Luis Catao
Luís A. Vinhas Catão is an economist and researcher specialized in international macroeconomics and finance, economic development, and economic history. He is associate professor in the Lisbon School of Economics and Management (ISEG), a researcher at the Research in Economics and Mathematics (REM) unit and a fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). He has been senior economist and acting deputy division chief in the research department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Previous appointments also include a senior economist position in the Office of the Chief Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), an assistant professorship at the University of London, and a research fellowship in the Latin American Institute of the same University.
Dr. Catão holds a BSc in electrical engineering as well as a BA in economics (with honors) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and an MPhil and a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge. His research has been published in the American Economic Review, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Development Economics, among other specialized journals, and has received press coverage by The Economist, Dow Jones News, Financial Times, The Washington Post, The Herald Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, Valor Econômico, and Exame.
Education
PhD in Economics, University of Cambridge, 1992.
MPhil in Economics, University of Cambridge, 1987.
BA (Honors) in Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 1985.
BSc in Electrical Engineering, UFF, Rio de Janeiro, 1985.
Source: www.luiscatao.org
