Catarina Alvarez
Catarina Alvarez
Assistant Professor (Adjunct)
Economics
Economics for Policy Knowledge Center

Catarina Alvarez holds a Ph.D. degree in economics from Nova School of Business and Economics. She worked as an economic adviser for the Portuguese Parliament. Previously, she was a predoctoral research fellow at the University of Barcelona and Institut d’Economia de Barcelona (IEB).

Catarina was also a visiting researcher at CES Center for Economic Studies (Munich); ifo Institute, Center for Macroeconomics and Surveys (Munich); Max-Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Department of Public Economics (Munich); and at the Economics department of the University of Mannheim, in Germany.

Her research interests lie in the fields of Public Economics and Political Economy, with a particular focus on Taxation and Fiscal Federalism. Catarina has been a Teaching Assistant and Grader for several courses at Nova SBE and at the University of Barcelona. 

2020- Doutoramento em Economia - Nova SBE

2013- Research Master em Economia - Nova SBE

2010- Mestrado em Economia - Nova SBE

2009- Licenciatura em Economia - Nova SBE

Public Economics and Political Economy, with particular focus on Taxation, Fiscal Federalism, and Electoral Behavior.