Research Interests

Globalization Issues, Political Economy of Development, Conflicts and Natural Resources, Economic Sociology, Evolutionary Population Dynamics, Cultural Evolution.

Education

• Ecole Polytechnique, 1981-1984
• Ecole nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC), 1984-1987
• PhD Dissertation "Strategic Behavior in International Economics and Contract Theory" Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, 1987-1991 (Supervisor: R. Guesnerie)

Positions

• Ingénieur Général des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC ParisTech)
• Directeur d’Etudes (cumulant) at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
• Associate Professor of Economics at PUC-Rio

Fellowships and Honors

• Laureate of the Review of Economic Studies Tour (best PhD students in the USA and Europe) in 1990.
• Post-doctoral Fellowship : joint at Harvard and MIT in the "Research Training Group in Political Economy" 1992-1994.
• Fellow of the European Economic Association (2005-  )
• Member of the European Economic Association Council (2005-2010)
• Research Fellow of the Center of Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London (1994- )
• Co-director of the International Trade programme at CEPR (2001-2007)
• ERC Advanced Grant  "The Economic s of Cultural Transmission and Applications to Communties, Organizations and Markets" (TECTACOM)  (2013-2018)

Language

French (native), English (fluent), Portuguese (fluent), Spanish (read, written)