Lucas C. Corrêa Dias

About

I am PhD student in Economics at the São Paulo School of Economics (FGV EESP).

Starting Fall 2026, I will join Lisbon School of Economics and Management (ISEG), University of Lisbon as an Assistant Professor of Economics.

You can find my CV here and reach me at lucas.dias@fgv.edu.br.

Fields: International Trade, Economic Geography, Urban Economics.


Research

Publications

Diet, Economic Development, and Climate Change
with Jordan Norris and Heitor Pellegrina
The Economic Journal, 2026

Trade Liberalization and Mortality Rates: Evidence of Pro-Cyclical Mortality from Brazil
with Vinícius Cícero and Sammy Zahran
Health Economics, 2025

Impacts of Royalties on Copper Miners in Chile
with Eduardo Haddad, Patricio Aroca, and Sofia Arantes
The Empirical Economics Letters, 2020

Working Papers

Rural Productivity, Urban Transformation
with Germano Wallerstein

Donkey Business: Trade, Resource Exploitation, and Crime
with Vinícius Cícero
R&R Journal of the European Economic Association

Optimal Road Network and The Gains from Intranational Trade
with Eduardo Haddad and Andrés Maggi
New version soon

Work in Progress

Planned Cities in Hierarchical Urban Systems