Bruno Kömel

Bruno Kömel

Ph.D. Candidate in Economics

University of Pittsburgh

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. My interests are in development economics, political economy, economics of religion, and public economics.

Interests
  • Development Economics
  • Political Economy
  • Economics of Religion
  • Public Economics
Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, Expected 2026

    University of Pittsburgh

  • M.A. in Economics, 2022

    University of Pittsburgh

  • M.Sc. in Accounting, 2018

    University of Virginia

  • B.A. in Business, 2017

    Covenant College

Working Papers

Monitoring and Delivering: Evidence from Dropout Rates in Brazil
This paper provides evidence that randomized audits of municipal funds in Brazil led to an improvement in outcomes for public school students, but were not as effective in improving the provision of all public services.
Bruno Kömel
Aug 8, 2024
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Work in Progress

Right Turn at the Cross: Political Consequences of the rise of Pentecostalism in Brazil

with Marcela Camargo and Akira Pinto Medeiros

Teaching

Instructor

Intermediate Macroeconomics

Summer 2024

Teaching Assistant

Econometric Theory 1 (Ph.D.)

Fall 2022, 2023

Empirical Methods (Ph.D.)

Spring 2023, 2024 Teaching Materials

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