Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, University of Rochester, 1996
• Masters in Economics, University of Rochester, 1994
• Bachelor of Science in Economics, Portuguese Catholic University,1988

Teaching Interests:

• Macroeconomics
• Public Finance
• Political Economy

Activities and Honors:

• Assistant professor of Economics, University of Delaware, 2005-
• Assistant professor of Economics, George Washington University, 1998-2005
• Visiting Scholar, Institute of Empirical Macroeconomics, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, July 2001

Recent Publications:

• "The Politics of Public Education: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis," Journal of Population Economics, 2006 Vol. 19:367–389.
• "Public Education Reform: Community or National Funding of Education?" April 2005, Journal of Monetary Economics, Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 669-697. "
• "Social security evaluation: a critique," February 2005, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol. 9, No. 1, Pages 57-97.
• "Self-interest and Public Funding of Education" 2003 Journal of Public Economics, Vol 87/3-4, Pages 703 - 727.
• "Efficient Public Investment in a Model with Transition Dynamics" with Pierre-Daniel Sarte, 2003 Economic Quarterly, Vol. 89, Number 1, Winter.
• Privatizing Social Security" with Thomas Cooley, 1999 Review of Economic Dynamics , Volume 2, Pages 713-755.
• "A Positive Theory of Social Security Based on Reputation" with Thomas Cooley, 1999 Journal of Political Economy, Volume 107, Number 1, Pages 135-160.