I am a sixth-year PhD candidate in Economics. My fields are Financial Economics and Macroeconomics. Starting September 2024, I will join the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. You can find more up to date information on my personal website.
My work combines quasi-experimental designs and structural models to test and quantify assumptions of foundational theories in finance and macroeconomics. My research builds on such evidence to inform the design and evaluation of economic policy. In my Job Market Paper, I use project-level data from India to document that increases in discount rates causally shorten project gestation lags; and quantify the implications for capital budgeting decisions using a novel model of investment. The paper further outlines a series of implications for the conduct of fiscal and monetary policy. I have also worked on the pass-through of monetary policy to employment via corporate balance sheets; and the macro-stabilization role of unemployment insurance.
I was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil. I hold a BA summa cum laude in Economics and Mathematics from Columbia University.