Bruno Kömel

Bruno Kömel

Ph.D. Student in Economics

University of Pittsburgh

I am a Ph.D. student (3rd year) at the Department of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. My interests are in development economics, public economics, and political economy, especially as it pertains to institutions, the provision of public goods, and agriculture.

Interests
  • Development Economics
  • Political Economy
  • 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

Research

Monitoring and Delviering: Evidence from Dropout Rates in Brazil
This paper provides evidence that randomized audits in Brazil led to an improvement in some outcomes for public school students, but were relatively ineffective in improving the provision of other public services.
Bruno Kömel
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Teaching

Instructor

Intermediate Macroeconomics

Summer 2024

Teaching Assistant

Econometric Theory 1 (Ph.D.)

Fall 2022, 2023

Empirical Methods (Ph.D.)

Spring 2023, 2024 GitHub

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