Research

Working papers

The Full, Persistent, and Symmetric Pass-Through of a Temporary VAT Cut

with Tiago Bernardino, João Quelhas and Ricardo Duque Gabriel (2024). Revise and resubmit at the Journal of Public Economics.  

[Working Paper] [Banco de Portugal WP] [SUERF Policy Brief] [Slides] [Twitter/X Thread]

Previously circulated as "A Temporary VAT Cut in Three Acts: Announcement, Implementation and Reversal". Summary in Banco de Portugal's Economics in a Picture. Media coverage in Público, Visão/Exame, Eco, Jornal de Negócios, Observador, RTP, SIC, Rádio Observador's Noticiário (all in Portuguese).

Income-specific consumption baskets and the recent evolution of real wages and real income

with Saman Darougheh (2024).  

[Preliminary Draft] [Twitter/X Thread]

Selected work in progress

The Heterogeneous Effects of Supply Shocks in Necessity Goods with Tiago Bernardino, Pedro Brinca and Saman Darougheh (draft available upon request).

Bond Financing Conditions and Economic Activity with Eduardo Maqui and Nicholas Vause.

Pre-doctoral papers

Extracting Implicit Country Weights in the ECB's Monetary Policy 

with José Tavares (2019). 

[CEPR Discussion Paper]

Summary in VoxEU and media coverage in Visão (in Portuguese). 

Presented at Economics Research Fest (Nova SBE, 08/05/2019) and SPARC (Institute for Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, 12/12/2019).