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Leo Feler, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of International Economics

Based in Washington, D.C.
Bernstein-Offit 709

Background and Education

Current research focuses on health externalities in urban slums in developing countries; the effects of privatizing state-owned banks on local economic development; the effects of trade shocks on local employment, tax revenues and public good provision; the role of government bank ownership in mitigating recessions during financial crises; and the response of large and congested cites in developing countries to in-migration pressures; Ph.D., economics, Brown University
RSS

"Exclusionary Policies in Urban Development: Under-Servicing Migrant Households in Brazilian Cities," co-author, in Journal of Urban Economics (2011)

Regions
Bangladesh
United States
South Asia
Brazil
Topics
Economics
Economic Development
Global Financial Crises
Global Health Policy
Privatization and Private Sector Development
Foreign Languages
French
Portuguese
Spanish