing committee of the Sixth Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, LAWLE 2019, ITAM, Mexico city, November 20-21, 2019.
2018
December 20, 2018. Publication of the paper “Atuação do Poder Legislativo Estadual: Análise dos Incentivos dos Deputados Estaduais na Atividade Legislativa” coauthored with Débora Ferreira and Fernando Meneguin in Revista Estudos Institucionais.
December 20, 2018. Member of the PhD Thesis qualifying committee of Fernando Pedro Fernando de Almeida Nery Ferreira, title: “Economia política do meio ambiente: identificação da bancada ruralista e outras bancadas temáticas no Congresso Nacional com análise de redes”. Committee: Bernardo Mueller (advisor), Rafael Silveira e Silva.
December 19, 2018. Publication of the paper “Energia Solar Fotovoltaica: presente ou futuro?” coauthored with Vítor França in Brasília em Debate, 19: 31-36.
December 18, 2018. Lauch ceremony & debate of the volumes 19 and 20 of Brasília em Debate. I contribute in volume 19 with the paper “Energia Solar Fotovoltaica: presente ou futuro?” coauthored with Vítor França. CODEPLAN, Brasilia, Brazil.
December 1, 2018. Presentation of the paper: “Não basta a independência do BC: o que a teoria dos jogos nos diz sobre o mandato ótimo do presidente do Banco Central“, Sixth Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group. Brasilia, Brazil.
November 30, 2018. Book launch of the book: “Essays on Political Economy and Society” at the 2018 EPRG meeting. I contribute to the book with the chapter “Inequality and the Cost of Electoral Campaigns: Evidence from the Brazilian 2012 municipal elections”, co-authored with Michel Tanaka.
November 30, December 1, 2018. Chair of the Organizing Committee of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group. Brasilia, Brazil.
November 20, 2018. Invited to be part of the roundtable “Capacidade de Estado e órgãos anticorrupcção: como fortalecer as burocracias?” in the international event “Repensando o esforço anticorrupção no Brasil”, organized by the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS), American University (Washington, D.C.), the Escola Nacional de Administração Pública (ENAP), and the Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU), November 19-20, Brasilia.
November 15-16, 2018. Member of the organizing committee and presenter at LAWLE 2018, 5th Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, Santiago, Chile, November 15 – 16, 2018.
November 15, 2018. Presentation of the paper: “The Judiciary and the Incentives for Subnational Governments’ Fiscal Irresponsibility: A case study for Brazil” at LAWLE 2018, 5th Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, Santiago, Chile, November 15 – 16, 2018.
November 07, 2018. Book launch of the book: “Essays on Political Economy and Society” at the UnB Bookstore, 4pm. I contribute to the book with the chapter “Inequality and the Cost of Electoral Campaigns: Evidence from the Brazilian 2012 municipal elections”, co-authored with Michel Tanaka.
November 07, 2018. Presentation of the paper “Aplicação da Lei de Benford na detecção de jogo de planilha: o caso do estádio nacional de Brasília” at SINAOP 2018, XVIII Simpósio Nacional de Auditoria de Obras Públicas (Sinaop), organized by Instituto Brasileiro de Auditoria de Obras Públicas – Ibraop, João Pessoa, November 5-9, 2018. Co-authors: Carlos A. Cascão Jr. and Adriana Portugal. Presented by Carlos A. Cascão Jr.
November 06, 2018. Special lecture “Restrição de contratos com uma mesma empresa em um projeto público: diminuição de competitividade e necessidade de controle do jogo de cronograma” at SINAOP 2018, XVIII Simpósio Nacional de Auditoria de Obras Públicas (Sinaop), organized by Instituto Brasileiro de Auditoria de Obras Públicas – Ibraop, João Pessoa, November 5-9, 2018. Co-author: Adriana Portugal.
October 23, 2018. Paper “A influência da reeleição nas políticas fiscais subnacionais” (the effect of reelection on subnational fiscal policy), coauthored with Fernanda Marciniuk, accepted for publication in Revista Brasileira de Economia.
October 19, 2018. Paper “Eficiência, atratividade e dissuasão de acordos de leniência e combate à corrupção: o caso da Operação Lava-Jato” co-authored with Rafael M. Gomes, Roberto H. de Aragão Neto and André L. Gama has been selected for publication in Revista de Informação Legislativa-RIL.
October 19, 2018. Academic seminar presentation of the research “Partisan Transfers in a Federation: Empirical evidence, political and economic consequences, political-economy rationale” at the Universidade Católica de Brasília, UCB, seminar program, UCB.
October 18, 2018. Academic seminar presentation of the research “Partisan Transfers in a Federation: Empirical evidence, political and economic consequences, political-economy rationale” at the EPRG research seminar program, University of Brasilia.
September 21, 2018. Fernanda Ledo Marciniuk obtains a CNPq Junior Post-Doc fellowship to work under my supervision at the University of Brasilia.
July, 2018. Member of the Selection Committee of the ANS (Agência Nacional de Saúde)’s “Primeiro Prêmio ANS: Concurso de Monografia sobre Saúde Suplementar“.
July 9, 2018. Member of the Doctorate Qualifying Defense Committee of Gustavo Jardim Portella, Computer Science Department, University of Brasília.
June 28, 2018. Master thesis defense of Guilherme Paiva. Advisor. Title: “Investigação sobre o comportamento dos desembolsos dos bancos públicos para as prefeituras: BNDES, 1997 a 2014”. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin (advisor), Fernanda Marciniuk, Bernardo Mueller.
