Juliano Assunção
Professor and Executive Director of Climate Policy Initiative, PUC-Rio
Juliano Assunção is a professor of the Department of Economics at the PUC-Rio and the Executive Director of Climate Policy Initiative PUC-Rio. His research focuses on different aspects of development economics, including agricultural economics, institutions, and financial intermediation.
Recent work by Juliano Assunção
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A reversing deforestation mechanism for climate and ecosystem restoration
We need to reduce deforestation, protect standing forests, and incentivise reforestation at scale. The climate depends on it. Here is a proposal that can achieve all three.
Published 15.12.25
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The deforestation footprint of transportation infrastructure: Evidence from the Amazon
A market access model shows the negative effects of infrastructure on deforestation and the importance of accounting for general equilibrium effects
Published 09.05.23