Paulo Springer de Freitas

He has served as an economist at IPEA (a Brazilian economic think-tank) and at the Central Bank of Brazil, where he was on the team responsible for implementing the inflation target regime following the exchange rate crisis of 1999.

He is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Brasília. He has published books and articles in peer reviewed journals in other fields, including infrastructure, concession contracts, labor economics, and public policy.