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Address: Nova School of Business and Economics – Universidade Nova de Lisboa Citizenship: Portugal Campus de Campolide, 1099-032 Lisboa, Portugal Married, 3 children Phone: +351 21 3801601 (office) / Fax: +351 21 3870933

Email: pedro.vicente@novasbe.pt Webpage: http://www.pedrovicente.org/

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Ph.D. in Economics University of Chicago 2005

Visiting Student Yale University Spring 2005 Dissertation: Essays on Corruption and the Natural Resource Curse

Advisers: Marianne Bertrand, Casey Mulligan, Roger Myerson (chair).

Fields of Specialization: Mathematical Economics (Prelim Exam Field), Econometrics and Statistics (GPA Field)

M.A. in Economics University of Chicago 2002

M.Sc. in Economics London School of Economics 2000

Licenciatura in Economics Universidade Católica Portuguesa 1998

Socrates/Erasmus Visiting Student University of Warwick 1997-1998

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Associate Professor in Economics Universidade Nova de Lisboa 2011-present Nova School of Business and Economics

Portuguese academic title ‘Agregação’ awarded in 2014

Assistant Professor in Economics Trinity College Dublin 2008-2011

Department of Economics

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow University of Oxford 2005-2008

Department of Economics and

CSAE - Centre for the Study of African Economies

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Scientific Director N O V A F R I C A 2011 to present

Nova Africa Center for Business and Economic Development

Research Affiliate B R E A D 2008 to present

Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development

Research Associate University of Oxford 2008 to present

CSAE - Centre for the Study of African Economies

Lead Academic IGC - International Growth Centre 2010 to present

Mozambique

Research Programme Member IGC - International Growth Centre 2008 to present Governance, Accountability, and Political Economy

Non-resident Fellow University of Navarra 2010 to present

Navarra Center for International Development

Member E G A P 2008 to present

Experiments in Governance and Politics

Visiting Lecturer University of Oxford 2008-2012 Department of Economics/Queen Elizabeth House

Research Associate Trinity College Dublin 2008-2011

IIIS – Institute for International Integration Studies

Steering Committee E G A P 2009-2010

Experiments in Governance and Politics

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Development Economics, Political Economy

Experimental Economics/Program Evaluation, Microeconomic Theory

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Is Vote-buying Effective? Evidence from a Field Experiment in West Africa, Economic Journal, 2014, 124(574), pp. F356-387;

Votes and Violence: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria, joint with Paul Collier, Economic Journal, 2014, 124(574), pp. F327-355;

Political Violence and Social Networks: Experimental Evidence from a Nigerian Election, joint with Marcel Fafchamps, Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 101, pp. 27-48;

Violence, Fraud, and Bribery: The Political Economy of Elections in Sub-Saharan Africa, joint with Paul Collier, Public Choice, 2012, 153(1-2), pp. 117-147;

Testing the ‘Brain Gain’ Hypothesis: Micro Evidence from Cape Verde, joint with Catia Batista and Aitor Lacuesta, Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97(1), pp. 32-45;

Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment,joint with Catia Batista, World Bank Economic Review, 2011, 25(1), pp. 77-104;

Legal Corruption, joint with Daniel Kaufmann, Economics and Politics, 2011, 23(2), pp. 195-219;

Does Oil Corrupt? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in West Africa, Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 92(1), pp. 28-38;

Clientelism and Vote-buying: Lessons from Field Experiments in African Elections, joint with Leonard Wantchekon, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2009, 25(2), pp. 292-305.

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Oil, Corruption, and Vote-buying: A Review of the Case of Sao Tome and Principe, in S. Rose-Ackerman and T. Soreide, 2011, International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, Volume II, Edward Elgar Publishing;

Consideraciones Empíricas de la Fuga de Cerebros, joint with Catia Batista and Aitor Lacuesta, Moneda y Crédito, 2008, 226, pp. 33-71;

A Theory of Corruption, Political Exclusion, and Windfalls, in M. Gradstein and K. Konrad, 2007, Institutions and Norms in Economic Development, MIT Press;

Review of C. Sampford, A. Shacklock, C. Connors, and F. Galtung (Eds), Measuring Corruption, Global Crime, 8(1), February 2007, pp. 101-104.

