André C. Silva is Associate Professor at Nova School of Business and Economics. His research focuses on Macroeconomics and Finance, especially monetary economics, asset pricing and capital structure. His research connects macroeconomic variables such as innovation and capital flows to decisions on portfolio allocation, capital structure and other economic and financial decisions. The research of Andre Silva has been published in academic journals such as the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Development Economics, and the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics.

He teaches courses on Macroeconomics and Finance for the Undergraduate, Masters and Ph.D. programs. Before working at Nova SBE, André Silva taught at the University of Chicago and at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and served as a consultant at Accenture. André Silva has presented his research in international conferences and seminars such as in the conferences of the American Finance Association, Society for Economic Dynamics, Econometric Society, and American Economic Association. His recent research includes the effect of portfolio rebalancing on the welfare cost of inflation, the determinants of capital flows and the effects of the capital structure on incentives to innovation.

Current research interests include: Asset Pricing, Corporate Finance, Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics.

Macroeconomics and Finance