Franklin Serrano

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Franklin Serrano
Born
NationalityBrazilian
Academic career
Institution Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Field Economics
School or
tradition
Neo-Ricardian school
Alma mater Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, University of Cambridge
Influences Piero Sraffa, Pierangelo Garegnani

Franklin Leon Peres Serrano is a Brazilian economist and professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. [1]

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Biography

He is currently an associate professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and an associate editor of the Review of Keynesian Economics magazine (ROKE). [2]

He has experience in topics related to economics and political economy, acting mainly on the following themes: growth, external restriction, effective demand, Sraffian economy.

He holds a bachelor's degree in economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1983), a master's degree in economics at federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1988) and a PhD in economics at University of Cambridge (1996). [3]

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References

  1. "Associate Professor" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. "Review of Keynesian Economics". Elgaronline.com.
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  4. Franklin L. P. Serrano (November 1995). "The Sraffian Supermultiplier : Dissertation" (PDF). Excedente.org. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  5. SERRANO, FRANKLIN (1 January 1995). "Long Period Effective Demand and the Sraffian Supermultiplier". Contributions to Political Economy. 14 (1): 67–90. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.cpe.a035642 .
  6. Mazat, Numa; Serrano, F. J. (22 August 2012). "An analysis of the Soviet economic growth from the 1950 ' s to the collapse of USSR * . ( Second draft )". S2CID   753626.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. Franklin Serrano; Fabio Freitas. "Growth Rate and Level Effects, the Adjustment of Capacity to Demand and the Sraffian Supermultiplier" (PDF). Anpec.org.br. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  8. Franklin Serrano; Fabio Freitas. "The Sraffian Supermultiplier as an Alternative Closure to Heterodox Growth Theory" (PDF). Anpec.org.br. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  9. "Thirlwall's Law, External Debt Sustainability and the Balance of Payments Constrained Level and Growth Rates of Output*" (PDF). Excedente.org. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  10. Serrano, Franklin; Summa, Ricardo; Moreira, Vivian Garrido (1 July 2020). "Stagnation and unnaturally low interest rates: a simple critique of the amended New Consensus and the Sraffian supermultiplier alternative". Review of Keynesian Economics. 8 (3): 365–384. doi: 10.4337/roke.2020.03.04 via www.elgaronline.com.
  11. Serrano, Franklin; Medeiros, Carlos (15 June 2020). "O Desenvolvimento Econômico e a Retomada da Abordagem Clássica do Excedente". Brazilian Journal of Political Economy. 24 (2): 244–263. doi: 10.1590/0101-31572004-1625 .