Curriculum Vitae
Felipe S. Iachan
Associate Professor of Economics and Finance
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Last updated: January 2026.
Academic Positions
2020–
Associate Professor of Economics and Finance, FGV EPGE
2012–2020
Assistant Professor of Economics, FGV EPGE
Short-term visiting positions: FRB of Minneapolis, Princeton University, Einaudi Institute, MIT, Banco de Portugal
Education
2012
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Doctor of Philosophy in Economics
Dissertation: “Essays in Macroeconomics: Liquidity and Taxation”
Committee: Abhijit V. Banerjee, Robert M. Townsend, Iván Werning
2007
Fundação Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Master’s Degree in Economics
2005
Fundação Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bachelor’s Degree in Economics
Research Interests
Macroeconomics, Financial Economics
Publications
“Housing supply in the presence of informality”
with Ricardo Guedes and Marcelo Sant’Anna
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 99 (2023), 103875.
“Underdiversification and idiosyncratic risk externalities”
with Dejanir Silva and Chao Zi
Journal of Financial Economics, 143.3 (2022), 1227-1250.
“Information quality and regime change: Evidence from the lab”
with Leif Helland, Ragnar Juelsrud, Plamen T. Nenov
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 191 (2021), 538-554.
“The choice channel of financial innovation”
with Plamen Nenov and Alp Simsek
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 13.2 (2021), 333-72.
“Earning dynamics with a large informal sector”
with Diego Gomes and Cezar Santos
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 113 (2020), 103854.
“Competitive real options under private information”
with Leandro Gorno
Journal of Economic Theory, 185 (2020), 104945.
“Capital budgeting and risk taking under credit constraints”
Management Science, 66.9 (2020), 3799-4358.
“Homicides and the age of criminal responsibility in Brazil: a regression discontinuity approach”
with F. Costa, J. Faria, and B. Caballero
Economía, the Journal of LACEA, 19.1 (2018), 59-92.
“Information quality and crises in regime-change games”
with Plamen Nenov
Journal of Economic Theory, 158 (2015), 739-768.
Honors, Awards, and Grants
2022
Haralambos Simeonidis Prize (ANPEC), Honorable Mention
2021
Haralambos Simeonidis Prize (ANPEC), Honorable Mention
FAPERJ APQ1 grant
2019–2024
CAPES PrInt grant (CAPES-PRINT), Principal Investigator
2019
SBE Meeting – Best Paper in Finance Award
Visiting Fellow, Banco de Portugal
2016
SBE Meeting – Best Paper in Finance Award
2016–2019
CNPq Universal grant (Edital Universal), Principal Investigator
2013
Haralambos Simeonidis Prize (ANPEC), Best PhD Thesis
2007–2009
Robert M. Rose Presidential Fellowship, MIT
2006–2007
CAPES Fellowship for Master’s Program in Economics
2002–2005
FGV Fellowship, B.Sc. in Economics
Invited Seminars and Presentations
Regular presenter at international conferences (Society for Economic Dynamics, AFA, WFA, LACEA/LAMES, Brazilian Society of Econometrics), multilateral institutions, central banks (Banco de Portugal, Federal Reserve Banks, Banco Central do Brasil), and leading universities across Brazil, the United States, and Europe.
Recent presentations (2023-2025) include the International Monetary Fund, FGV-EESP, INSPER, and the Lubramacro conference series.
A full list is available in the Lattes CV.
Professional Service
Referee for Review of Economic Studies, Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, Journal of Economic Theory, Economic Theory, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Mathematical Social Sciences, RBFin, Empirical Economics, IMF Economic Review
Director of Publications, Brazilian Society of Finance (SBFin), 2021–2025
Selection committee for the 34th and 37th Meetings of the Brazilian Econometric Society (SBE), the Brazilian Finance Society, and the 2024 LACEA/LAMES meeting
Co-organizer, Macroeconomics and Finance, Rede de Economia Aplicada (REAP)
Teaching
FGV: Asset Pricing (Graduate), Topics in Monetary Policy (Graduate), Corporate Finance (Undergraduate), Finance (Undergraduate), Macro-finance (Graduate), Macroeconomic Theory II (Graduate Core), Topics in Monetary and Fiscal Policy (Graduate), Macroeconomic Theory III (Graduate Core)
MIT Teaching Assistant: Economic Crises (PhD - Macro Core), Microeconomic Theory and Policy (Grad/Undergrad), Introductory Microeconomics (Undergrad), Intermediate Microeconomics (Undergrad)
Main Instructor: Math Camp (PhD)
FGV Teaching Assistant: Advanced Economic Theory (Grad), Microeconomic Theory I (Grad), Microeconomics I (Undergrad)