June 25, 2018. Presentation of the paper “Responsabilidade fiscal, a atuação do Poder Judiciário e o comportamento estratégico dos governantes” at theXXII Annual Conference of ALACDE, ALACDE 2018, Assución, Paraguay. Presented by co-author Débora Costa Ferreira.
June 4-7, 2018. Member of the public contest for full-professorship (Concurso Público para Professor Titular), Economics Department, FEA, University of São Paulo-USP.
June 1-2, 2018. Discussant at the New Developments in the Study of Executive Politics Conference, Vanderbilt University, USA.
May 23-25, 2018. Paper “Heterogeneity of Central Banker and Inflationary Pressure” to be presented at the XX Annual Inflation Targeting Seminar of the Banco Central do Brasil. Co-author: Fábia A. de Carvalho.
April 9, 2018. In the Media. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 204: Semana de 09 a 15 de abril.
April 6, 2018. Member of the Master thesis committee of Thamara Dutra Ribeiro, Brazilian Chamber of Deputies’ Professional Master’s Program. Title: “Teoria dos Jogos e os casos de migração partidária na Câmara dos Deputados após o TSE decidir pela fidelidade ao partido em 2007” Committee: João L. Marciano (advisor), Ricardo Martins.
March 26, 2018. In the Media. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 201: Semana de 26 de março a 2 de abril.
February 28, 2018. Master Thesis defense of André Moura. Advisor. Title: “Reforma da previdência: uma análise à luz da teoria dos jogos”. Committee: Vítor Gomes e Silva (ECO), José Ricardo da Costa e Silva (BCB e Senado Federal).
February 28, 2018. Master Thesis defense of Igor Westphal. Advisor. Title: “Avaliação da Implementação das Urnas Eletrônicas Usando Testes de Dígitos”. Committee: Ana Carolina Zoghbi (ECO), Mathieu Turgeon (IPOL).
February 26, 2018. Master Thesis qualifying of Guilherme Paiva. Advisor. Title: “Análise do comportamento político-fiscal de bancos públicos no Brasil no período 1995 – 2016 (o caso do BNDES)”. Committee: Bernardo Mueller (ECO), Fernanda Marciniuk (OPAS/ONU).
February 19, 2018. Member of the Ph.D. Thesis qualifying committee of Thiago Barbosa, title: “Meu Corrupto Favorito. Por que elegemos políticos corruptos? Evidências experimentais para o Brasil”. Committee: Mathieu Turgeon (advisor), André Borges (member). Political Science Institute, University of Brasilia (IPOL/UnB).
February 8, 2018. The paper “Japanese School or Brazilian School? Enrollment of Brazilian Students in Schools in Japan” will be published in Japanese (日本の学校かブラジル人学校か？日本におけるブラジル人児童生徒の就学) in Yokohama National University’s ECONOMIA (エコノミア）volume 68, number 1 (181) on February 2018, pages 17-40.
2017
December 2017. Publication of the paper “Lei de Benford aplicada à auditoria da reforma do Aeroporto Internacional de Minas Gerais” in Revista do Setor Público, 68(4): 915-940.
December 17, 2018. In the Media. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 195: Semana de 18 a 24 de dezembro.
December 14, 2017. Presentation of the paper “Electronic voting and Social Spending: The impact of enfranchisement on municipal public spending in Brazil” at the 45o Encontro Nacional de Economia, ANPEC 2017. Natal, Brazil. Co-authors: Rodrigo Schneider (UIUC) and Diloá Arias (UIUC).
November 2017. Publication of the article “Strategic partisan transfers in a federation: Evidence from a new Brazilian database” at the Journal of Applied Economics, 20(2): 211-239, 2017. Leading article.
November 16-18, 2017. Chair of the organizing committee of LAWLE 2017. Brasília, Brazil.
October 19, 2017. Paper “Efeitos da restrição de propostas em licitações sobre sustos e expectativa de conclusão de projetos públicos” announced winner of the second place in the “Best Research Article Presented at the III Congresso Internacional de Controle e Políticas Públicas” award. Co-author: Adriana Portugal (TCDF).
October 18, 2017. Presentation of the paper: “Efeitos da restrição de propostas em licitações sobre sustos e expectativa de conclusão de projetos públicos” no III Congresso Internacional de Controle e Políticas Públicas, Curitiba. Co-author: Adriana Portugal (TCDF).
October 2, 2017. In the Media. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 185: Semana de 2 a 8 de outubro.
September 29, 2017. Presentation at the II Semana pela Liberdade, UnB. Title: “Teoria dos Jogos e Federalismo Fiscal”
September 22, 2017. Presentation of the paper “Responsabilidade fiscal, a atuação do Poder Judiciário e o comportamento estratégico dos governantes” at the X Congresso Anual da ABDE (Associação Brasileira de Direito e Economia), Porto Alegre. Co-autores: Fernando Meneguin (Senado Federal e IDP) e Débora Ferreira (TCU).
Setember 11, 2017. In the Media. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 182: Semana de 11 a 17 de setembro.
August 28, 2017. In the Media. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 180: Semana de 28 agosto a 3 de setembro.
August 25, 2017. Portal UnB. Published the text: “O papel do Judiciário na (ir)responsabilidade fiscal“.
August 23, 2017. UnB-TV. Informe: UnB sedia workshop latino americano em direito e economia.
