Joao Tovar Jalles

Joao Tovar Jalles is an economist, university professor and consultant with more than 15 years of experience in policy and research in macroeconomics, public finance and applied econometrics. With a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge, Dr. Jalles worked as staff economist at the IMF, the OECD, the ECB and the Portuguese Public Finance Council while also keeping a teaching career on the side. He was a visiting scholar at the IMF and at the Central Bank of Portugal and also acted as consultant to several national and international organizations on multiple projects. Dr. Jalles is among the top 1% economic authors in the World (Rank: [250 out of 67233]) based on IDEASRePEc database´s last 10-year publications. Dr. Jalles is currently Associate Editor of the Public Finance Review. He has published more than 150 academic papers published in peer-reviewed economics journals.