João Pedro Bastos
Research Assistant
João Pedro Bastos is a research assistant at the Free Market Institute and a Ph.D. student in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics. João Pedro earned his B.A. in Economics at the Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.
João Pedro has worked as a policy analyst for the City of Porto Alegre, both in the Executive and Legislative branches, focused on modernizing regulations for business. He has also served in academic positions for several think tanks in Brazil, including Instituto Atlantos, Instituto Liberdade, and Instituto Mises Brasil.
His research interests include the political economy of development, with special emphasis on the institutional environment of Latin America and the impact of populism and corruption on institutions.
Scholarly Journal Publications
Gender and Corruption in Firms: The Importance of Regional Context
Review of Development Economics (with Jamie Bologna Pavlik)
Female Ownership of Firms and Regulation Experience
The Journal of Development Studies (with Jamie Bologna Pavlik)
Papers Under Review
The Institutional Impact of Left-Leaning Populism in Latin America
Revise and Resubmit at European Journal of Political Economy.
(with Nicolas Cachanosky, Alexandre Padilla, and Karla Hernández)
Colonial Rule and Economic Freedom
Revise and Resubmit at Public Choice.
The Political Economy of Populism Regime Length
(with Nicolas Cachanosky and Tomás Faintich)
Contact
Email: joao-pedro.bastos@ttu.edu
Phone: (806) 742-7138
Office: Administration 169
Free Market Institute
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