August 22, 2017. Presentation of the paper: “Electronic voting and Social Spending: The impact of enfranchisement on municipal public spending in Brazil” at the EEA-ESEM Lisbon 2017 Meetings. Co-authors: Rodrigo Schneider (UIUC) and Diloá Arias (UIUC). Paper presented by Diloá Arias (UIUC).
August 22, 2017. Brasil, Economia e Governo. Published the text: “O papel do Judiciário na (ir)responsabilidade fiscal“.
August 16, 2017. Presentation of the paper: “Uma proposta metodológica para a Auditoria de Obras Públicas no Distrito Federal” at CODEPLAN, the Brazilian Federal District Planning Agency (http://www.codeplan.df.gov.br/). The paper was published in the CODEPLAN working papers series, Texto para Discussão no. 30/Agosto de 2017. The entire presentation is available at TV CODEPLAN.
August 14, 2017. In the Media. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 178: Semana de 14 a 20 de agosto.
August 8, 2017. Newspaper Correio Braziliense. Published the text: “O papel do Judiciário na (ir)responsabilidade fiscal“.
August 4, 2017. Paper “Ética & incentivos: devemos recompensar quem denuncia corrupção?” published in Direito GV, 13(2): 390-427, 2017.
August 3, 2017. Radio JK FM. Programa Ponto e Vírgula. Interviewed by Estevão Damázio.
July 24, 2017. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 175: Semana de 24 a 30 de julho.
July 3, 2017. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 172: Semana de 3 a 9 de julho.
June 25, 2017. Jornal Folha de São Paulo. “Crianças diagnosticadas como autistas no Japão preocupam brasileiros“. Interviewed by Ana Stela de Sousa Pinto. Read more here. And here.
June 12, 2017. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 169: Semana de 12 a 18 de junho.
June 9, 2017. Doctorate qualifying defense committee. André Bello de Sá Rosas Costa. Title: Opinião Pública e Polarização Política: Origem, Causas e Consequências. Committee: Mathieu Turgeon (advisor), André Borges and Mauricio Bugarin.
May 28, 2017. Nexo Journal. “O cálculo econômico da corrupção: incentivos e comportamento de políticos e empresários”. Interviewed by Renata Rizzi.
May 26, 2017. Publication of the book “Seleção de Amostra de Auditoria de Obras Públicas pela Lei de Benford”, co-authored with Flávia Ceccato Cunha and Adriana Portugal no IBRAOP.
May 22, 2017. TV participation. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 166: Semana de 22 a 28 de maio.
May 15, 2017. TV participation. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 165: Semana de 15 a 21 de maio.
May 4, 2017. Presentation at the Latin American Liberty Forum 2017. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3-4, 2017. Session: “High-Impact Activism in Brazil”. Title: “Brazil, 1983-2017: A chronology of crises, protests and institutional consolidation”.
April 26, 2017. Paper “Ética & incentivos: devemos recompensar quem denuncia corrupção?”, co-authored with Tomas Bugarin accepted for publication in Direito GV.
April 24, 2017. TV participation. UnB-TV. Agenda Política 162: Semana de 24 a 31 de maio.
April 19, 2017. Paper “Lei de Benford aplicada à auditoria da reforma do Aeroporto Internacional de Minas Gerais”, co-authored with Flávia Ceccato Cunha accepted for publication in the Revista do Serviço Público.
April 10, 2017. TV participation. UnB-TV. Diálogos: A Previdência e os Problemas Sociais. Interviewed by Marilson Dantas.
March 8, 2017. Opening seminar (Aula inaugural) of the “Curso de Especialização Análise Política e Políticas Públicas”, IPOL/UnB. Title: “Corrupção tolerada: O custo social da delegação”.
March 7, 2017. Paper “A Progressividade do Imposto de Renda da Pessoa Física no Brasil”, co-authored with Fábio Castro (UnB and SRF/MF) accepted for publication in Estudos Econômicos.
February 18, 2017. Paper “Strategic Partisan Transfers in a Fiscal Federation: Evidence from a new Brazilian database”, coauthored with Fernanda Marciniuk, accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Economics.
February 1, 2017. Presentation of the research output “Escola japonesa ou escola brasileira? A inserção dos estudantes brasileiros na escola no Japão” in the Workshop “Inclusão de alunos brasileiros no sistema educacional japonês”, Brazilian Embassy, Tokyo.
January 25, 2017. Presentation at the Institute of Advanced Science, Yokohama National University, Japan. Title: “Benford’s Law and Government Procurement Audit in Brazil”.
January 18, 2017. Presentation at the World Bank Masters’ Program (JJ/WBGSP for Public Policy and Taxation), Yokohama National University, Japan. Title: “Benford’s Law and Government Procurement Audit”.
2016
December 19-20, 2016. 4th “Economics of Low Carbon Markets” Workshop, São Paulo. Presentation of the paper “The Integration of Photovoltaic Energy in Brazil: Incentive Analysis”, co-authored by Vitor França. Presented by Vitor França.
December 13-16, 2016. 44o Encontro Nacional de Economia, ANPEC. Presentation of the paper “A Influência da Reeleição na Política Fiscal Subnacional”, co-authored by Fernanda Marciniuk. Presented by Fernanda Marciniuk.
November 29, 2016. Meeting at the Ministry of Education, MEXT. Tokyo, Japan.
November 23, 2016. ANAC 10 Anos Award Ceremony. Brasília, Brazil. Picture 1, Picture 2.
