Antonio Galvao

Assistant Professor

Office: Bolton Hall, Room 852
Phone: (414) 229-4429
e-mail: agalvao@uwm.edu
Web Site: people.uwm.edu/~agalvao/

Degrees:
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S. (statistics), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.A., Getulio Vargas Foundation
B.A., Federal Universtity of Minas Gerais

Research Interests:
Econometric Theory, Applied Econometrics, Quantile Regression, Panel Data

Current Projects:
"Quantile Regression for Dynamic Panel Data with Fixed Effects"

"Instrumental Variables Quantile Regression for Panel Data with Measurement Errors," (with Gabriel Montes-Rojas)

"Threshold Quantile Autoregressive Models" (with Gabriel Montes-Rojas and Jose Olmo)

"Which Quantile is the Most Informative? Maximum Entropy Quantile Regression" (with Anil Bera, Gabriel Montes-Rojas and Sung Park)

Selected Publications:
"Unit Root Quantile Autoregression Testing Using Covariates," Journal of Econometrics, 152, 2009: 165-178.

"Tax Burden, Government Expenditures and Income Distribution in Brazil," Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 48, 2008: 345-358 (with Werner Baer).

"Convergence or Divergence in Latin America? A Time Series Analysis," Applied Economics, 39, 2007: 1353-1360 (with Fabio Gomes).