Luiz Alberto Esteves holds a PhD in Economics from the Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy (2009). He currently occupies the position of Chief Economist of Banco do Nordeste do Brasil S/A, Editor-in-Chief of the Revista Econômica do Nordeste (REN), Coordinator of the Studies and Research Commission of the Brazilian Development Association (ABDE) and Advisory Member of the Commission for the Study and Defense of Competition of the Brazilian Bar Association. The economist was also a Visiting Graduate Student at the Centre for Globalisation Research (CGR) of the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London, UK (2006); Visiting Graduate Student at the Institute of Labor Economics, IZA, Bonn, Germany (2007). (OAB/CE). He has also been a visiting researcher at the Institute for Applied Economic Research, IPEA (2005-2006).