November 18, 2016. Presentation of the paper “Electronic Voting and Social Spending: The impact of enfranchisement on municipal public spending in Brazil” at LAWLE 2016, Bogotá, Colombia.
November 17-18, 2016. On the organizing committee of LAWLE (Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics) 2016. Bogotá, Colombia.
November 10-12, 2016. Presentation of the paper “Electronic Voting and Social Spending: The impact of enfranchisement on municipal public spending in Brazil” at LACEA-LAMES 2016, Medellín, Colombia.
November 10, 2016. Announcement of First Prize at the ANAC 10 Anos Award. “Concessão de um aeroporto: Integração entre leilão e operação utilizando a teoria dos jogos”. Joint work with Frederico Ribeiro.
November 4, 2016. Presentation of the paper “Onde politizar a burocracia? Incentivos à politização por presidentes recém-eleitos no presidencialismo de coalizão brasileiro”. IPEA. Brasília, Brazil.
November 3, 2016. Paper “Teoria dos Contratos, incentivos e o Prêmio Nobel de Economia de 2016: Contribuições de Bengt Holmström e Oliver Hart” published in blog “Brasil, Economia e Governo“.
October 21, 2016. Presentation of the project “Brazilian kids in Japanese schools: Integration of Brazilian Students in the Japanese National Public School System –A proposal for fostering social adaptation of Brazilian families in Japan”. Brazilian embassy, Tokyo, Japan.
October 18, 2016. Meeting at the Japan Board of Audits. Tokyo, Japan.
September 26, 2016. Paper “É eficiente a prisão a partir da decisão de segunda instância?” published in “Brasil, Economia e Governo“.
September 13, 2016. Paper “É eficiente a prisão a partir da decisão de segunda instância?” published in Boletim Legislativo, 51, 2016.
September 12, 2016. Paper “Porque Lula-Palocci-Meirelles funcionou e Dilma-Levy-Tombini não?” published in “Brasil, Economia e Governo“.
August 27, 2016. Master thesis defense (virtual). Matheus de Mello de Assunção. “Do people vote for education? Evidence from Brazilian municipal elections”. Advisor: Fernanda Estevan. Committee: Mauricio Bugarin, Enlinson Mattos, Raphael Corbi.
August 22, 2016. Essay “Rio 2016: What if the Olympics were a country… how unequal would it be?” available in this blog’s Essays section.
August 9, 2016. Special lecture. “The Current Situation of Brazil & the Public Sector Reform”. Yokohama National University.
Second semester, 2016. Post Doc at Yokohama National University, Japan.
July 22, 2016. Undergraduate monograph defense (virtual). Érica Rebelo. “A Lei de Benford e Fraudes Eleitorais: O Caso das Eleições Presidenciais Brasileiras de 2014”. Advisor. Committee: Flávia Ceccato.
July 11-13, 2016. Presentation of the paper “Wealth, economic shocks and preference for redistribution: The security-income trade-off” at the PET 16-Rio (Association for Public Economic Theory). Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
July 7, 2016. PhD thesis defense. Fernanda Marciniuk. “A Influência de Fatores Políticos e Institucionais na Política Fiscal Subnacional”. Advisor. Committee: Maria Tanuri Pianto, Mathieu Turgeon, Rafael Terra, Sérgio Gadelha.
July 6, 2016. Master thesis defense. Vítor França. “A Inserção da Energia Fotovoltaica no Brasil: Uma Análise de Incentivos”. Advisor. Committee: Ivan Marques de Toledo Camargo, Hélvio Neves Guerra.
July 5, 2016. Master thesis defense. Denise Gontijo. “Crescimento Econômico no Brasil recente: Uma análise da interação entre o governo e a sociedade”. Advisor. Committee: José Ricardo da Costa e Silva, Roberto Ellery, Jr.
June 27, 2016. Master thesis defense. Frederico Ribeiro. “Concessão de um aeroporto: Integração entre leilão e operação utilizando a Teoria dos Jogos”. Advisor. Committee: Gil Riella, Nathalia Souza.
June 6-10, 2016. Chair of the organizing committee of the “Fourth Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group” and of the “First International Workshop in Economics & Politics – FIWEP“. Brasília, Brazil.
May 6, 2016. Presentation of the paper: “Electronic voting and Social Spending: The impact of enfranchisement on municipal public spending in Brazil” at the 13th Midwest International Economic development Conference (MIEDC 2016), Minneapolis, USA. Co-authors: Rodrigo Schneider (UIUC) and Diloá Arias (UIUC). Presented by Rodrigo Schneider (UIUC).
May 1, 2016. Paper “Incentivos à corrupção e à inação no serviço público: Uma análise de desenho de mecanismos“, co-authored with Fernando Meneguin, published in Estudos Econômicos.
April 15, 2016. Paper on “Qualidade do Gasto Público no Programa Bolsa Família: Diagnóstico, mecanismos de aprimoramento e impacto fiscal” (Public expenditure quality in the Bolsa Familia CCT Program: Diagnosis, improving mechanisms and fiscal impact) presented at the ESP Seminar-ECO/UnB and at the Ministry of Social Development (MDS).
April 15, 2016. Master dissertation qualification. Frederico Ribeiro. “Cumprimento de contratos de infraestrutura aeroportuária”. Advisor. Committee: Gil Riella.
