Lucas Finamor
lucasfinamor.bsky.social
Lucas Finamor
@lucasfinamor.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the Sao Paulo School of Economics, FGV. Ph.D in Economics from Yale University.
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"This study estimates the carbon-efficient forest cover in the Brazilian Amazon. A $10/ton carbon tax could preserve 95% of the efficient carbon stock, avoiding 42B tons of CO2 & yielding $1.6T in welfare gains."

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May 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I can confirm how Cormac is the best!
Yale College has awarded Cormac O'Dea the Lex Hixon ’63 Prize, its highest honor for teaching excellence in the social sciences.

“Your ability to ‘make economics both intellectually stimulating and fun is truly commendable,’” reads the prize citation: economics.yale.edu/news/250505/...
Cormac O’Dea Wins Yale College’s Top Teaching Prize in Social Sciences
economics.yale.edu
May 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Forthcoming in the AER: "Efficiency in Household Decision Making: Evidence from the Retirement Savings of U.S. Couples" by Taha Choukhmane, Lucas Goodman, and Cormac O'Dea. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Efficiency in Household Decision Making: Evidence from the Retirement Savings of U.S. Couples
(Forthcoming Article) - We study how couples allocate retirement-saving contributions across each spouse’s account. In a new dataset covering over a million U.S. individuals, we find retirement contri...
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February 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Hello #econsky, I am a Postdoc at the IFS in London working on labor economics, economics of education, and public finance, particularly in developing countries! Next year, I am joining the Sao Paulo School of Economics!
October 29, 2023 at 4:21 PM