Rafael Duarte Lisboa Paschoaleto is a PhD candidate at the Research Center “Poverty, Equity and Growth in Developing Countries” under the supervision of Prof. Marcela Ibañez Diaz. His research focus is on development and environmental issues from a behavioral perspective. Rafael received a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Sao Paulo School of Economics, Brazil, and a master’s degree in Development Economics from the University of Göttingen, Germany. Previously, he worked in institutes and consulting firms as a researcher on understanding behaviors of people and firms.

Work in progress:
• Resilience to Climate Change: Diversification Strategies and Correlation Neglect (with Marcela Ibañez and Ferley Rincon)
• Information Avoidance in Environmental Actions: the Role of Salience (with Marcela Ibañez)
• The Sub-National Impact of a Gold Rush and Mining Royalties in Colombia (with Adrián Saldarriaga Isaza, Marcela Ibañez and Natalia Cantet)