Catarina Silva Dias Alvarez Personal Data Address: University of Barcelona Dept. of Public Economics c/ John M. Keynes, 1-11 08034 Barcelona (Spain)
Phone:
(+34) 9340 20826
Email:
catarinaalvarez[at]ub.edu
Personal:
Born January, 1987. Portuguese citizen.
Education Ph.D., Economics
2013–Present
University of Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain) Fields: Public Economics, Political Economy, Fiscal Federalism. M.Res., Economics
2013
NOVA School of Business and Economics, Lisbon (Portugal) Fields: Macroeconomics, Political Economy. M.Sc., Economics
2010
NOVA School of Business and Economics, Lisbon (Portugal) Field: Macroeconomics. Licenciatura (B.Sc.), Economics
2009
NOVA School of Business and Economics, Lisbon (Portugal)
Academic and Research Experience Work in Progress 1. Local Government Longevity and Fiscal Strategic Interaction: When to Care about your Neighbor’s Policy (with S. Peralta). 2. Testing Fiscal Illusion in Property Reassessments (with D. Foremny and A. Solé–Ollé).
Seminars and Conferences 2015
71st Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Trinity College (Ireland); PhD Seminar, Universitat de Barcelona (Spain); Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) PhD Workshop, Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) (Scheduled).
2014
70th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, University of Lugano (Switzerland); Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) PhD Workshop, Universitat de Barcelona (Spain); Research Group Seminar, NOVA School of Business and Economics (Portugal).
Professional Experience University of Barcelona & Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB)
2013–Present
Pre-doctoral Research Fellow (Barcelona, Spain). Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB)
2015–Present
Organiser of the IEB PhD Seminars (Barcelona, Spain). NOVA School of Business and Economics
2012–2013
Research Assistant for Professor Susana Peralta (Lisbon, Portugal). Social Entrepreneurship Institute (IES)
2010
Intern (Lisbon, Portugal).
Teaching University of Barcelona
2013–Present
Instructor for Principles of Taxation (Undergraduate).
Grants Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Spain) PhD Scholarship (FPI) Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) PhD Scholarship Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) Research Assistant Fellowship
2014–2018 2013 2012–2013
Research Projects Participating • “What works for urban development: Evaluating the impact of place-based policies” awarded by RecerCaixa 2014 (Spain). Main researcher: Albert Solé-Ollé. • “Research Group on Fiscal Federalism and Urban Economics” (2014SGR420) awarded by Generalitat de Catalunya (Spain). Main researcher: Albert Solé-Ollé. • “Workings of local governments: governance, funding, budgeting, and organization” (ECO201237131) awarded by Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Spain). Main researcher: Albert Solé-Ollé.
Other Skills • Languages: Portuguese (native), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), French (intermediate), German (basic), Catalan (basic). • Computer: Stata, LATEX, Matlab, Python, Eviews. Last updated: October 16, 2015