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Is Information Power? Using Cell Phones in an Election in Mozambique, joint with Jenny Aker and Paul Collier; Return Migration, Self-selection, and Entrepreneurship in Mozambique, joint with Cátia Batista and Tara McIndoe; By The People? Foreign Aid and Donor-Country Democracy, joint with Daniel Kaufmann and Eoin McGuirk; Voting and Peer Effects: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique, joint with Marcel Fafchamps and Ana Vaz;

Networks and Information: Evidence on Political Participation in Mozambique, joint with Macartan Humphreys; Introducing Mobile Money in Mozambique: Evidence from a Field Experiment, joint with Cátia Batista;

Vitamin A Deficiency and Training to Farmers: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mozambique, joint with Rute Caeiro;

The Impact of National and International Observers: Experimental Evidence from an Election in Mozambique, joint with Tiago Almeida and Paul Collier;

A Model of Vote-buying with an Incumbency Advantage; Corrupted Scholarships.

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Agricultural Savings and Mobile Banking in Mozambique, joint with Cátia Batista and Dean Yang;

Financial Literacy and Mobile Banking in Mozambican Urban Markets, joint with Cátia Batista and Sandra Sequeira; An Impact Evaluation of FAS in Angola.

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Angola (2010 to present) Cape Verde (2006)

Mozambique (2009, 2010 to present) Nigeria (2007)

São Tomé and Príncipe (2004, 2006).

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Growth and Labour Markets in Low Income Countries Programme - IZA - Research Grant (Germany) 2014 Promoting Migrant Remittances using Mobile Banking: Evidence from a Field Experiment

International Growth Centre - Research Grant (UK) 2014

Social Networks and the Diffusion of Mobile Money in Mozambique

United States Agency for International Development - USAID - Research Grant (USA) 2013 Field Experiment on Accountability in Mozambican Local Elections

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - Research Grant (Portugal) 2012

A Randomized Impact Evaluation of the Introduction of Mobile Banking in Mozambique

United States Agency for International Development - USAID - Research Grant (USA) 2012 Field Experiment on Financial Literacy and Mobile Banking in Mozambique

International Growth Centre - Research Grant (UK) 2011, 2012

Field Experiment on Financial Literacy and Mobile Banking in Mozambique

International Growth Centre - Research Grant (UK) 2011

Field Experiment on Rural Mobile Banking in Mozambique

Open Society Institute – Research Grant (USA) 2009

Field Experiment on Voter Education/Electoral Observation in Mozambique

International Growth Centre - Research Grant (UK) 2009

Field Experiment on Voter Education/Electoral Observation in Mozambique

Trinity College Dublin – Start-up Fund (Ireland) 2009

Trinity College Dublin – Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund (Ireland) 2008, 2011

iiG - Improving Institutions for Growth, supported by DfID (UK), William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

(USA), and Open Society Institute (USA) - Research Grant 2007

Field Experiment on Electoral Violence during Elections in Nigeria

Open Society Institute – Research Grant (USA) 2006

GPRG - Global Poverty Research Group, ESRC – Research Grant (UK) 2005 Household Survey on Migration and Corruption in Cape Verde

University of Oxford - George Webb Medley Research Fund (UK) 2005-2008

University of Chicago - Henry Morgenthau Jr. Memorial Fund Dissertation Fellowship (USA) 2004-2005

University of Chicago - Department of Economics Fieldwork Grant (USA) 2004 Household Survey on Corruption in São Tomé and Príncipe

University of Chicago - Division of the Social Sciences Graduate Fellowship (USA) 2003-2004

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal) 2000-2004

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Portugal) 2000-2001

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal) 1999-2000

British Council - British Chevening Scholarship (UK) 1999-2000

Socrates/Erasmus Scholarship(EU) 1997-1998

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CSAE Conference on ‘Social Networks and Matching Processes’, presenter

2013:

IGC Africa Growth Forum (Uganda), presenter

CSAE Conference (University of Oxford), chair, discussant, and presenter

North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society (San Diego), chair and presenter;

2012:

IGC/Bank of Mozambique Workshop on Mobile Money (Maputo), chair and presenter NEUDC Conference (Dartmouth), presenter

Growth Week – International Growth Centre (LSE)

NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), presenter and discussant MOVE Workshop on Social Economics (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona);

2011:

Workshop on the Political Economy of Governance and Conflicts (University of Namur) Governance Impact Evaluation Workshop (DfID)

DIME (World Bank) Impact Evaluation Workshop (Dakar) CSAE Conference (University of Oxford)

