Alípio Ferreira

economics assistant professor

[SMU Economics @SMUEconDept]

📢New Hire at SMU Economics!

We are excited to welcome Sarah Bainn to SMU as a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Fall!

Sarah is finishing her PhD in economics at @NCState and is an expert in health economics.

Welcome to Dallas, Sarah!

[Alípio Ferreira @AlipioF]

@Bellmanequation Even more controversial: use a title that actually reflects what the paper does/finds!

[SMU Economics @SMUEconDept]

🎓More pictures from Raj Chetty's Honorary Doctorate.

🖼️ Now in high resolution!

[SMU Economics @SMUEconDept]

📢New Professor at SMU

We are thrilled to announce that Fabien Postel-Vinay @fpvinay is joining @SMU as a Full Professor of Economics in the Fall.

📈Fabien is a distinguished researcher with seminal contributions, particularly in labor macroeconomics.

Welcome to Dallas!

[SMU Economics @SMUEconDept]

📢New Affiliated Researcher

We are thrilled to welcome Fernando Leibovici @LeiboviciF as an Affiliated Research Professor at @SMU!

He is coming to TX to join the @DallasFed, and we are honored to have him as an affiliated researcher at our institution.

Welcome, Fernando!

[SMU Economics @SMUEconDept]

📢New Hire at SMU Economics

We are thrilled to announce that Ana Maria Santacreu @AmSantacreu will join our department in Fall 2026 as an Associate Professor.

She is a distinguished macroeconomist with contributions to innovation, trade, and growth.

Welcome to SMU!🤠

[JP Faguet @jpfaguet]

Our encomienda paper is now out at @EJ_RES! Ten years of hard work. Alternatively, 10 years spent trying to break down results that withstood everything we & others threw at them.
Thank you @fabiosanchez_to, @CamiloMatajira, Diego Duarte & @laurasotope!
https://t.co/1m1IkVezna

[Alípio Ferreira @AlipioF]

Um fantástico departamento em pesquisa e ensino.

No nosso departamento de economia @SMUEconDept há três excelentes doutorandos egressos do programa de mestrado do PIMES.

[Folha de S.Paulo @folha]

Pesquisa de ponta 'made in Nordeste' muda a cara do ensino de economia no Brasil
https://t.co/b8uQqS3vJR

[Esteban Rossi-Hansberg @HansbergRossi]

We are looking for a research professional to work with Rodrigo Adao, Juanma Castro-Vincenzi, Brian Greaney, and me on a compendium of software and models for spatial dynamics. Come to UChicago and BFI to work with us! Here is the job posting: https://t.co/sfHFDCJjpc

[Andrés Neumeyer @andyneumeyer]

The department of economics and the school of government at di tella have open positions for economists. Any field, any rank. If interested please write me or write to [email protected]

https://t.co/8yb2Pr9F15

@utditella @UTDT_Gobierno @EconomiaDiTella

[SMU Economics @SMUEconDept]

🥳PhD Placement

We are proud to announce that Javier Gonzalez, a PhD student at the SMU Economics Department, will be going to Switzerland to take a research position as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Zurich.

Congratulations, Javier!

[SMU Economics @SMUEconDept]

📢 SMU Giving Day is TODAY🐎

🎓 Every year, @SMUEconDept strives to grow and elevate the name of our university and city through education and research.

🙏 Please consider supporting the growth of our department.

🔗 Link to donate: https://t.co/QG5szOfQL7

[Sebastian Galiani @SFGaliani]

I’m following @tylercowen rule: 2/3 of the course on the subject itself, 1/3 on AI integrated into the course.

I’m doing it in Health Economics and Development Economics. I’ve shown students how to use AI for ideation, literature review, and writing, and I built that into two assignments where AI is encouraged. But every step, from the first prompt to the final harness, has to be documented, so the goal is augmentation, not substitution.

I’m also bringing in coding, APIs, and agents, with problem sets tied to the actual course material. Same for solving mathematical models: extensions of growth models, moral hazard problems, and also the Grossman model, where AI has been especially useful.

So far, the experience has been very good. Plenty to improve, of course. But I’m increasingly convinced that the 2/3-1/3 rule works much better than having a whole course on AI in the abstract.

The AI content is all based on my forthcoming book at OUP: https://t.co/9WtTNSh9LW

[SMU Economics @SMUEconDept]

📢 Open Senior Faculty Positions

The SMU Economics Department invites applications for Associate and Full Professor positions.

Come join us at a booming university and city.

🔗Link to the ad: https://t.co/UDWPEZDcnY

[SMU Economics @SMUEconDept]

🌟 New Publication in Econometric Reviews 🐎

📰@SMU Professor @zhangaoecon recently published this important paper on robust estimation of models with potentially endogenous outliers.

🥰Congrats to Zhan and co-author Hyungsik Moon @USC_Econ

🔗 Link: https://t.co/9zQUrcfmXl

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📣 New Paper published in Economic Theory 🧠

🤠We’re excited to share a new publication from Professor Bo Chen: “Group identity and cooperation in infinitely repeated games.”

🔗 Link to article: https://t.co/Ah6DJRU5IL

[Allan Hsiao @AllanHsiao]

So nice to see this in print! My paper on green trade policy, deforestation, and palm oil. 🌲🌳

[Alípio Ferreira @AlipioF]

Ben Affleck thinks and talks like an economist: product differentiation, supply and demand, risk aversion... Very nice.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck on Rogan taking about how Netflix has changed filmmaking.

“you re-iterate the plot 3-4x in the dialogue because people are on their phones.”

[Alípio Ferreira @AlipioF]

VIVA

[ELDUCK @elduckpost]

VIVA LA LIBERTAD CARAJO 🇻🇪

[Claudio Ferraz @claudferraz]

Apoio do setor privado a pesquisa no Brasil é raro. Isso tem que ser muito comemorado. E parabéns ao Rodrigo @Insper e Juliano @PUCRioEconomia pela iniciativa https://t.co/JSXKu47PbG