Maurício Barbosa-Alves, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Education:

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of Minnesota, 2025
• M.A. in Economics, University of Minnesota, 2024
• M.S. in Economics, São Paulo School of Economics (FGV), Brazil, 2018
• B.S. in Economics, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 2015

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Maurício Barbosa-Alves is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics. A macroeconomist, he studies international economics and finance, sovereign debt and the economic consequences of climate change using quantitative structural models. His research has been published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota in 2025.

Teaching Expertise:

• Macroeconomics
• International Macroeconomics
• Financial Economics
• Microeconomics

Research Expertise:

• Macroeconomics
• International Economics
• International Finance
• Sovereign Debt
• Global Trade
• Migration
• Economics of Climate Change