Hi there!
I'm Alberto Ferreira.
I'm an economist working on firm dynamics and macroeconomics. I ask how firms reallocate resources — over time and across the cross-section — and what that means for aggregates like business dynamism and productivity. My approach is micro-to-macro: I bring census-level firm data into models with real and financial frictions.
About
I'm a fifth-year PhD candidate at the EUI in Florence, where my supervisors are Russell Cooper and Giancarlo Corsetti. Before Florence I read economics at Nova SBE in Lisbon and took graduate degrees in economics and mathematics through the LSE and the University of London, with a stint at the European Central Bank working on DSGE models.
Alongside my own research, I consult for CompNet at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) and advise the Portuguese Business Cycle Dating Committee.
Current projects
Firm Dynamics with Intangible Capital
How can firms grow and finance themselves in an increasingly intangible economy?
Nonlinear Productivity Dynamics
How harmless is the AR(1) assumption on productivity?
The Decline in Investment Rates
Why has investment dynamism declined across countries since the GFC?