2010:

NEUDC Conference (MIT), presenter and discussant

EGAP Meeting – Experiments in Governance and Politics (NYU)

Growth Week – International Growth Centre (LSE), roundtable speaker, and presenter CSAE Conference (University of Oxford)

North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society (Atlanta);

2009:

Workshop on ‘Chances and Risks of Elections in Sub-Saharan Africa’ (BMZ, Berlin), roundtable speaker EGAP Meeting – Experiments in Governance and Politics (Yale University)

Conference on ‘Impact Measurement in Development Aid’ (Trinity College Dublin), roundtable speaker, and presenter

CSAE Conference (University of Oxford), roundtable plenary speaker, and presenter

Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) Launch Conference (Trinity College Dublin) AEA/ASSA Annual Meeting (San Francisco);

2008:

CEPR Conference on Conflicts, Globalization, and Development (Paris School of Economics) NEUDC Conference (Boston University), presenter and discussant

Political Economy Workshop (Trinity College Dublin)

Conference on ‘Field Experiments in Comparative Politics and Policy’ (University of Manchester) Nordic Conference in Development Economics (IIES – Stockholm), chair, presenter, and discussant CSAE Conference (University of Oxford), roundtable plenary speaker, chair, presenter, and discussant

Conference on ‘Institutional Constraints to African Economic Development’ (University of Navarra), presenter and roundtable speaker

AEA/ASSA Annual Meeting (New Orleans);

2007:

NEUDC Conference (Harvard University)

BREAD/CEPR Conference on Development Economics (LSE) African Studies Association Annual Meeting (New York)

Conference on ‘Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Methods Applied to the Study of Governance in the Developing World’ (Harvard University)

American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Chicago)

Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (Central European University), chair and presenter CSAE Conference (University of Oxford), chair, presenter, and discussant;

2006:

CSAE Conference(University of Oxford), presenter and discussant;

2005:

Global Poverty Research Group Conference (University of Manchester)

Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (University of Amsterdam) Econometric Society World Congress (University College London)

CESifo Summer Institute (Venice International University), presenter and discussant;

2003:

Conference in Econometric Modelling for Africa (University of Stellenbosch) Nordic Conference in Development Economics (University of Copenhagen).

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IHMT - Lisbon

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Columbia University

University of Navarra, 3-day course on development economics;

2013:

University of Navarra;

2012:

University of Navarra, 2-day course on the political economy of development University of Oxford

LSE/UCL;

2011:

Universidade Nova de Lisboa University of East Anglia University of Navarra;

2010:

World Bank (Research Department) Paris 1 Sorbonne University;

2009:

University of Essex

University of Milan-Bicocca, including 2-day course on the political economy of development University of Sussex;

Michigan State University

University College Dublin (Geary Institute Seminar, Development Seminar) LSE

University of Gothenburg Universidade Nova de Lisboa University of Sussex

University of Edinburgh EBRD

World Bank

University of Maryland

Trinity College Dublin (Economics Dep. Seminar, Political Science Dep. Seminar) University of Copenhagen

Carleton University

University of Oxford (Merton/OxCarre Seminar);

2007:

KU Leuven IICT - Lisbon

University of Chicago New York University

Stockholm School of Economics University of Manchester

University of Oxford (Department Seminar, CSAE Workshop - 3, Oxford-LSE RPC Workshop – 2, CSAE Seminar, discussant -2);

2006:

Cornell University

University of Oxford (CSAE Workshop, St. Antony’s College Corruption Group, CSAE Seminar, discussant - 2);

2005:

University of Oxford (CSAE Seminar, presenter and discussant, Corruption Group) ISEG – Technical University of Lisbon

Yale University University of Navarra Aarhus University

University of Quebec at Montreal

University of Chicago (Political Economy Workshop);

2004:

University of Chicago(Development Workshop, Micro Lunch);

2003:

University of Chicago (Political Economy Workshop).

