João Pedro Bastos
I am a PhD student at the Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, and a Research Assistant at the Free Market Institute, both at Texas Tech University. I also serve as a Board Member for Instituto Atlantos.
I have worked as a policy analyst in the Executive and Legislative branches of City of Porto Alegre, Brazil, where I got to work on important economic reforms.
My research is aimed at the political economy of development, with special emphasis on the institutional environment of Latin America and the impact of populism and corruption on institutions.
I am originally from Caxias do Sul, a city in the mountains of the southern-most state in Brazil.
What's new?
My paper "Female Ownership of Firms and Regulation Experience" (with Jamie Bologna Pavlik) has been accepted to publication at the Journal of Development Studies [Working Paper Version]
My paper "Gender and Corruption in Firms: The Importance of Regional Context" (with Jamie Bologna Pavlik) has received a request for revise and resubmit at the Review of Development Economics [Draft]
Multiple works are under review:
"The Political Economy of Populism Regime Length" (w/ Nicolas Cachanosky & Tomas Faintich). [Draft]
"The Institutional Impact of Left-Leaning Populism in Latin America" (w/ Nicolás Cachanosky, Alex Padilla, and Karla Hernández). [Draft]
"Corruption and the Allocation of Business Activity in Brazil" (with Justin Callais and Jamie Bologna Pavlik)
"Fighting Corruption in Latin America" (Book Chapter)
I'm teaching a new course (in Portuguese) on the life and work of Friedrich A. Hayek, produced by Instituto Mises Brasil.
My classes include an overview of Hayek's scholarship and discussions of his most important works, including "Economics and Knowledge" (1937), "The Use of Knowledge in Society" (1945), and "The Meaning of Competition" (1946).
The course also include lectures on the problem of economic calculation under socialism and Hayek's methodology (w/ João Mazzoni), Hayek's contributions to Law and Political Philosophy (w/ Dr. Ives Braghittoni) and Hayek's monetary and business cycle theories (w/ Dr. Adriano Paranaiba).
You can find more info about it here.