April 5, 2016. Doctorate thesis defense. Augusto Marques de Castro Oliveira. “Gasto em educação e o diferencial de salários por qualificação – Elasticidade de substituição entre consumo e adimplência”. Member of the committee. Committee: Wilfredo L. Maldonado (advisor), José A. Divino, Jaime J. Orrillo, Luís F. V. N. Pereira.
March 31, 2016. Paper “Danos sociais e punitive damages: instrumentos para a correção da seleção adversa e do risco moral na responsabilidade civil” (Social damages and punitive damages: instruments for correcting adverse selection and moral hazard problems in civil liability) accepted for publication in Economic Analysis of Law Review (EALR).
March 18, 2016. Interview on the prize-winning article “Qualidade do Gasto Público no Programa Bolsa Família: Diagnóstico, mecanismos de aprimoramento e impacto fiscal” (Public expenditure quality in the Bolsa Familia CCT Program: Diagnosis, improving mechanisms and fiscal impact) at the University of Brasilia main homepage: http://www.unb.br/noticias/unbagencia/unbagencia.php?id=9951
March 17, 2016. Secretary of the Federal Budget (SOF) Award Ceremony.
March 9, 2016. Paper on “Qualidade do Gasto Público no Programa Bolsa Família: Diagnóstico, mecanismos de aprimoramento e impacto fiscal” (Public expenditure quality in the Bolsa Familia CCT Program: Diagnosis, improving mechanisms and fiscal impact) cited at the José Roberto Afonso’s blog “Portal de Economia“.
March 1st, 2016. Article “Qualidade do Gasto Público no Programa Bolsa Família: Diagnóstico, mecanismos de aprimoramento e impacto fiscal” (Public expenditure quality in the Bolsa Familia CCT Program: Diagnosis, improving mechanisms and fiscal impact) announced winner of the VIII Secretary of the Federal Budget (SOF) Award.
2015 (update: YNU visiting professor, publications)
December 17. Ph.D. Thesis Proposal Defense. Fernanda Marciniuk. “Ensaios em Política Fiscal e Reeleição”. Advisor. Committee: Rafael Terra, Sérgio Gadelha.
December 15. Undergraduate monograph defense. Rafael Richter. “Em busca de transparência: a Lei de Benford aplicada às despesas eleitorais”. Advisor. Committee: Mathieu Turgeon.
December 9. Undergraduate monograph defense. Renata Motta Café. “O uso da Lei de Benford na auditoria de obras públicas: o caso do VLP”. Advisor. Committee: Adriana Cuoco Portugal.
December 5. Presentation of the paper “Incentives in the in Brazilian Bolsa Família CCT Program” at the Third Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group.
December 4-5. Third Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group (CNPq-UnB), Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia. Organizing committee: Maurício Bugarin, Mathieu Turgeon. http://econpolrg.com/1386-2/
December 3. the book “Inequality and the Cost of Electoral Campaigns in Brazil and Japan” has been accepted for publication by Lap Lambert Academic Publishing.
November, 30. Member of the Committee for Full Professorship Examination (Concurso para Professor Titular) of prof. Marcelo Resende de Mendonça e Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro.
November 19. Presentation of the paper “Ex-ante Executive Regulation versus ex-post Judicial Activism: A game theoretic analysis of the main trade-offs” at LAWLE 2015, Mexico City, Mexico.
November, 15-21. Co-organizer of the Latin American Workshop on Law and Economics, LAWLE-2015. Mexico City. http://www.lawle.org
November 18. Special conference (Conferencia Magistral) “Los Principios económicos de la regulación normativa”, Universidad Anáhuac Mexico Sur, Mexico City, Mexico.
October 19. Paper “Efficiency in a Monotonic Partnership with Investment: An endogenous implementation of Holmström’s Principal” published at Bulletin of Business and Economics.
October 21. Presentation of the seminar “Wealth, economic shocks and preference for redistribution: The security-income trade-off” at the 2015-II Seminar Program of the Economics and Politics Research Group.
October 7. Paper “Incentivos à Corrupção e à Inação no Serviço Público: Uma análise de desenho de mecanismos” accepted for publication at Estudos Econômicos.
August 28. Paper “Efficiency in a Monotonic Partnership with Investment: An endogenous implementation of Holmström’s Principal” accepted for publication in the September 2015 issue of Bulletin of Business and Economics.
August 20. Paper “Lei de Benford para a Auditoria de Obras Públicas; Análise de Sobrepreço na Construção da Arena da Amazônia” published in BLC – Boletim de Licitações e Contratos.
July 31. Presentation of the ISER Seminar: “Wealth, economic shocks and preference for redistribution: The security-income trade-off“. Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
June 22. Presentation of the seminar: “Turnover of Political Appointments in Brazilian Federal Government, 1999-2014“. Yokohama National University, International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Department of International Development.
June 14. Discussion on the topic: “Japan from a Brazilian perspective & Brazil” at the Yokohama Totsuzawa International Forum, Yokohama, Japan.
March 12. Presentation of the lecture: “Preferences for Redistribution: A model and empirical evidence“, Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, Chiba, Japan.
February 23. Presentation of the lecture: “Brazilian Presidential Elections in 2014“, Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, Chiba, Japan.
February 19. Presentation of the lecture: “General Review of Brazil: recent politics, economics, social and diplomatic issues“. JETRO, Tokyo, Japan.
January 28. Presentation of the Special Lecture: “Preferences for Income Redistribution“. IDE Advanced Scool-IDEAS, Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, Chiba, Japan.
