Researcher of NIPE -- Economic Policies Research Unit --, University of Minho
Associate Professor at the Department of Economics - University of Minho.
Economics PhD in 2005, Cornell University. Supervisors: Karl Shell (chair), Yi Wen, Nicholas Kiefer and Yongmiao Hong.
Research interests on Wavelet Analysis, Macroeconomic Dynamics and Political Economy (voting behavior).
Publications inseveral journals, which include Journal of Money Credit & Banking, Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, American Journal of Political Science, Public Choice, International Journal of Forecasting, Physica A, among others.