
members
Professors, students and researchers at the Institute of Economics/UFRJ

Camila Cabral Pires-Alves
Coordinator and Researcher
Holds a Ph.D degrees in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She acted as Chief Economist and deputy Chief Economist at Cade - Administrative Council for Economic Defense. She was also a Visiting Scholar at the American University - Washington College of Law. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economics - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, coordinates the Gdec. Her research deals with Competition Policy, Regulation and Industrial Organization.
Email: camila.alves@ie.ufrj.br

Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro
Vice-Coordinator and Researcher
Holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from the University of Illinois. He acted as Commissioner, Chief Economist and Deputy Chief Economist, at Cade. Currently, he is Associate Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economics – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. His research focuses on Competition Policy, Applied Microeconometrics and Labor Economics.
Email: eribeiro@ie.ufrj.br

João Luiz Ponde
Professor at Institute of Economics - UFRJ
Researcher
Holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from State University of São Paulo - Campinas. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economics – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. His research interests on Economic Theory deal mostly with transaction costs, competition policy, new institutional economics, institutional change and economic methodology.
Email: ponde@ie.ufrj.br

Luiz Carlos Delorme Prado
Professor and Researcher
Lawyer and Ph.D. degree in Economics from Queen Mary College, University of London. He acted as Commissioner at Cade. Currently, he is Professor at the Institute of Economics – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. His research experience covers areas such as Economic History, International Economics, Economic Development, Antitrust and Regulation.
Email: lcdprado@gmail.com

Maria Teresa Leopardi Mello
Professor at Institute of Economics - UFRJ
Researcher
Lawyer and Ph.D. in Economics from State University of São Paulo - Campinas. Currently, she is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Economics – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She has experience in Law and Economics, dealing mostly with property rights, competition policy, regulation and intellectual property.
Email: tereza.leopardi@gmail.com

Mario Luiz Possas
Professor at Institute of Economics - UFRJ
Researcher
Telecommunications Engineer (Military Engineering Institute, 1970), MSc (1977) and Doctor (1983) in Economics at Campinas State University. President of CAPES Economics Consultant Committee, 1987-90. CNPq researcher and ad hoc consultant in 1987-2002 (level 1-A). Full Professor, presently retired, in the Institute of Economics/UFRJ, still in charge of graduate courses, research and dissertation supervising activities, as Emeritus Professor since 2014. Associate Professor at Dept. of Economics, FCL-Ar/UNESP, from May 2013 through March 2017, as well as FAPESP Visiting Professor at the same Dept. in 2015-16. Has extensive academic and professional experience in Economics, including Economic Theory, Industrial Economics, Competition Economics and Policy (Antitrust), especially in the subjects: Macroeconomic Dynamics, Industrial Economics and Innovation, Regulation and Antitrust. Senior Consultant at INCT/PPED/IE/UFRJ since 2009.
Email: mariopossas@gmail.com

Marcos Puccioni de Oliveira Lyra
Doctorate student at Institute of Economics - UFRJ - Researcher
Doctoral student in Economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Substitute Professor at the Department of Economics at the Fluminense Federal University and researcher at Gdec. He holds a master's degree in Economics from UFRJ (2016) with a dissertation entitled "Innovation and Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions: contributions from economic theory and international practice. Graduated in Economic Sciences also from UFRJ (2013). He was a UNDP consultant with CADE in the preparation of the Antitrust Remedies Guide.Works in the areas of Industrial Economics, Microeconomics, Defense of Competition and Innovation
Email: marcosplyra@gmail.com

Diandra Carolina de Oliveira Vieira da Rocha
Doctorate student at Institute of Economics - UFRJ - Researcher
Doctoral student in Economics at UFRJ and researcher at GDEC. Master in Public Policy, Strategy and Development from UFRJ (2020) with the dissertation Economy of Platforms in the Audiovisual Industry: Analysis of Competitive Problems in the OTT Market - The Brazilian market. He holds a degree in Economic Sciences from UFRJ. His areas of interest are: Industrial Economics, Economics of Regulation and Antitrust.
E-mail: diandra.rocha@ppge.ie.ufrj.br

Rita by Cassia Marinho de Souza
research assistant
Master's student in Economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and researcher at Gdec, with a dissertation entitled “Cross-shareholdings and intertwined councils between companies: an analysis of networks and competition in Brazil”. Graduated in Economic Sciences from the Fluminense Federal University (2019). He was a FAPERJ fellow for scientific initiation in the area of Network Theory (2017-2019). He works in the areas of Industrial Economics, Competition Defense and Network Theory.
E-mail: rita.souza@ppge.ie.ufrj.br