Alan Leal

Research

Peer-reviewed articles

  1. Do more open economies export less diversely in Brazilian agribusiness?Leal, A., Martins, M. M. V. Agribusiness, 2026.
  2. Short- and long-run relations between capital net flows and the differential between American and Brazilian interest ratesLeal, A., Souza, I. V. M., D’Amato, S. W. Economia Aplicada, 28(4), 593–625, 2024.
  3. Measuring forest-related depth in preferential trade agreements: the forest provision depth indexMartins, M. M. V., Leal, A., Cezar, R. F. World Development, 205, 107442, 2026.
  4. Instant payments and banks: the impacts of Pix on bank branches in BrazilLeal, A., Haase, M. A. O. Economia Ensaios, 2025.
  5. Brazilian exports imputation: a new algorithm for estimating the municipal production directed at the foreign marketLeal, A., Martins, M. M. V. Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos, 19(2), 266–288, 2025.
  6. Forest trade on the Amazon frontier and its interaction with the EUDRTrevizan, A. F., Leal, A. M. M., Valle, V. E. N. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 2025.
  7. Water charge and conservation of natural areas: an ex-ante assessment of a policy proposal for the Mantiqueira region, BrazilRocha, A., Haddad, E., Leal, A., Corrêa, J. Water Resources Research, 2024.
  8. The effect of depressive disorder on labor earnings by gender and productive sector in BrazilLeal, A. M. M., Teixeira, E. C. Revista Desenvolvimento Socioeconômico em Debate, 2021. In Portuguese.
  9. Perceived corruption and student academic performanceLeal, A. M. M., Teixeira, E. C. RACEF, 12(3), 2021. In Portuguese.
  10. Effects of economic growth on the gender wage gap in Northeast BrazilLeal, A. M. M., Santos, F. P., Romero, J. P. Revista GeoNordeste, 2021. In Portuguese.
  11. Regional economic resilience and mining in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil: the barriers of productive specialisation to formal employment and tax managementSilva, J. F., Silva, F. F., Leal, A. M. M., Oliveira, H. C. Resources Policy, 2021.

Working papers

  1. Do EU food safety inspections follow the harvest? Testing for seasonal protectionism in border rejectionsMartins, M. M. V., Leal, A., Teixeira, J. J.
  2. EUDR and deforestation in Brazil: are producers anticipating the European deforestation-free regulation?Leal, A., Trevizan, A. F., Martins, M. M. V., Fonseca, C. SSRN, 2026.
  3. Do more open economies lead to export concentration? The case of selected agribusiness goods in Brazilian municipalitiesLeal, A., Martins, M. M. V.
  4. A web system for imputing Brazilian municipal exports: an application of the Leal and Martins (2025) algorithmLeal, A., Martins, M. M. V. In Portuguese.
  5. Brazilian exports imputation: a new algorithm for estimating the municipal production directed at the foreign marketLeal, A., Martins, M. M. V. NEREUS discussion paper 03/2025.
  6. There is trouble with the trees: how to avoid trade-induced deforestation?Leal, A., Bugarin, M. 2024.
  7. The political economy behind trade and land use: Legal Amazon in the EU–Mercosur free trade agreementLeal, A., Haddad, E. A. 2024.
  8. Instant payments and banks: the impact of Pix on bank branches in BrazilLeal, A. M. M. 2023. In Portuguese.
  9. Short- and long-run relations between capital net flows and the differential of American and Brazilian interest ratesLeal, A., D’Amato, S., Viveiros, I. Cedeplar-UFMG discussion paper 629, 2021.

Conferences and seminars

  1. Do more open economies lead to export concentration? The case of selected agribusiness goods in Brazilian municipalitiesLeal, A., Martins, M. M. V. 23rd ENABER and 53rd ANPEC, 2025.
  2. Green protectionism or environmental preservation?Leal, A. Encontro Nacional de Economia do Vale do Assu, November 2025. In Portuguese.
  3. Brazilian exports imputation: a new algorithm for estimating the municipal production directed at the foreign marketLeal, A., Martins, M. M. V. NEREUS weekly seminar; UFV/UFOP graduate seminar in economics.
  4. The political economy behind trade and land use: Legal Amazon in the EU–Mercosur free trade agreementLeal, A., Haddad, E. A. 22nd ENABER and 52nd ANPEC, 2024.
  5. Classification model: gradient boostingLeal, A. M. M. Belo Horizonte City Hall, December 2022. In Portuguese.
  6. Classifying property types: an application of gradient boosting to the municipality of Belo HorizonteLeal, A. M. M. NEREUS weekly seminar, April 14, 2022. In Portuguese.
  7. Short- and long-run relations between capital net flows and the differential of American and Brazilian interest ratesLeal, A. M. M., D’Amato, S., Viveiros, I. 49th ANPEC, 2021.
  8. Regional economic resilience and mining in the State of Minas Gerais, BrazilSilva, J. F., Silva, F. F., Leal, A. M. M., Oliveira, H. C. 48th ANPEC, 2020.

Theses

  1. International trade and deforestation: the political economy behind Brazilian land-intensive exportsPh.D. dissertation, University of São Paulo, 2025.
  2. Two essays on the relevance of interest rates on capital flows and creditM.Sc. thesis, Federal University of Minas Gerais, 2020.
  3. Earnings discrimination against women and Black workers in BrazilB.A. monograph, Federal University of Viçosa, 2017. In Portuguese.