Luis Brandao Marques

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Mailing Address:

Current Position:

Assistant Professor of International Economics, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of Rochester, 2007. Dissertation: Asset Markets, Information, and Welfare: Essays in Applied International Economics.
• M.A. in Economics, University of Rochester, 2003.
• M.A. in Economics, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 2000. Dissertation: Inflation Targeting: Empirical Evidence.
• Licenciatura in Economics, Universidade do Porto, Oporto, Portugal, 1995 (with honors).

Research Interests:

• International Finance. Open Economy Macroeconomics. Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation.

Research Papers:

• "Marketwide Private Information in Stocks: Forecasting Currency Returns,” The Journal of Finance Vol. 63(5), pp. 2297-2343 (2008).
• "Excess Volatility of Consumption in Developed and Emerging Markets: The Role of Durable Goods," working paper (with Fernando A. Alvarez and Manuel Toledo), September 2009.
• "Welfare Implications of Exchange Rate Changes",working paper, August 2009.
• "The Costs to Consumers of a Depreciated Conversion Rate to the Euro, "working paper, June 2007.
• "International Differences in Relative CEO Compensation," working paper (with Sayantani Ghose), April 2006.
  

Seminar and Conference Presentations:

• "Marketwide Private Information in Stocks: Forecasting Currency Returns.”
  • Instituto de Empresa Business School, Madrid, January 2007.
• "Excess Volatility of Consumption in Developed and Emerging Markets: The Role of Durable Goods."
  • International Monetary Fund Institute, Washington DC, February 2010 (scheduled).
  • Society for Economic Dynamics 2009 Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, July .
  • 2009WEGMANS Conference, University of Rochester, Rochester NY, October 2008.
• "Welfare Implications of Exchange Rate Changes."
  • French Finance Association, Paris, December 2008.
  • SEA 2008 Conference, Washington DC, November 2008.
  • Georgetown University Macroeconomics Seminar, Washington DC, September 2008.
  • Second Open Macroeconomics and Development Meeting at the Universite de La Mediterranee - CEDERS, Aix-en-Provence, July 2007.
  • West Virginia University, Morgantown WV, February 2008.
  • Johns Hopkins University - SAIS, Washington DC, February 2007.
  • Baruch College, CUNY, New York NY, February 2007.
  • Cornerstone Research, San Francisco CA, February 2007.
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, February 2007.
  • Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 2007.
  • European Central Bank, Frankfurt, January 2007.
  • University of Bern, Bern, January 2007.
  • Bank of Spain, Madrid, January 2007.
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas TX, January 2007.
• "The Costs to Consumers of a Depreciated Conversion Rate to the Euro."
  • Small Open Economies in a Globalized World Conference, Waterloo, Ontario, June 2008.

Conference Discussions:

• AEA Annual Meeting, New Orleans 2008.
• North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, Atlanta 2010.

Fellowships, Scholarships, and Awards:

• Calouste Gulbenkian Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins University, 2007-2008.
• Foundation for Science and Technology, Portuguese Ministry for Science and Technology Scholarship (2002-2005).
• University of Rochester Tuition Scholarship and Fellowship (2001).
• Eng. Antonio de Almeida Foundation (Oporto, Portugal) Award (1995).

Teaching Experience:

• Johns Hopkins University - SAIS: Macroeconomics, Macroeconometrics, and Corporate Finance, M.A. International Relations (Instructor, 2007-current).
• University of Rochester, W.E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration (Teaching Assistant, 2004-2006).
• University of Rochester, Department of Economics (Teaching Assistant, 2003-2004).
• Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Economia, Oporto, Portugal (Junior Lecturer, 1997-2001).

Other Work Experience:

• Oporto Derivatives Exchange: professional training and research department. Instructor in courses on futures and options for business professionals (1997-2001).
• Banco BPI (Oporto, Portugal): corporate banking (1996-1997).
• Banco Borges & Irmao (Oporto, Portugal): corporate banking (1996).
• Banco Portugues de Negocios (Oporto, Portugal): investment banking (1995-1996).

Refereeing Experience:

• Journal of Monetary Economics, Economic Journal, Portuguese Economic Journal, and Journal of Asian Economics.

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