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PAULO ROBERTO ARVATE

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MAIN DESCRIPTION

Graduate and undergraduate professor on São Paulo School of Business Administration (Getulio Vargas Foundation/FGV). Ph.D. Economics, University of São Paulo, Brazil (one year at UCLA, CA) . Short Visits: Visiting Professor at the MSU, USA; Visiting Researcher at Nova de Lisboa, PT; Average articles published 1-4* ABS: 3. Permanent member - Center for Applied Microeconomics (C-Micro/EESP-FGV); Councilor of Finance Institute (I-Fin/EAESP-FGV). Member - Ethical Compliance Committee on Research Involving Human Beings (CEPH/FGV). Honors and Awards: Several times finalist with their Ph.D. students of the best year paper from the Brazilian National Association of Business Schools; The 2005 Best Brazilian Technical Book (The Jabuti Award); The 2018 Best Applied Paper (Getulio Vargas Foundation); The 2019 George Stigler Award/Second Best Applied Paper (INSPER); The 2019 The Leadership Quarterly Best Paper Award; The 2021-23 nominated for the Charles H. Levine Award - the Best Conference Paper in the Public and Nonprofit Division (Academy of Management)

PUBLICATIONS

-Strategic Discrimination in Embedded Contexts and the Emergence of Systematic Exclusion (with L. Lenz and S. Mittlaender) Empirical Economics (ABS-2), volume 66: 1383-1401, 2024

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-023-02487-7

Media coverage: Blog de Impacto (Recrutamento de colaboradores a partir de indicações (impacto.blog.br)

-The Role of Management in Solving the Fallacious Trade-Off Between Economy and Ecology (with G. Cordeiro, J.Story, and L. Pongeluppe) Academy Management Discoveris (ABS-3), 2023

https://doi.org/10.5465/amd.2022.025

Media coverage: AOM insights; Folha de São Paulo - Brazilian newspaper (https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2024/02/cidades-com-prefeitos-do-agro-nao-desmataram-mais-que-outras-e-geraram-mais-negocios-diz-estudo.shtml); Internet (https://www.acessa.com/economia/2024/02/205128-cidades-com-prefeitos-do-agro-nao-desmataram-mais-que-outras-e-geraram-mais-negocios-diz-estudo.html); Twitter (https://twitter.com/folha/status/1759779419722265012); TV: Jovem Pan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPYTIMXqEPc)

https://journals.aom.org/doi/full/10.5465/amd.2022.0255.summary

Entrepreneurial identity and entrepreneurial action: a within-person field study (with C. Guarana, R. Stevenson, J. Lee, S. Conder, and C. Bonani) Personnel Psychology (ABS-4*), volume 7(1): 197-224, 2023

http://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12611

-The Role of Management in Solving the Fallacious Trade-Off Between Economy and Ecology (with G. Cordeiro, J.Story, and L. Pongeluppe) Academy Management Discoveris (ABS-3)

- Fostering agility through public procurement reforms: the role of experienced public officers (with P. Reis and S. Cabral). International Journal of Public Administration (ABS-2), 2023

https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2023.2205048

- Armed Police and Violence: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in Brazil (with A. P. Souza)

Economic Modelling (ABS-2), volume 111: 105825, 2022

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2022.105825

Media coverage: Folha de São Paulo (newspaper), and Globo(newspaper)

- Structural Advocacy Organizations and Intersectional Outcomes:  Effects of Women´s Police Stations on Female Homicides (with S. Cabral, A. MaCgahan, and P. Reis)

Public Administration Review, 2022 (ABS-4*), volume 82(3):503-521

https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13478

Media coverage: Folha de São Paulo (newspaper), Estado de São Paulo (newspaper), and Globo (TV channel - Jornal Hoje)

- Leaders affect business creation: Evidence from Mayoral elections (with J. Story)

Leadership Quarterly, 2021 (ABS-4), 101577

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2021.101577

- Can women's performance in elections determine the engagement of adolescent girls in politics? (with S. Firpo and R. Pieri)

European Journal of Political Economy (ABS-2), volume 70, 2021

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102045

Media coverage: Folha de São Paulo (newspaper)

- Fostering Entrepreneurship: The crucial role of monitoring schemes (with G.G. Cunha)

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy (ABS-1), volume 10(4), 2021, 527-554

https://doi.org/10.1108/JEPP-01-2021-0007

- The Queen Bee: a myth? The effect of top-level female leadership on subordinate females (with G.W. Galilea and I. Todescat)

Leadership Quarterly (ABS-4 - Lead Article), volume 29, 2018, 533-548.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1048984317305179

Media coverage: Folha de São Paulo (newspaper), and Discovery Magazine (Magazine)

- Lighting and Homicides: Evaluating the Effect of an Electrification Policy in Rural Brazil on Violent Crime Reduction

(with F. O. Falsete, F.G. Ribeiro, and A.P. Souza)

Journal of Quantitative Criminology (Top 5 Journal - List of Criminology), volume 34, 2018, 1047-1078.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10940-017-9365-6

Media coverage: Folha de São Paulo (newspaper)

- Superior economic performance in developed and developing countries (with S. Ruiz and W.G. Xavier).

