BRIEF BIO
Rui Henrique Alves is currently at the Permanent Representation of Portugal to the European Union, as the Head of the ECOFIN Unit (“Núcleo de Economia e Finanças”) and Financial Counsellor. He is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics – University of Porto (FEP). He holds a PhD in Economics from FEP, in the area of European Economics. He is the author or co-author of several books and articles in the fields of European Economics, International Economics and Macroeconomics (in particular , Economic Policy and Public Finance), which, together with Financial Markets, constitute his core research interests. He is Investigator at CEF.UP (Center for Economics and Finance, University of Porto) and Founding Member of NIFIP (Center for Research in Public Finance and Monetary Policy – FEP) and OBEGEF (Observatory of Fraud Economics and Management). He has been Member of the Executive Council of the FEP between 2010 and 2013 and of the Regional Tourism Authority of Porto and North of Portugal in 2012. He has been Advisor to the Portuguese Stock Exchange for some years and has taught at other higher education schools.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
European Economics, Macroeconomics (Public Finance and Economic Policy), International Economics, Financial Markets.
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