Heitor Pellegrina

Heitor Pellegrina received his PhD from Brown University. His research lies at the intersection of trade and development economics. He is primarily interested in questions related to agricultural trade, food security, and economic geography.

Education:

• PhD Economics, Brown University, RI, USA, 2017
• MSc Economics, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 2011
• BSc Economics, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 2009

Research Areas:

Agricultural trade; Food security; Economic geography

Courses Taught

• ECON-UH 2610 International Economics
• ECON-UH 4000 Economic Policy
• SOCSC-UH 1010Q Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Publications

• 2022 “Trade, Technology, and Agricultural Productivity” with Farid Farrokhi. Accepted at Journal of Political Economy .
• 2022 “Irrigation and the Spatial Pattern of Local Development in India” with David Blakeslee, Aadityia Dar, Ram Fishman, Samreen Malik, and Karan Singh. Journal of Development Economics . Vol 161, March 2023, 102997.
• 2022 “Trade, farmers’ heterogeneity, and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Colombia” with Margarita Gáfaro. Journal of International Economics . Vol 137, July 2022, 103598.
• 2022 “From bilateral trade to centralized markets: A search model for commodity exchanges in Africa” with Yaw Nyarko. Journal of Development Economics . Vol 157, June 2022, 102867.
• 2022 “Trade, productivity, and the spatial organization of agriculture: Evidence from Brazil”. Journal of Development Economics . Vol 156, May 2022, 102816.