Joana  David Avritzer


Joana David Avritzer

Assistant Professor of Economics

Joined Connecticut College: 2021

Education
Ph.D. in Economics, New School for Social Research
MA, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
BA, Federal University of Minas Gerais


Specializations

Post-Keynesian Macroeconomics

Demand-led Growth

Macroeconomic Modeling

Time-series Analysis

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Joana David Avritzer joined the Economics Department of Connecticut College in 2021, after completing her PhD in Economics at the New School for Social Research. She is originally from Brazil, where she completed her BA at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and her MA at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

Her primary fields of research are heterodox macroeconomics, demand-led growth and income distribution. She is currently working on incorporating household debt dynamics into a post-Keynesian growth model to explore the relationship between growth and income distribution.

Please visit here for a list of publications.

She has been teaching courses in Macroeconomics, Financial Markets and Institutions, Monetary Policy and the Fed Challenge and Growth Theories.

Visit the economics department website.

Majoring in Economics.

 

Contact Joana  David Avritzer

P: (860) 439-5264 E: javritzer@conncoll.edu

Mailing Address

Joana  David Avritzer
Connecticut College
Box # ECONOMICS/Winthrop Hall
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New London, CT 06320

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