| Education |
Brown University,
Providence, RI |
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Ph.D.
in Economics, (expected) May 2009. |
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M.A.
in Economics, May 2005. |
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· Sheridan Center Teaching Certificate I, Brown
University, Providence, RI, 2006-2007 |
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· Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4)
GIS Summer Institute, Brown University, Providence,
RI, Summer 2006 |
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The University of Birmingham,
England, UK. |
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M.Sc.
in Economics with distinction, September 2003. |
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Thesis
title: The Evolution of Bequest Motives: Empirical Evidence. |
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· Royal Economic Society Easter School -
“Public Economics and Political Economy”, The University of Birmingham, England, UK, April 2004 |
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· Small-group teaching, The University of
Birmingham Staff Development Unit, England, UK, Fall 2003. |
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
Portugal. |
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Licenciatura
in Economics, September 2001. |
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· Visiting student, Gothenburg University, Sweden,
Fall 2000 |
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· Hofstra-Erasmus International Business Program,
Erasmus University, Netherlands,
Summer 2000 |
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| Honors |
Brown University,
Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship, Summer 2005
and 2006 |
| and |
Brown University,
Graduate School Fellowship, 2004-2005. |
| Awards |
The University of Birmingham,
Fellowship, 2003-2004. |
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European Union,
Erasmus/Socrates mobility grant. |
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| Field Work |
The 2007 Survey of Disaster Recovery in Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia (May 2007 - June 2007). Helped design |
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the second wave of a survey targeted at fishermen, village heads and heads of fishermen group. P.I.: Prof. J. Vernon Henderson. |
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| Teaching |
Graduate Teaching Assistant,
Applied Economics, Brown University, Spring 2007 |
| Experience |
Teaching Fellow (instructor),
Intermediate Macroeconomics, Brown University, Fall 2006 |
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Teaching Assistant,
Intermediate Macroeconomics, Brown University, Spring 2006 |
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Graduate Teaching Assistant,
Macroeconomics I, Brown University, Fall 2005 |
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Teaching Assistant,
Introduction to Econometrics, The University Birmingham, Fall 2003 and
Spring 2004 |
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| Work |
Short Term Consultant, World Bank, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. (July 2007-August 2007) - Finance, |
| Experience |
Economics and Urban Development department. |
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Junior Financial Analyst,
Fincor S.A., Portugal (July 2001-July 2002). Covered
national stock market, tracking evolution of individual
companies and
producing analysis used toproduce reports and for media: |
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· Compiled two reports daily - one for
international customer produced before the market opened,
analyzing potential movements for the
day; the second, for domestic customers summarizing the main events of
the day in the Portuguese and Spanish
stock market. |
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· Made comments on a daily basis for a local radio
station and weekly for a national radio station |
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· Invited for a week to make daily comments on
major stock market events on national TV (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). |
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· Analysis produced was used as reference in
national newspaper when covering the company |
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· Responded to queries of customers, both domestic
and international, on particular stocks |
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Assistant,
Cynergi.net Lda., Portugal (Part-time September 1998 - September 1999). |
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Assistant, Expolider
S.A., Portugal (Summer 1998). |
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| Skills |
Stata,
SAS, R/S-Plus, E-Views, Ox, GAUSS, PCGive, TSP and SPSS; ArcGIS
and GeoDa; Linux and Windows user |
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Portuguese
(native), English (Cambridge University Procifiency in English - 1995);
Spanish (Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera - Nivel
Intermedio - 2005); French (Basic) |
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| Affiliations
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Ordem dos
Economistas - Portuguese Economic Association |
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| References |
Available on
request. |