Professor, Economics

Henry B. Tippie Research Fellow, Economics

PhD in Mathematical Economics, Institute of Applied Pure Mathematics

MS in Mathematical Economics, Institute of Applied Pure Mathematics

MBA, Foundation of Getulio Vargas

BA in Electronics Engineering, Institute of Aeronautical Technology

Dynamic Economics

ISEN Booster Award - Northwestern University, 2014

Henry B. Tippie Research Fellow - Tippie College of Business, 2014

First Prize, Economic Theory Best Paper Award - Brazilian Econometric Society, 2012

Haralambos Simeonides Prize - National Association of Economic Schools, 2004

De Castro, L. & Yannelis, N. (2018). Uncertainty, Efficiency and Incentive Compatibility: Ambiguity Solves the Problem Between Efficiency and Incentive Compatibility. Journal of Economic Theory. 177 pp. 678-707. DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2018.02.008.

de Castro, L. I., Liu, Z., & Yannelis, N. C. (2017). Implementation under ambiguity. Games and Economic Behavior. 101 pp. 20-33.

Amir, R. & De Castro, L. (2017). Nash equilibrium in games with quasi-monotonic best-responses. Journal of Economic Theory. 172 pp. 220-246.

Amir, R., De Castro, L., & Koutsougeras, L. (2014). Free entry versus socially optimal entry. Journal of Economic Theory. 154 pp. 112–125.

Al-Najjar, N. I. & De Castro, L. I. (2014). Parametric representation of preferences. Journal of Economic Theory.

Galvao, A. & Nunes, D. (2025). Dynamic economics with quantile preferences. Theoretical Economics. 20 (2025) pp. 353–425.

De Castro, L., Galvao, A., Westenberger, R., & Cundy, L. (2023). A dynamic quantile model for distinguishing intertemporal substitution from risk aversion. European Economic Review. 159 (104587) pp. 1-23.

De Castro, L., Montes-Rojas, G., Olmo, J., & Galvao, A. (2023). Joint elicitation of elasticity of intertemporal substitution, risk and time preferences. International Journal of Finance and Economics. 2023 pp. 1-22.

De Castro, L., Borges, G. G., & Simone, L. G. (2023). O Futuro da Formação de Preços de Energia no Brasil. Revista de Economia Contemporânea (Journal of Contemporary Economics). 27 pp. 1-54. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/198055272710.

De Castro, L., Galvao, A., & Muchon Neto, A. (2023). Numerical Solution of Dynamic Quantile Models. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 148 (104617) pp. 1-22.

"A Quantile Model of Firm Investment," Guest/Invited Speaker at George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia, October 2024.

"A Quantile Model of Firm Investment," Guest/Invited Speaker at University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil, July 2024.

"Por que o Brasil precisa de uma nova constituição e como obtê-la," Panelist at Fecomercio, São Paulo, Brazil, May 2024.

"A Quantile Model of Firm Investment," Guest/Invited Speaker at Fundação Getulio Vargas-Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 2024.

"Asset Pricing with Downside Risk Aversion," Guest/Invited Speaker at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, February 2024.

"Discussion," Discussant at American Economic Association, San Antonio, Texas, January 2024.

"Asset Pricing with Downside Risk Aversion," Accepted Speaker at Association for Public Economic Theory, Santiago, Chile, January 2024.

"Term LImits, Reelection and Recall," Accepted Speaker at Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, Santiago, Chile, January 2024.

"Asset Pricing with Downside Risk Aversion," Guest/Invited Speaker at University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas, January 2024.

"Asset Pricing with Downside Risk Aversion," Guest/Invited Speaker at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, October 2023.

De Castro Filho, L. (Investigator), Principal Investigator(s): de Castro, Luciano. Defining the value of Universal Basic Income. Tippie College of Business. Funded. January 2023 - January 2024.

De Castro Filho, L. (Principal Investigator). Research Grant - Institutional Capacitation Program. Ministry of Science and Technology. Funded. June 2004 - September 2005.

Economic Advisor to the President, Petrobras, 2019

Associate Editor, Economic Theory, January 2011.

Associate Editor, Economic Theory Bulletin, January 2015.