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Nationality: Brazil

Affiliation: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Student Status: Student

Level of Education: Ph.D.

Field of Study: Economics

Joined: October 29, 2016

Julia Torracca

Rio de Janeiro, BR

Member: Keynesian Economics, Core, Commons, Economic Development

Organizer: Latin America

Research Interests

  • Latin America
  • Economic Development
  • Technology Development
  • Keynesian Economics
  • Industrialization
  • Industrial Organisation
  • Financial Development
  • International Trade
  • Innovation

About

Currently, I am acting as a researcher in the research group in Industry and Competitiveness of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and as a professor of Industrial Economics at Federal Fluminense University (UFF). I have a Bachelor degree in Economics Science from UFRJ (2008) and Master and Ph.D. in Economics of Industry and Technology from UFRJ (2011 and 2017). I was visiting scholar at Institute of Latin American Studies of Columbia University in 2016. My research fields are Industrial Economics and Foreign Trade, Industrial Organisation and Latin American Economies.