Vinicius Cicero
@viniciuscicero.bsky.social
PhD candidate, Economics at Colorado State University |
Prev. USP (@uspoficial.bsky.social) |
Trade and Development |
https://vcicero.github.io/
Prev. USP (@uspoficial.bsky.social) |
Trade and Development |
https://vcicero.github.io/
Pinned
The consumption side of trade shocks: Inequality dynamics and luxury imports
We study how a large, exogenous trade shock — triggered by China’s accession to the WTO in 2001 — reshaped income, inequality, and import behavior acr…
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1/ I’m thrilled to share that my paper with Laura Heras-Recuero, is now published in the Journal of Development Economics!
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Very happy to see this out in @voxdev.bsky.social!
🆕 How China’s demand boom reshaped inequality and consumption in Brazil
Today on VoxDev, Vinicius Cicero (Denison University) & Laura Heras-Recuero (American University) discuss how commodity booms deepened inequality in Brazil: https://ow.ly/1Gln50XLkzV
Today on VoxDev, Vinicius Cicero (Denison University) & Laura Heras-Recuero (American University) discuss how commodity booms deepened inequality in Brazil: https://ow.ly/1Gln50XLkzV
How China’s demand boom reshaped inequality and consumption in Brazil
Commodity booms are often seen as development opportunities, but new evidence from Brazil shows they can deepen inequality and reshape consumption in unexpected ways.
ow.ly
January 7, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Very happy to see this out in @voxdev.bsky.social!
1/ I’m thrilled to share that my paper with Laura Heras-Recuero, is now published in the Journal of Development Economics!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The consumption side of trade shocks: Inequality dynamics and luxury imports
We study how a large, exogenous trade shock — triggered by China’s accession to the WTO in 2001 — reshaped income, inequality, and import behavior acr…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
1/ I’m thrilled to share that my paper with Laura Heras-Recuero, is now published in the Journal of Development Economics!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Very happy to see this out!
🚨New paper alert!🚨
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
This article with the amazing @viniciuscicero.bsky.social, who will join Denison University as an assistant professor in the fall, just came out in Metroeconomica.
It is also open access, thx 2 an agreement between CSU library and Wiley.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
This article with the amazing @viniciuscicero.bsky.social, who will join Denison University as an assistant professor in the fall, just came out in Metroeconomica.
It is also open access, thx 2 an agreement between CSU library and Wiley.
Institutional Changes, Effective Demand, and Inequality: A Structuralist Model of Secular Stagnation
This paper addresses the factors driving economic stagnation and inequality in the US over recent decades. We study a demand-driven model with joint adjustment of the functional distribution and capa...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Very happy to see this out!
Reposted by Vinicius Cicero
Health Economics (Early View): A new study by Cícero et al. demonstrates that decreased trade tariffs and looser trade regulations is associated with lower cyclical mortality rates in Brazil. Trade is good for your health! (Very timely research!)
doi.org/10.1002/hec....
doi.org/10.1002/hec....
Trade Liberalization and Mortality Rates: Evidence of Pro‐Cyclical Mortality From Brazil
We trace the evolution of all-cause mortality rates in Brazilian regions with varying exposure to trade-induced economic shocks before, during, and after liberalization reforms in the 1990s. We find ...
doi.org
November 27, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Health Economics (Early View): A new study by Cícero et al. demonstrates that decreased trade tariffs and looser trade regulations is associated with lower cyclical mortality rates in Brazil. Trade is good for your health! (Very timely research!)
doi.org/10.1002/hec....
doi.org/10.1002/hec....
Reposted by Vinicius Cicero
Trade JMPs (2024-2025)
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Trade JMPs (2024-2025)
For the 15th year running, I’ve gathered a list of trade-related job-market papers. If I’ve missed someone, please contribute to the list in the comments. Here’s a cloud of the words that appear in…
tradediversion.net
November 6, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Trade JMPs (2024-2025)
tradediversion.net/2024/11/06/t...
tradediversion.net/2024/11/06/t...
1/ Excited to share that my paper with Lucas Dias and Sammy Zahran is now published (early view) in Health Economics !
doi.org/10.1002/hec....
doi.org/10.1002/hec....
Trade Liberalization and Mortality Rates: Evidence of Pro‐Cyclical Mortality From Brazil
We trace the evolution of all-cause mortality rates in Brazilian regions with varying exposure to trade-induced economic shocks before, during, and after liberalization reforms in the 1990s. We find ...
doi.org
November 19, 2024 at 2:15 PM
1/ Excited to share that my paper with Lucas Dias and Sammy Zahran is now published (early view) in Health Economics !
doi.org/10.1002/hec....
doi.org/10.1002/hec....