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Lecturer at Universidade Nova de Lisboa – Nova School of Business and Economics:

Poverty: Concepts and Challenges graduate 2nd _{Semester – 2013/2014}

Policy Analysis graduate 2nd Semester – 2013/14, 2014/15 Development Economics graduate 2nd _{Semester – 2011/12, 2012/13, 1}st _{Semester – 2013/14, 2014/15}

Strategies to Fight Poverty graduate 2nd Semester – 2011/12, 1st Semester – 2012/2013 Development Economics undergraduate 2nd _{Semester – 2011/12, 1}st _{and 2}nd _{Semesters – 2012/13} Lecturer at the University of Oxford – Department of Economics and Department of International Development:

Institutions and Development MSc Dev. Econ., MPhil Econ. Hilary – 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Microeconomic Theory MSc Dev. Econ. Michaelmas - 2005

Development Economics undergraduate Hilary - 2010, Michaelmas - 2010 Applied Micro Reading Seminar Joint Dublin PhD Econ. Michaelmas - 2009, Hilary - 2011 Political Economy of Development Joint Dublin PhD Econ. Hilary - 2009, Michaelmas - 2011 Microeconomics MSc Econ. Hilary - 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Economic Theory (Game Theory) undergraduate Hilary - 2009, 2010, 2011 Development Economics Joint Dublin PhD Econ. Michaelmas - 2008

Teaching Assistant at the University of Chicago – Department of Economics:

Economics of Information graduate Fall - 2003, 2004 Theory of Auctions undergraduate Winter - 2004 Intermediate Microeconomics undergraduate Fall - 2003 Introduction to Microeconomics undergraduate Spring, Fall - 2003 Decision Analysis undergraduate Fall - 2002

Teaching Assistant at Universidade Católica Portuguesa – FCEE (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences): Money and Banking undergraduate 1998-1999 Introduction to Economics undergraduate 1998-1999 Microeconomics undergraduate 1998-1999

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American Economic Journals: Applied Economics, American Economic Review, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Economic Journal, Electoral Studies, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), International Studies Quarterly, Journal of African Economies, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Legal Studies, Journal of Politics, Journal of Public Economics, National Science Foundation, Oxford Economic Papers, Public Choice, Review of Economic Studies, World Development.

Director of the Economics | Finance PhD Programme at Universidade Nova de Lisboa:

Nova School of Business and Economics 2013-present

PhD Examiner:

LSE (Ashwini Natraj), Nova SBE (Mafalda Sampaio), UCD (John Regan) 2012

Conference Organizer at Universidade Nova de Lisboa – Nova SBE:

NOVAFRICA/Nova Finance Center Conference on Financial Development in Africa March 2014 NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development September 2012

Programme Committee Member

European Economic Association Annual Congress 2012

Supervisor for Graduate Students at Universidade Nova de Lisboa – Nova SBE:

PhD Economics - EDEEM (Tugba Zeydanli) 2013 to present Master Econ (1+6+4 students) 2011-2013

Conference Organizer at Trinity College Dublin – IIIS/Department of Economics:

III EGAP Conference May 2010

Conference on ‘Impact Measurement in Development Aid’ April 2009

Director of the Economics PhD Programme at Trinity College Dublin:

Department of Economics 2009-2011

Recruitment Committee at Trinity College Dublin:

Lecturership February 2010

Supervisor for Graduate Students at Trinity College Dublin – Department of Economics:

PhD Economics (Eoin McGuirk, Tara McIndoe) 2008-2011

MSc Econ (1+2+1 students) 2008-2011

Admissions Committee at the University of Oxford – Department of Economics:

MSc Economics for Development 2006-2008

Supervisor for Graduate Students at the University of Oxford – Department of Economics:

MSc Dev. Econ (2+3+3 students) 2005-2008

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Angola Local Development Programme 2010 to present World Bank Institute, Governance and Anti-Corruption 2004-2008

Research Assistant:

University of Chicago – Graduate School of Business Summer - 2003 Universidade Católica Portuguesa – FCEE 1999

Trainee at Unilever, Portugal 1998-1999

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American Economic Association, European Economic Association, American Political Science Association.

Media Appearances (selected):

Television: RTP (Portugal) – 3 (invited commentator at the EU-Africa Summit 2007), TVS (São Tomé and Príncipe) - 1, TCV (Cape Verde) - 1.

Radio: BBC (UK) - 3, Voice of America (USA) - 1, Deutsche Welle (Germany) - 1, RDP (Portugal) - 7.

Written: The Economist – 1, Wall Street Journal - 2, voxeu.org -1, Lusa (Portuguese News Agency) - 3, Semanário Sol (Portugal) – 3, Diário Económico (Portugal) - 5, Exame (Brasil) – 1.

Languages:

Portuguese (native); English (fluent); French and Spanish (fair).

Other Interests: Rowing, politics.