January 12-March 16. Special Visiting Professor. Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, Chiba, Japan. Special lectures on Preferences for Redistribution:
January 16: “Overview”, January 23: “Literature Review”. February 6: “Modeling”. February 27: “Methods”. March 6: “Analysis”.
2014 (update: YNU visiting professor)
December 9-12. 42o Encontro Nacional de Economia, ANPEC. Presentation of the paper “Consórcio público municipal: Uma análise institucional”, co-authored by Hilton Machado and Suzana Bastos. Presented by Hilton Machado. Natal, Brazil.
December 3. Publication of the paper “Rotatividade nos cargos de confiança da administração federal brasileira (1999-2013)”, co-authored with Felix Lopez and Karina Bugarin at the special issue on Bureaucracy and Public Policy of Revista do Serviço Público.
June 7. Second Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group. Chair of the organizing committee. Organizing Committee: Mauricio Bugarin, Mathieu Turgeon, Marcelo Medeiros, Roberto Ellery, Bernardo Mueller.
June 4. Master thesis defense. Marcelo Araújo Matias Pimentel (IPOL/UnB). Title: Os determinantes dos gastos sociais das prefeituras: o papel do financiamento eleitoral. Committee: Mathieu Turgeon (advisor), Lúcio Rennó and Mauricio Bugarin.
May 29. Publication of the paper “Rotatividade nos Cargos de Confiança da Administração Federal Brasileira (1999-2012) – Resultados Preliminares” at the Boletim de Análise Político-Institucional, 5, 55-64.
May 27. Mauricio Bugarin and Tomás Bugarin receive the Robert D. Cooter Award’s Honorary Mention at ALACDE conference in Guatemala for the research “Moral & Incentives: An applied mechanism design analysis of a bill that rewards citizens for denouncing corruption in Brazil“.
May 26-28. ALACDE conference, Guatemala. Presentation of the paper “Moral & Incentives: An applied mechanism design analysis of a bill that rewards citizens for denouncing corruption in Brazil“, co-authored with Tomás Bugarin, and the paper “Ex-ante Executive Regulation & ex-post Judicial Activism: A game theoretic analysis of the main trade-offs“, co-authored with Fernando Meneguin.
April 25. Master thesis defense. André Melo (UnB). Title: Discriminatory versus uniform-price auctions: an empirical analysis of the Brazilian Treasury auctions. Advisor.
Committee: José G. de Lara Resende, José Franco M. de Moraes.
April 23. PhD thesis proposal defense. Hélio Fonseca (UnB). Title: Termo de ajustamento de conduta (TAC) nas telecomunicações: Histórico, informações e incentivo, contratos e leilões. Advisor. Committee: Ricardo Araújo and Vander Lucas.
April 17. The paper “Turnover of Political Appointments in Brazil: 1999 to 2012 – Key indicators”, co-authored with Felix Lopes (IPEA) and Karina Bugarin (Economics and Politics Research Group) has been accepted for publication at the Journal International Cooperation Studies (JICS), Kobe University, Japan. It will be published in Vol.22 No.1, July 2014.
March 31. The book review “How Latin American countries became fiscal conservatives: A book review of ‘Globalization and Austerity Politics in Latin America’ by Stephen Kaplan” has been accepted for publication at the Journal of International Cooperation Studies (JICS), Kobe University, Japan. It will be published in Vol.22 No.1, July 2014.
March 26. VII Congresso CONSAD de Administração Pública, Brasilia, Brazil. Presentation of the article: “Rotatividade nos cargos de confiança da Administração Federal brasileira (1999-2012)”, joint work with Felix Lopes (IPEA) and Karina Bugarin (SEA/PR).
March 12. International Workshop on Game Theory and Economic Applications of the Game Theory Society, São Paulo, Brazil. I was invited to become scientific co-organizer of the IWGTS 2014, to be held in São Paulo from July 25 to 31.
March 6. Paper “Rotatividade nos Cargos de Confiança da Administração Federal Brasileira (1999-2012) – Resultados Preliminares”, with Felix Lopez and Karina Bugarin accepted for publication in Boletim de Análise Político-Institucional, IPEA.
February 14. Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society, São Paulo, Brazil. I was invited to become a member of the Scientific Committee of the LAMES 2014, to be held in São Paulo from November 20 to 22.
January 24. Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan. Presentation of the article: “Incentives for Corruption and Inertia in the Brazilian Civil Service: A Mechanism Design Approach”.
January 16. Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. Presentation of the seminar: “From the ‘Diretas Já’ to the ‘Passe Livre’ street demonstrations: 30 years of citizen-led institutional consolidation in Brazil”.
2013 (to be updated: Osaka event)
December 12, 2013. 35o Encontro Brasileiro de Econometria, SBE, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Presentation of the paper: “Inequality and the Cost of Electoral Campaigns: Game Theoretic Predictions and the Cases of Brazil and Japan”.
December 10-12, 2013. 35o Encontro Brasileiro de Econometria, SBE, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. President of the Selection Committee for the SBE Prêmio Teoria (Brazilian Econometric Society Economic Theory Award).
December 10, 2013. 41o Encontro Nacional de Economia, ANPEC, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Presentation of the article: “Incentivos à Corrupção e à Inação no Serviço Público Brasileiro: Uma Análise de Desenho de Mecanismos”.
November 20, 2013. keynote speaker presenting the paper “Silver Jubilee of the Citizen Consitution: Evidences and Challenges of the Newer Brazil”. Osaka, Japan. Jointly organized by Asahi Shinbum and IDE-JETRO.
