I am a fourth-year Ph.D. student at Rome Economics Doctorate (RED).

In Spring 2027, I will be visiting the Economics Department at University of California, Berkeley, hosted by Professor Frederico Finan.

Before starting my Ph.D., I obtained a Master's degree in Economics of Public Policy from Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), and a Bachelor's in Economics from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).

CV | Contact: renata.canini[at]redphd.it; caninirenata[at]gmail.com

Work in Progress

Paying for Bravery: Police Incentives, Crime and Violence

Power to the Pentecostals: Religious Media, Cultural Change, and Political Institutions (with Francesca Trento)

On-the-Job Training for Politicians: Evidence from Brazil (with Amanda de Albuquerque, Frederico Finan and Thomas Fujiwara) [AEA Registry]

Democracy at stake: The effects of police harrassment during elections

Police Violence and Trust in State Institutions (with Mounu Prem and Felipe González)

Other Publications

“An Analysis of Infrastructure Financing and the Debentures Draft Legislation” Renata Canini (with Arthur M. Rodrigues, Manuel Faria, Luiza Bellon and Claudio Frischtak), in Mauro S. Silva (ed.), Concessions and Public-Private Partnerships: public policies for infrastructure provision, Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brasília, 2022.

“The Effect of Daylight Savings on Violence Outcomes: national and international evidence”. (with Miguel Foguel and Claudio Frischtak), Technical Report presented to the Brazilian Congress in September 2021.

“An Analysis of the new gas law in light of public interest”. (with Arthur M. Rodrigues, Manuel Faria, and Claudio Frischtak), National Industry Confederation, 2020.

“Daylight savings and violence” (with Miguel Foguel and Claudio Frischtak). O Globo Newspaper. Rio de Janeiro, 6 Oct 2019. Op-ed.