About me
I am an economist and artist, passionate about studying, teaching, and singing. Born in Venezuela, I grew up in Castelo Branco, in the Portuguese countryside, and have lived in Lisbon since 2004.
I hold a Master’s in Economics and am pursuing a PhD in the same field. For twelve years I directed Montes Claros, a university residence in Lisbon, and I am now financial co-director and director of studies of Opus Dei in Portugal — a Catholic organization I have belonged to since 2005 — supporting the regional vicar. I am also an Invited Teaching Assistant in Economics at Católica-Lisbon and ISCTE-IUL.
I am also a lyric baritone — executive director of the quartet 4 Voices and a member of the Lisbon Chamber Choir. More about my music →
Research
Research Interests
- Macroeconomics
- Income and Wealth Distribution
- Growth
- Economic History
Job Market Paper
“Markups, Markdowns, and the Labor Share”
A two-sector general equilibrium decomposition of the post-1980 U.S. labor-share decline into investment-embodied technical change, product-market markups, and labor-market wage markdowns. The intensification of employer market power in the consumption sector emerges as the dominant force.
Other research
“Reassessing the Role of Capital in the Dynamics of the Labor Share” Working paper Slides
How sectoral differences in the capital-output elasticity can act as a countervailing force to the labor-share decline, in a two-sector growth model with investment-embodied technical change.
“Luxury Goods Externalities, Taxation, and Endogenous Business Cycles” 2012
Consumption externalities and good-specific taxation as sources of — and remedies for — endogenous business-cycle indeterminacy in a two-sector OLG model.
Teaching
Currently teaching
Econometrics 2025-26 Católica-Lisbon SBE Economic History 2023-24 Applied Data Analytics 2021-22 Business Research Methods (B) 2021-22 ISCTE-IUL Econometrics I 2024-25 Macroeconomics I 2023-24 Macroeconomics 2022-23 Principles of Economics 2022-23 Macroeconomics II 2021-22
Católica-Lisbon SBE · Instructor: Pedro Raposo · International and National Undergraduates in EconomicsPrevious courses
Instructor: António Fidalgo · Undergraduate in Economics
Instructor: António Fidalgo · International Undergraduate in Business Administration
Instructor: António Fidalgo · MSc in Business
Instructor: Joaquim Ramalho · Undergraduate in Economics
Instructor: Vivaldo Mendes · Undergraduate in Economics
Instructor: Vivaldo Mendes · Undergraduate in Finance and Accounting
Instructor: Nádia Simões · Undergraduate in Computer Science and Business Management
Instructor: Sofia Vale · Undergraduate in Economics
Education
PhD in Economics candidate (2026–expected)
ISCTE-IUL University Institute of Lisbon
MSc in Economics (2012)
Católica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics
BSc in Economics (2007)
Católica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics
Skills
Programming, Design & Publishing
Languages
English Spanish