November 18, 2013. Article in the media. Article at IDE-JETRO website commenting on the event “Seeking Compatibility between Economic Growth and Social Justice: Focussing on the Experiences of the New Brazil”. Tokyo, Japan and my participation as one of the 3 keynote speakers.
November 18, 2013. Keynote speaker presenting the paper: “Silver Jubilee of the Citizen Consitution: Evidences and Challenges of the Newer Brazil” at the International Symposium “Seeking Compatibility between Economic Growth and Social Justice: Focussing on the Experiences of the New Brazil”. Tokyo, Japan. Jointly organized by Asahi Shinbum, The World Bank and IDE-JETRO.
November 17, 2013. Keynote speaker presenting the paper: “On the Institutional Incentives Faced by Brazilian Civil Servants” at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Social Sciences on Latin America, IDE, Chiba, Japan.
October 31-November 2, 2013. LACEA/LAMES 2013. Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society-Annual Meeting of LACEA, Mexico City, Mexico. Presentation of the paper: “Partisan transfers in a fiscal federation: New evidence from Brazil”.
October 1, 2013. Kobe University, Japan. Visiting researcher. From October to February 2014.
September 21, 2013. First Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group. Organizer of the event. Presentation of the paper “Ética & Incentivos: O que diz a Teoria Econômica sobre recompensar quem denuncia a corrupção?”
September 20, 2013. Master thesis defense. Gilberto Stanzioni (UnB). Title: “Composição Ótima da Dívida Pública: Um mecanismo para subsidiar a escolha do portfólio ideal de longo prazo”. Advisor. Committee: Fabiano Maia Pereira (STN) and Waldery Rodrigue Júnior (IPEA).
July 19, 2013. Undergraduate monograph defense. Teresa Cavalcanti (UnB). Title: “Crises Econômicas do Século 21 e Perspectivas para o Brasil”. Advisor. Committee: Geovana Bertussi (UnB).
July 15, 2013. 10:30. Undergraduate monograph defense. Gustavo Coelho (UnB). Title: “Leilões de Posição”. Advisor. Committee: Gil Riella (UnB).
July 12, 2013. 10:30. PhD thesis defense of Nathália Souza (UnB). Title: “Informação e Incentivos na Regulação das Telecomunicações no Brasil”. Co-advisor. Committee: Paulo Loureiro (advisor, UnB) and Roberto Ellery Jr. (UnB).
June 28, 2013. Presentation of the article: “Inequality and the Cost of Electoral Campaigns: The Cases of Brazil and Japan” at LAPCIPP’s internal seminar.
June 24, 2013. Public hearings’ presentation at the Brazilian Supreme Court on the research on electoral campaign finance.
June 24, 2013. Interview at BandNewsFM ou electoral campaign reform and the presentation at the Brazilian Supreme Court.
June 18, 2013. The article “Incentivos à corrupção e à inação no serviço público: Uma análise de desenho de mecanismos” receives the Edgardo Buscaglia ALACDE Award for Empirical Research in Law and Economics. ALACDE, Rio de Janeiro.
June 14, 2013. Master thesis proposal of Marcelo Pimentel (IPOL/UnB). Title: “Os determinantes do gasto público municipal: O papel do financiamento eleitoral”. Thesis committee member. Committee: Mathieu Turgeon (Advisor) and Denilson Bandeira Coêlho (member).
June 12, 2013. Release of the Economics and Politics (CNPq) Research Group. Release of the CERME-CIEF-LAPCIPP-MESP Working Paper Series. Presentation at the event. Title: “Breve apresentação do Economics and Politics Research Group – EPRG”.
June 9, 2013. International Workshop on Game Theory and Economic Applications of the Game Theory Society, São Paulo, Brazil. I was invited to become a member of the local organizing committee and of the scientific committee of the IWGTS 2014, to be held in São Paulo from July 25 to 31.
June 6, 2013. Master thesis proposal of Flavia Ceccato (UnB). Title: “Aplicações da Lei Newcomb-Benford à auditoria de obras públicas”. Advisor. Committee: Bernardo Mueller (UnB) and Waldery Rodrigues Jr. (IPEA).
May 27, 2013. Presentation at the Instituto Rio Branco, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Title: “Game theory in International Economic Relations”, in Portuguese.
May 24, 2013. Júlia Korte, from Brazilian weekly news magazine Época publishes the article “Jane é um gênio. Da matemática” in which I am cited.
May 22, 2013. The article “Partidos, facções e a ocupação dos cargos de confiança no executivo federal” co-authored by Felix Lopez (IPEA) Karina Bugarin (SEA/PR) and myself has been accepted for presentation at the 2013 meetings of ANPOCS in Águas de Lindóia (SP) on September 23rd to 27th, 2013.
May 17, 2013. Master thesis defense of Antônio Ronieel Belém (UnB). Title: “Leilões de Aeroportos: Uma Análise da Restrição de Oferta Unitária”. Advisor. Committee: Marilda Sotomayor (USP) and Gil Riella (UnB).
May 15, 2013. Prof. Anthony Hall, from London School of Economics and Political Science publishes a review of the book “The Great Gap: Inequality and Politics of Redistribution in Latin America” in the first issue of volume 45 of the Journal of Latin American Studies.
May 14, 2013. Presentation at PET/ECO/UnB. Title: “Conhecendo o ECO: Prof. Maurício Bugarin“.
