Pedro Pessoa
Research Area
Education
PhD Candidate in Economics – University of British Columbia, 2024 (expected)
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), M.A., Economics. 2017
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), B.A., Economics. 2014
About
I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia with an expected completion date in the Summer of 2024. I will be available for interviews in the 2023/2024 job market. My research interests are in the areas of political economy, development economics, and the economics of crime. In my job market paper, I study the effect of territorial control by criminal groups on political competition and public service provision.
Research
Job Market Paper
Working Paper
Works In Progress
Published Research
Awards
The University of British Columbia:
President’s Academic Excellence Initiative Ph.D. Award, 2020-2023
Academic Achievement Award (Faculty of Arts Graduate Award), 2017-2022
International Tuition Award, 2017-2022
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
CAPES Fellowship for M.A. Students, 2015-2016
Teaching
The University of British Columbia:
Political Economy and Institutions (Ph.D. and M.A. course). Teaching assistant, Spring 2021.
The Process of Economic Development (B.A. course). Teaching assistant, Spring 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021.
Behavioural Development Economics (B.A. course). Teaching assistant, Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
Introduction to Game Theory and Applications (B.A. course). Teaching assistant, Winter 2017, Winter 2019.
Honors Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis I (B.A. course). Teaching assistant, Winter 2018.
Honors Intermediate Macroeconomics I (B.A. course). Teaching assistant, Winter 2018.