CURRICULUM VITAE

Pedro Alexandre Reis Carvalho Leão

 Education:

 - 1992: First Degree in Economics, Higher Institute of Economics and Management, Technical University of Lisbon. 17/20 – Magna cum laude.

-  1994: M.Phil. in Economics, Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge, UK.

- 1996: Master of Science in Monetary and Financial Economics, Higher Institute of Economics and Management, Technical University of Lisbon. Very Good. Dissertation: “Prices in Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly”.

- 1998: Ph.D. in Economics, Higher Institute of Economics and Management, Technical University of Lisbon, . Dissertation: “Macroeconomics and Business Cycles – a Comparison Between the Theories of Equilibrium and Disequilibrium”.

Awards:

- Prize Bank of Portugal, awarded to the student with the highest average mark in the First Degree in Economics, Higher Institute of Economics and Management, Technical University of Lisbon, 1992.

- Prize Caixa Geral de Depósitos, awarded to the student with the highest average mark in the First Degree in Economics, Higher Institute of Economics and Management, Technical University of Lisbon, 1992.

Employment:

- Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, Teaching Assistant,1994-6.

- Centre for Fiscal Studies, Portuguese Ministry of Finance, Research Economist, 1996-98.

- Higher Institute of Management of Lisbon, Teaching Assistant,1996-98.

- Higher Institute of Economics and Management, Technical University of Lisbon Assistant Professor, 1998-present.

Publications – papers:

[1] Why Does the Velocity of Money Move Pro-Cyclically? International Review of Applied Economics, Vol 19, nº1, 2005, pp. 119-131

[2] A Dynamic Framework for Keynesian Theories of the Business Cycle and Growth, in P. Arestis (Ed.) Understanding Economic Growth, 2005 (Aldershot: Edward Elgar), forthcoming.

[3] Monetary Policy in a Pure Credit Economy, with Emanuel Leão, in Ken Kutner (Ed.) Money and Finance, 2005 (Aldershot: Edward Elgar), forthcoming.

[4] The Effect of the Labour Share on the Natural Rate of Interest: Some Empirical Evidence, with Pedro Bom and Pedro Gomes, in Anais do XXXIII Encontro National de Economia, 2005, forthcoming.

[5] Keynes versus Clássicos: um Modelo Alternativo ao IS-LM in Ensaios em Homenagem a António Simões Lopes, 2005, Lisbon, forthcoming.

[6] Irrelevância do défice externo no quadro da moeda única?, with Emanuel Leão, in Actas da Conferência de Políticas Públicas – ISCTE, 2005.

[7] Regras de Crescimento Monetário Constante - uma Crítica Baseada numa Reformulação da Teoria da Velocidade da Moeda in J. Barata (Ed.),  Teoria e Política Monetária, 2002 (Lisbon: CIEF).

[8] Determinantes do Investmento – uma Síntese do Estado da  Arte, Revista de Ciência e Técnica Fiscal, 1998, Portuguese Ministry of Finance.

[9] O Efeito da Fiscalidade sobre a Poupança, Revista de Ciência e Técnica Fiscal, 1998, Portuguese Ministry of Finance.

Publications – textbook:

Moeda, Bancos e Política Monetária, with Emanuel Leão and Sérgio Lagoa,  2006, 542 pages, forthcoming.

 Working papers:

[1] Modelling the Central Bank Repo Rate in a Dynamic General Equilibrium Framework, with Emanuel Leão, Working Paper º 10/2005, Higher Institute of Labour and Firm Sciences, Lisbon.

[2] The Causes of Booms and Recessions, Working paper nº2/2003, Department of Economics, Higher Institute of Economics and Management, Technical University of Lisbon.

[3] The Velocity of Money in the US: 1959-2002, Working paper nº 10/2002, Department of Economics, Higher Institute of Economics and Management, Technical University of Lisbon.