Affonso Celso Pastore (born 19 June 1938 ) is a Brazilian

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this field there are ...

and former president of the

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(1983–1985),Galeria de ex-presidentes do Banco Central do Brasil
BCB, Accessed 18 November 2018 having also been Secretary of the São Paulo Treasury Department. He serves as Latin Source's economist in

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and is president and Founder of A.C. Pastore & Associados, an economic consulting firm based in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...

. Pastore serves as Brazil advisor for Latin Source, a network of independent advisors. Pastore was President of the Central Bank of Brazil from 5 September 1983 to 14 March 1985 when the President of Brazil was João Baptista Figueiredo. He previously served as Secretary of Finance for the

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from March 1979 to March 1983 when the Governors of São Paulo were Paulo Salim Maluf and José Maria Marin. Prior to that was Director of Research for the Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas, a foundation associated with the Department of Economics at the

University of São Paulo The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the bes ...

. He also served as Director of Research at the Fundação Centro de Estudos do Comércio Exterior (FUNCEX). Pastore received both his

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and his

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degrees in

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from the Universidade de São Paulo, where he held the positions of Professor and Dean of the Department of Economics from 1978 to 1999. He continues teaching graduate courses at the

Fundação Getulio Vargas Fundação Getulio Vargas (''Getulio Vargas Foundation'', often abbreviated as FGV) is a Brazilian higher education institution and think tank founded on December 20, 1944, with the mission to "stimulate Brazil’s socioeconomic development". Its ...

/RJ on "Open Economy Macroeconomics", "

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and

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" and "

Econometrics Econometrics is the application of statistical methods to economic data in order to give empirical content to economic relationships. M. Hashem Pesaran (1987). "Econometrics," '' The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics'', v. 2, p. 8 p. 8 ...

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A. C. Pastore & Associados

Site of the Brazilian central bank
Brazilian economists Presidents of the Central Bank of Brazil Living people 1939 births Brazilian educators Brazilian people of Italian descent People associated with the University of São Paulo Academic staff of Fundação Getulio Vargas Grand Officers of the Order of Ipiranga {{Brazil-academic-bio-stub