André Luis Squarize Chagas

B. S., M. S. and Ph. D. in Economics (Univ. São Paulo, Brazil) Assistant professor of the Department of Economics at the University of Sao Paulo (USP) since 2011. Vice-coordinator of International Office of Faculty of Economics, Administration and Accounting, University of São Paulo. Vice-coordinator of Graduate of Economics Program (2014-2017). He is Project Coordinator at FIPE Institute of Economic Research Foundation (Fipe) with coordinating experience in the areas of Economic Analysis of Public Contracts, Regional and Urban Economics, and Transport Economics. He is the former coordinator of Price Indexes at FIPE. Professor Chagas is currently Managing Director of Brazilian Section of Regional Science Association (ABER) and former president and finance director of the same association. He was a member of the Regional Council of Economy of São Paulo - CORECON-SP. During June-2018 / July-2019, professor Chagas held a post-doctoral period at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, supported by São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).

Possui graduação (2000), mestrado (2004) e Doutorado (2009) em Economia pela Universidade de São Paulo e pós-doutorado pela University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, onde foi visiting scholar durante o ano letivo 2018-2019. É professor permanente do programa de pós-graduação em Economia da Universidade de São Paulo e Professor Doutor na mesma instituição, desde 2011. Faz parte da diretoria da Associação Brasileira de Estudos Regionais (ABER), sessão brasileira da Regional Science Association International. Foi coordenador dos Índices de Preços da Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas (Fipe). Tem experiência na área de Economia, com ênfase em Econometria Espacial, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: cana-de-açúcar, econometria espacial, spatial propensity score matching, spatial diff-in-diff, economia agrícola e economia regional e urbana.