International Journal of Emerging Markets (ABS-1), volume 12, 2017, 93-107.

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJoEM-12-2014-0213/full/html

- Condemning corruption while condoning inefficiency: an experimental investigation into voting behavior (with S.M.L., Souza)

Public Choice (ABS-3), volume 172, 2017, 399-419.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-017-0452-x

Media coverage: Folha de São Paulo (newspaper)

- Future electoral impacts of having a female mayor (with S. Firpo and R. Pieri)

Political Science Review (Lead Article), volume 11, 2017, 1-28

ttps://www.scielo.br/j/bpsr/a/HsgFNN38xQGcMcfN3bKRXdj/?lang=en

Media coverage: Folha de São Paulo (newspaper)

- Institutional quality and capital taxation (with L. Araujo)

International Tax and Public Finance (ABS-3), volume 23, 2016, 25-47.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10797-014-9346-8

- Municipalities secession, median voter, public good provision (with E. Mattos and V. Ponczeck)

Economics Bulletin, volume 35, 2015, A22

ttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/44886050_Municipalities_Secession_and_uncertainty_on_public_goods_provision

- Electoral Competition and Local Government Responsiveness in Brazil

World Development (ABS-3), volume 43, 2013, 67-83.

ttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305750X12002835

- Intergenerational conflict and public education expenditure when there is co-residence between the elderly and young (with A.C.P., Zoghbi)

Economics of Education Review (ABS-2), volume 29, 2010, 1165-1175.

ttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272775710000749

- Vertical transfers and the appropriation of resources by the bureaucracy: the case of Brazilian state governments (with N. Marconi, P.E.M. Palombo, and J.S.Moura)

Public Choice (ABS-3), 2009, 65-85

ttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-009-9438-7

- Fiscal Conservatism in a New Democracy: "Sophisticated" versus "Naive" Voters (with J. Tavares and G. Avelino)

Economic Letters (ABS-3), 2009, volume 102, 125-127 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165176508003273

- Corruption and the size of government: causality tests for OECD and Latin American countries (with A. Curi, F. Rocha, and F.S.M. Sanches)

Applied Economics Letters (ABS-2), 2009, 1013-1017

ttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504850802676207

SUBMITTED

- Effect of female role models on the suicide levels of married women: econometric analysis (with G. Arvate, A. Massuda, R. Massuda, and R. Atun) Submitted

- Navigating the Incongruity: The Benefits of Communal and Participative Decision-Making Traits for Women in Elected Roles (with S. Cabral, T. Hoang, and M. Sabharwal) Revise & Resubmit (ABS-4*)

- Economic environments and pricing strategies: the performance difference between informal and formal firms in emerging economies (with P. Azevedo) Submitted (ABS-4)

- When do politicians fail to reward politically connected firms? A Study on the resources of non-market stakeholders (with K. Barbosa e T. Teodorovicz) Revise & Resubmit (ABS-4*)

-Are women strategic leaders more effective during a crisis than men strategic leaders? A causal analysis of the relationship between strategic leader gender and outcomes during the COVID-19 crisis. (with N. Bastardoz, B. Gazdag, T. Hentschel, W. Obenauer, and J. Sieweke) Submitted (ABS-4)

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WORKING PAPERS

- Women Small-Business Owners in the Informal Economy: Is the way women do prices a competitive advantage? (with L. Moraes and N. Bastradoz)
- Informal sector for female owners in emerging economies: a promising start or a sad end? (with P. Azevedo and L. Moraes)
- Breaking down barriers or the "chameleon effect": an event study approach to analyze the effects of reform to simplify and unify the new ventures registration process (with C. Bonani)
- Mobilization of followers by leaders for partisanship and collective action (with H. Brabo)

-When professional background can betray our best intuition: the case of physician mayors in Brazil

(with G. Cordeiro and S. Cabral)

- Mobilization of followers by leaders for partisanship and collective action (with H. Brabo and F. Deodato)

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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

1996 - current

Department of Economics - Business School - Getulio Vargas Fountation

FULL PROFESSOR

1989 - 2007

School of Economics - Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo

CHIEF FINANCIAL  OFFICE (CFO)

1997 - 2002

Data Processing Company of the São Paulo State (PRODESP)

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