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About Mauricio Bugarin

Mauricio Soares Bugarin is full professor at the Economics Department of the University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil. He received his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1997 and is currently Leader of the Economics and Politics Research Group (CNPq-UnB). From 2006 to 2011 he was full professor of Economics at Insper Institute, São Paulo, Brazil, where he served as the director of undergraduate studies in Economics and created the joint degree program in Economics and Business Administration. Prof. Bugarin is a research fellow of the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) and served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Latin American Chapter of the Econometric Society from 2007 to 2011. He has produced numerous research articles published in peer reviewed journals, including the Journal of Mathematical Economics, Oxford Academic Papers, Public Choice, and Social Choice and Welfare; a book on the control of public expenditure in Brazil published by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation; several academic book chapters; and has received several academic prizes including Brazilian National Treasure Secretariat Prizes (Public Finance), a National Health Economics Prize, and the Haralambos Simeonides Prize for the best article in Economics published in a year by a Brazilian author. Prof. Bugarin’s main interests include public economics, public finance and the relationship between economics and politics. He regularly teaches PhD courses in game theory and mechanism design, the economics of incentives and information and positive political economics.

Call for papers: 4th WB-BE Research Conference – Labor Markets: Growth, Productivity and Inequality – Spain

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Mauricio Bugarin

Call for papers: 4th WB-BE Research Conference Labor Markets: Growth, Productivity and Inequality Banco de España Madrid, June 16 and 17, 2016 Call for papers: Deadline April 3, 2016 You are invited to submit a paper for the upcoming conference … Continue reading →

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Call for papers: APET meeting, Rio, July 2016 (Association for Public Economic Theory)

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Mauricio Bugarin

Sent on behalf of APET (the Association for Public Economic Theory) and JPET  (the Journal of Public Economic Theory) Dear Colleagues, Some important announcements from APET (the Association for Public Economic Theory) and JPET  (the Journal of Public Economic Theory): … Continue reading →

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Convite para lançamento da 12a. edição da revista Brasília em Debate

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Mauricio Bugarin
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Terceiro Encontro Anual do EPRG inicia-se hoje: Sexta, 4/12/2015

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Mauricio Bugarin

A abertura do Terceiro Encontro Anual do EPRG terá lugar nesta sexta-feira às 18h30 no auditório da FACE/UnB, com o lançamento de quatro livros. Veja programa atualizado do encontro aqui.

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Updated Program of the Third Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Mauricio Bugarin

The new version of the Program of the Third Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group is now available. Please check the new program here. Also, please register by Thursday December 3, 2015 in order to receive a … Continue reading →

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Closing seminar: Maria Eduarda Tannuri-Pianto, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, IPOL

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Mauricio Bugarin

O Economics and Politics Research Group (EPRG, http://www.econpolrg.com), tem o prazer de convidá-lo(a) para o seminário de encerramento de seu Ciclo 2015-II de Seminários de Pesquisa, descrito a seguir. Apresentador: Maria Eduarda Tannuri-Pianto, ECO/UnB Título: The value of attending UnB: … Continue reading →

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EPRG: List of papers accepted for presentation

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Mauricio Bugarin

List of papers accepted for presentation at the Third Annual Meeting of the Economics and Politics Research Group Brasilia, December 4-5, 2015 Alphabetical order by author’s Last name Amanda de Albuquerque Do Politics Respond to Political Protests? Effects of the … Continue reading →

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Registrations for the Third Annual Meeting of the EPRG are now open!

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Mauricio Bugarin

Registrations for the Third Annual Meeting of the EPRG are now open! The event is free and open to the public, but registration is needed to participate due to limited space. FURTHERMORE, REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A COUPON THAT MAY … Continue reading →

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EPRG co-organizes international event on Law & Economics in Mexico City

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Mauricio Bugarin

The EPRG is one of the four organizing institutions of the Second Latin American Workshop in Law and Economics, LAWLE 2015. The workshop is taking place this week at ITAM, Mexico City. The EPRG jointly with the University of Brasilia, … Continue reading →

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Seminar: Daniel Reiss, Brazilian Central Bank, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Mauricio Bugarin

O Economics and Politics Research Group (EPRG, http://www.econpolrg.com), tem o prazer de convidá-lo(a) para o seminário de seu Ciclo 2015-II de Seminários de Pesquisa, descrito a seguir. Apresentador: Daniel Reiss, Banco Central do Brasil e ECO/UnB Título: International currencies, money … Continue reading →

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