April 22, 2013. The article “Incentivos à Corrupção e à Inação no Serviço Público: Uma Análise de Desenho de Mecanismos” co-authored by Fernando Meneguin and myself has been accepted for presentation at the 2013 meeting of ALACDE in Rio on June 17th and 18th, 2013.
April 19, 2013. The article “Partisan Voluntary Transfers in a Fiscal Federation: New Evidence from Brazil” co-authored by Ricardo Ubrig (Whirlpool) and myself has been accepted for presentation at the X International Colloquium in Lisbon on May 28 and 29, 2013. (Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the event.)
April 15, 2013. PhD thesis Qualification defense of Nathália Souza (UnB). Co-advisor. Committee: Paulo Loureiro (advisor, UnB) and Roberto Ellery Jr. (UnB).
March 1, 2013. Presentation of the article “Partisan Voluntary Transfers in a Fiscal Federation: New Evidence from Brazil” co-authored by Ricardo Ubrig (Whirlpool) and myself at the LAPCIPP’s “Seminário de Encerramento do Semestre 02/2012”, IPOL/UnB. Please check here.
February 6, 2013. The award-winning article “Um Modelo Econômico para a Responsabilidade Civil na Defesa do Consumidor” (“An Economic Model for Torts in Consumer Protection Policy”), co-authored by Fernando Meneguin (Brazilian Federal Senate) and myself, has been published at the second issue of volume 3 (2012) of Economic Analysis of Law Review (EALR).
February 2013. Comment on the book “The Great Gap: Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution in Latin America” (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2011), in which I wrote a chapter, published in the Journal of Latin American Studies, 45(1):174-175, 2013, by Antony Hall.
January 19, 2013. The research on incentives to public managers, which won the first place in the Brazilian Treasury Secretariat Public Finance Award last December has received wide media coverage, being commented at over 15 general interest web sites and blogs. Please check here.
September-December, 2012
December 18, 2012. Article in the media. Blog do Moreno discusses the findings of the article “O Papel das Instituições nos Incentivos para a Gestão Pública” that won the first place in the Brazilian Treasury Secretariat Public Finance Award on December 4, 2012.
December 16, 2012. Article in the media, O Globo, (by André de Souza) discussing the article “O Papel das Instituições nos Incentivos para a Gestão Pública” that won the first place in the Brazilian Treasury Secretariat Public Finance Award on December 4, 2012.
December 7, 2012. Seminar “O conceito de racionalidade em Teoria dos Jogos e suas ramificações“, Department of Philosophy, University of Brasilia.
December 4, 2012, 15h. Award ceremony for the “Prêmio Tesouro Nacional de Finanças Públicas” (Brazilian Treasury Secretariat Public Finance Award – 2012).
December 3, 2012. Publication of the article “A Emenda Constitutcional dos Precatórios: Histórico, Incentivos e Leilões de Precatórios” at Estudos Econômicos.
November 30, 2012. Member of the selection committee for professors of economic theory (Comissão julgadora do concurso público de professor doutor do Departamento de Economia, especialidade: Teoria Econômica, FEA/RP), University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto.
November 21, 2012. General interest article “Como Tornar a Gestão Pública Mais Eeficiente?” published in the Economics blog “Brasil Economia e Governo”
November 14, 2012. Member of the PhD thesis defense of Luis Felipe Pereira, Catholic University of Brasilia, Brasilia. Title: “Controle de erros de aproximação da função de política com utilidades recursivas e previsão de recessões a partir de curva yield”. Advisor: Wilfredo Leiva Maldonado.
November 1-3, 2012. Presentation of the paper: “Inequality and the cost of electoral campaigns: The cases of Brazil and Japan” at the LACEA-LAMES 2012, the annual meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (Lacea) and the Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society (Lames),
Lima, Peru.
October 27, 2012. Member of the PhD thesis defense of Ivo Gico Jr. University of Brasilia, Brasilia. Title: “Tragédia do Judiciário: Subinvestimento em capital jurídico e sobreutilização do Judiciário”. Advisor: Bernardo Mueller.
October 5, 2012. Article “A Emenda Constitucional dos Precatórios: Histórico, Incentivos e Leilões de Deságio”, on court-ordered debt payments in Brazil, accepted for publication at Estudos Econômicos.
September 25, 2012. General interest article “O que é desenho de mecanismos e qual a importância de seu estudo?” published in the Economics blog “Brasil Economia e Governo”
(2007-2012: To be completed…)
2007
November 2007. Selected for inclusion in the 25th Silver Anniversary Edition of Who’s Who in the World.
October 16, 2007. In the media. Valor Econômico. Interviewed by Sergio Lamucci on Mechanism Design and the 2007 Nobel Prize.
October 16, 2007. In the media. Folha de São Paulo. Interviewed about Mechanism Design and the 2007 Nobel Prize.
July 26-August 3, 2007. Participating in the Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning, Harvard Business School.
April 20, 2007. In the media. Valor Econômico. Maria Cristina Fernandes cites my research on the fiscal effects of reelection.
2004
December 9, 2004. In the media. O Estado de São Paulo. Roberto Macedo cites my award-winning research on partisan transfers.
2002
July 2002. In the media. Cover page of the Newspaper “UnB Notícias” featuring Game Theory and the First Brazilian Workshop of the Game Theory Society.
2001
August 23, 2001. Patrono da Turma 2001-I de Graduação em Economia, Departamento de Economia, Universidade de Brasília.
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