CURRICULUM VITAE
Vander Mendes Lucas
Department of Economics, Universidade de Brasília
Campus Darcy Ribeiro ICC Ala Norte, 70.919-970, Brasília-DF, Brazil.
Fax: ++55 61 3402311
Tel: ++55 61 3072498 ext. 116.
Website: http://www.unb/face/eco/lucas
Email: [email protected]
PERSONAL PARTICULARS
Birthday: August 27, 1964.
Place of birth: Brasília, Brazil.
Civil status: Married (two children)
Citizenship: Brazilian.
DEGREES and DIPLOMAS
December 2003 Ph.D. in Economics, UCL (Université Catholique de Louvain), Louvain la Neuve,
Belgium.
Dissertation title: “Tax Coordination and Fiscal Competition in Federal Economies”.
Committee:
Supervisors: Prof. Vincent Vannetelbosch, IRES,CORE/UCL.
Prof. Jean Hindriks, CORE/UCL.
Members: Prof. Gareth Myles, University of Exeter,UK.
Prof. Maurice Marchand, CORE/UCL.
Prof. Tanguy van Ypersele, FUNDP and CORE/UCL
June 1999
Master of Arts in Economics, UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
September 1994
Master of Science in Economics, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil.
March 1988
Degree in Economics, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brazil.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
From August 2003
Associate Researcher, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil (salary: US$ 25.000/year)
March 1993-Oct 2004 Assistant Professor, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brazil.
Sept 2001- Dec 2003 Doctoral Researcher, IRES, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain la
Neuve, Belgium.
Sept 99 - Sep.2001
Doctoral Researcher, CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain la
Neuve, Belgium.
Mar. 95 –Mar 96
Assistant Professor (Substitute), Universidade de Brasília, Brazil.
March 92 – Feb 94
Scholarship CNPq (Universidade de Brasília, Brazil)
March 91 – Feb 92
Scholarship CAPES (Universidade de Brasília, Brazil)
LANGUAGES
Portuguese (mother tongue),
English,
French.
FIELDS of RESEARCH
Public Economics
Public Choice
Regional Economics
Environmental Economics
Political Economy
PUBLICATIONS
2004
2001
Cross-border shopping in a federal economy, Regional Science and Urban
Economics, Volume 34 (4): 365-385.
Tax harmonisation and the origin principle, Economics Letters, Volume 71(1): 111115.
PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION
2004
2004
Fiscal federalism and bargaining over transfers (in revision at Journal of Public
Economic Theory).
A survey on the tax harmonisation theory.
WORK IN PROGRESS
1)
Non-cooperative bargaining and asymmetric bargaining power
2)
Political Influence and Fiscal Decisions.
3)
Political Power in Federal Economies (joint with Salvador Barrios, CORE/UCL)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004
2003
Introduction to Economics,
Intermediate Microeconomics
Mathematics for Economics
International Economics
Microeconomics
Intermediate Microeconomics I
Intermediate Microeconomics II
Economics of Regulation
Universidade de Brasília, Brazil.
Universidade de Brasília, Brazil.
Universidade de Brasília, Brazil.
UNIEURO, Brasília, Brazil.
Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brazil.
Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brazil.
Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brazil.
Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brazil.
PUBLICATIONS IN PORTUGUESE
1997
“Planejamento do Desenvolvimento de Sub-Regiões Brasileiras”. Mimeo
UCB-MPO/SEPRE. Co-authors:Rocha, C.; Freitas, A. & Bittencourt, M.
Brazil
1997
“Reforma tributária no Brasil: algumas considerações”. Anais da Jornada de
Produção Científica das Universidades Católicas do Centro-Oeste.
1996
“Teoria do imposto ótimo: algumas considerações teóricas”. Archétypon,
Ano 4, nº 12, p. 57-80, Rio de Janeiro.
DISCUSSION PAPERS
2004
A Survey on the tax harmonisation theory. Discussion Paper 400, Department of
Economics, University of Brasília, Brazil.
2004
Cross-Border Shopping in a federal economy. Discussion Paper 309, Department of
Economics, University of Brasília, Brazil.
2004
Fiscal Federalism and Bargaining over transfers. Discussion Paper 308, Department
of Economics, University of Brasília, Brazil.
2004
Harmonização de Impostos Indiretos: Uma Abordagem Econômica. Discussion
Paper n. 1 CETRIC, Master of Law, Catholic University of Brasília.
2004
Reforma Tributária do Novo Governo. Discussion Paper n. 2 CETRIC, Master of
Law, Catholic University of Brasília. (joint with Maurin Falcão).
2001
Cross-border shopping in a federal economy. IRES Discussion Paper 2002-18.
1998
Tax harmonisation and public good provision in the origin principle. UCB DP 35.
REFEREE FOR
Economics Letters
Regional Science and Urban Economics
The Brazilian Review of Econometrics
Economia Aplicada.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:
Brazilian Society of Econometrics
American Economic Association (AEA)
Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA)
Association for Public Economic Theory (APET).
CONGRESS, WORKSHOP AND CONFERENCES
December 2003
''Fiscal federalism and bargaining over transfers'', XXV Brazilian
Econometric Society Meeting, Porto Seguro – Bahia, Brazil.
October 2003
''Fiscal federalism and bargaining over transfers'', Latin American
Summer Meeting LAMES 2003, Panama City, Panamá.
July 2002
''Fiscal federalism and bargaining over transfers'', 3rd International
Conference of PET02, Sorbonne - Paris, France.
January 2002
''Fiscal federalism and bargaining over transfers'', Doctoral
Workshop, Université Catholique de Louvain, Department of
Economics.
October 2001
"Cross-border shopping in a federal economy". Latin American and
Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA 2001), Montevideo,
Uruguay
January 2001
"Cross-border shopping in a federal economy". Doctoral Workshop,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Department of Economics.
August 1999
"Tax harmonisation and public good provision in the origin
principle", XXII World Congress of the International Economic
Association, Buenos Aires/Argentina.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Aug 94 - Dec 95
1999-2003
1991-1994
Coordination of Foreign Trade in the Brazilian Government, Ministry
of Finance, Secretariat of International Affairs.
GRANTS
Doctoral Fellowship, CNPq, Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil.
Master Fellowship, CNPq, Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil.
CONSULTANCY
October 2004 – December 2004
United Nations of Development Program
ACADEMIC REFERENCES
Prof. Dr. Vincent Vannetelbosch
CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain
Place Montesquieu, 3.
B-1348 Louvain la Neuve (Belgium)
Tel. off.: +32 (0)10 473993
Fax:
+33 (0)10 473945
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Jean Hindriks
CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain
Voie du Roman Pays, 34
B-1348 Louvain la Neuve (Belgium)
Tel off. +32 (0)10 478163
Fax: +33 (0) 10 474301
Email: : [email protected]