Emanuel Ornelas

Emanuel Ornelas, PhD (University of Wisconsin-Madison), is a Professor at the Sao Paulo School of Economics-FGV. Prior to joining FGV, he worked as an Associate Professor at the London School of Economics. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of International Economics and of Economia. He is also Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research and of CESifo, and Research Affiliate of LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance. Ornelas has presented his work in over 100 professional conferences and academic institutions and has published his research in leading economics journals, such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of International Economics, the Economic Journal and the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, among others. His research focuses on topics related to international trade and political economy, with an emphasis on the motives for and the consequences of regional trade agreements, and on the process of

His research focuses on topics related to international trade and political economy, with an emphasis on the motives for and the consequences of regional trade agreements, and on the process of internationalisation of firms. Ornelas has recently produced a chapter for the Handbook of Commercial Policy on the “Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries,” where he assesses the state of the literature on the consequences of the Generalised System of Preferences and of other exceptions granted to developing countries in the World Trade Organization.