Fernando Ferrari Filho

1) EDUCATION Post-doctoral program in Economics at The University of Tennessee/TN/USA, 1995-1996. Ph.D. in Economics at Universidade de São Paulo/SP/Brazil, 1992. MA in Economics at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul/RS/Brazil, 1983. BA in Economics at Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro/RJ/Brazil/1980. 2) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Full Professor of Economics at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul/RS/Brazil, since 1994. Fellow Research in Economics at CNPq/Brazil, since 2001. Visiting Scholar at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/IL/USA, 1988-1989. Flemings Visiting Fellow in Economics at Centre for Brazilian Studies/University of Oxford/Oxford/UK, April-June/2001. Editor of Revista Análise Econômica/UFRGS, from 2002 to 2004. Consultant to CAPES/Brazil, since 1998. Consultant to CNPq/Brazil, since 2001. Consultant to MEC/Brazil, since 1998. Policy Adviser of Federação das Associações Comerciais do Rio Grande do Sul-FEDERASUL/RS/Brazil, in 1984 and from 1986 to 1988. Policy Adviser of Associação Gaúcha de Supermercados-AGAS/RS/Brazil, in 2003 and 2004. Member of the Board of Federação do Comércio-FECOMÉRCIO/RS/Brazil, from 1998 to 2000. Vice-President and President of the Board of Instituição Comunitária de Crédito-PORTOSOL/RS/Brazil, from 2002 to 2004 and from 2004 to 2006, respectively.