Prof. Marcos Ritel, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of International Trade at Kühne Logistics University (KLU) since September 2020 and an affiliated researcher at the Kühne Center for Sustainable Globalization at the University of Zurich. He received his PhD in Economics from the São Paulo School of Economics - FGV in 2020.
During his graduate studies, he was a visiting researcher at the University of Zurich and a PhD intern at the World Trade Organization in Geneva.
Prof. Ritel´s specialization is in the field of international trade and trade policy. His research agenda focuses on the causes and consequences of preferential trade agreements. For example, he uses quantitative methods that combine economic theory and data to understand what drives policy decisions during trade negotiations. He is also interested in the role of developing countries in the world trading system. In this area, he investigated the effects of the Generalized System of Preferences - a widespread form of nonreciprocal tariff cuts which apply over exports from developing economies - and studied the implications of technical and sanitary barriers to trade in Latin America.
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“For me it's focus on the production of high quality research sets KLU apart."
– Prof. Marcos Ritel, PhD
Teaching
- Global Trends and their Impact on Sustainable Globalization.
- Applied Research Methods and Strategic Analysis.
- Business Strategy with a focus on Sustainability and Global Impacts
Research Areas
- Economic Policy
- Empirical Economics
- International Trade
Publications
We use an empirical gravity equation to study how non‐reciprocal trade preferences (NRTPs), enacted mainly through the Generalized System of Preferences, affect the exports of the beneficiary nations. In line with existing studies, the average trade effect stemming from non‐reciprocal preferences is highly unstable across specifications. However, once we allow for heterogeneous effects, results become robust and economically important. Specifically, NRTPs have a strong effect on the exports of beneficiaries when they are members of the World Trade Organization and are very poor. Not‐so‐poor beneficiaries also expand foreign sales, but only if they are not WTO members. For all others, the average export effects of NRTPs are mute.
Academic Positions
Since 9/2020 | Assistant Professor of International Trade, Kühne Logistics University, Hamburg, Germany |
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| Since 2019 | Affiliated Researcher, Kühne Center for Sustainable Globalization, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2015 - 2019 | Research Assistant for Prof. Emanuel Ornelas, Sao Paulo School of Economics - FGV, Brazil |
2016 - 2017 | PhD intern, Economic Research and Statistics Division, World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland |
2014 - 2016 | Research Assistant, Center for Global Trade and Investment - FGV, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
2012 - 2013 | Intern, Secretary of Planning and Regional Development, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Education
| 2016 - 2020 | PhD in Economics, Sao Paulo School of Economics - FGV, Brazil |
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| 2018 - 2019 | Visiting PhD student, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2013 | Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 2011 | Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Media Appearences
DVZ - Deutsche Verkehrszeitung
