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: vlucas@unb.br 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 September 1994 March 1988 Master of Arts in Economics, UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Master of Science in Economics, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil. 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 March 92 Feb 94 March 91 Feb 92 Assistant Professor (Substitute), Universidade de Brasília, Brazil. Scholarship CNPq (Universidade de Brasília, Brazil) 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 Cross-border shopping in a federal economy, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Volume 34 (4): 365-385. 2001 Tax harmonisation and the origin principle, Economics Letters, Volume 71(1): 111-115.
PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION 2004 Fiscal federalism and bargaining over transfers (in revision at Journal of Public Economic Theory). 2004 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 Introduction to Economics, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil. Intermediate Microeconomics Universidade de Brasília, Brazil. Mathematics for Economics Universidade de Brasília, Brazil. International Economics UNIEURO, Brasília, Brazil. 2003 Microeconomics Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brazil. Intermediate Microeconomics I Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brazil. Intermediate Microeconomics II Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brazil. Economics of Regulation 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 October 2003 July 2002 January 2002 October 2001 ''Fiscal federalism and bargaining over transfers'', XXV Brazilian Econometric Society Meeting, Porto Seguro Bahia, Brazil. ''Fiscal federalism and bargaining over transfers'', Latin American Summer Meeting LAMES 2003, Panama City, Panamá. ''Fiscal federalism and bargaining over transfers'', 3rd International Conference of PET02, Sorbonne - Paris, France. ''Fiscal federalism and bargaining over transfers'', Doctoral Workshop, Université Catholique de Louvain, Department of Economics. "Cross-border shopping in a federal economy". Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA 2001), Montevideo, Uruguay
January 2001 August 1999 "Cross-border shopping in a federal economy". Doctoral Workshop, Université Catholique de Louvain, Department of Economics. "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 Coordination of Foreign Trade in the Brazilian Government, Ministry of Finance, Secretariat of International Affairs. GRANTS 1999-2003 Doctoral Fellowship, CNPq, Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil. 1991-1994 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: vannetelbosch@core.ucl.ac.be 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: : hindriks@core.ucl.ac.be