Teaching
About this site
Room 5.8
Av. Miguel Bombarda 20
1069-035 Lisbon
Portugal
Office D127
Campus de Carcavelos
Rua da Holanda 1
2775-405 Carcavelos
Portugal
Email: pfagandini@iscal.ipl.pt | paulo.fagandini@novasbe.pt | paulo.ruiz@uevora.pt
Website: pfagandini.github.io
Born: March 26, 1986 – Viña del Mar, Chile | Citizenship: Chilean / Italian
ORCID: 0000-0002-5386-2160 | Ciência ID: 4011-5942-8AAD
SCOPUS ID: 57224823274 | IDEAS: pfa431
Areas of Specialization
Applied Microeconomic Theory | Computational Economics
Appointments
2021–present — Assistant Professor (Adjunct – Full Time)
Lisbon Accounting and Business School, Polytechnic University of Lisbon
2023–present — Assistant Professor (Adjunct – Part Time)
Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVA University Lisbon
2025–present — Assistant Professor (Adjunct – Part Time)
Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology, Universidade Europeia
2021–present — Research Member
Center for Advanced Studies in Management and Economics
2018–2020 — Postdoctoral Fellow
Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVA University Lisbon
Academic Degrees
2018 — Ph.D. in Economics
Nova School of Business and Economics, UNL
2014 — M.Res. in Economics
Nova School of Business and Economics, UNL
2011 — B.Sc. in Economics
School of Economics and Business - UChile
Grants, Honors & Awards
Grants and Scholarships
2015–2018 — Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Doctoral Grant: SFRH/BD/105669/2015
2011–2015 — Nova SBE Scholarship for merit (Partial tuition waiver)
Research
Peer Reviewed Publications
Fagandini P., and Dierickx I. (2023). Computing Profit-Maximizing Bid Shading Factors in First-Price Sealed-Bid Auctions. Computational Economics, 61(3), 1009-1035. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10614-022-10321-y
Fagandini, P. (2022). Wealth and the principal–agent matching. Managerial and Decision Economics, 43(2), 555–568. https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.3402
Book Chapters
Fagandini, P. (2024). Implementing the Agent ID Model and Simulation Results. In: Gomes, O., Lins de Moraes, M., Fagandini, P. (eds) The Agent ID Model. Integrated Science, vol 32. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75996-3_10
Working Papers
“Surviving the Perfect Storm: Exports, Fiscal Austerity, and Firm Heterogeneity.” (2020, joint with M. Adelino, M.A. Ferreira, Francisco Queiró)
“Hunting with two bullets; Moral Hazard with a Second Chance.” (2018) Nova SBE WP 629
Conferences and Seminars
2018 — RG, Nova SBE, Lisbon PT; DEA-UIB, Palma ES; PEJ Meeting 2018, Lisbon PT*
2017 — UECE Lisbon Meetings, Lisbon PT*; NOVA Doctoral School, UNL, Lisbon PT; IRW, Nova SBE, Lisbon PT; RG, Nova SBE, Lisbon PT
2016 — QEDJ 2016, Amsterdam NE; ASSET Annual Meeting 2016, Thessaloniki GR*
* Peer Reviewed
Other Communications
Teaching Materials
2020 — “Writing a full LaTeX document from Scratch” (EN)
Online Course available at Udemy.com – 7 hours course
Press Coverage
20-Jan-2020 — “Fornecedores do Estado fizeram o milagre das exportações”
Jornal de Negócios (PT)
7-Jan-2020 — “Surviving the Perfect Storm: Exports, Fiscal Austerity, and Firm Heterogeneity”
The FinReg Blog, Global Financial Markets Center, School of Law, Duke University
Speaker in Conferences, Seminars, and Special Lectures
29-Oct-2021 — “Os desafios das empresas num contexto de incerteza: Perspetivas multivariadas”
Lisbon Accounting and Business School - IPL (PT)
Teaching Experience
Instructor
The language in which the name of the course appears, reveals the teaching languange.
2025-present — Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology, UE
- B.Sc.: Economics of Tourism, Economics
2021–present — Lisbon Accounting and Business School, IPL
- B.Sc.: Microeconomia, Statistics I, Statistics II, Principios de Macroeconomia
2018–present — Nova School of Business and Economics, UNL
- Ph.D.: Bridging Mathematics
- M.Sc.: Math and Stats
2025 — Prague University of Economics and Business, CZ (Visiting)
- M.Sc./B.Sc.: Economics of Incentives for Policy and Politics (22-hour intensive course)
Teaching Assistant
2013–present — Nova School of Business and Economics, UNL
- M.Sc. (Grader): Digital Experimentation & Causal Analysis, Financial Management, Advanced Financial Management, Financial Management for Entrepreneurs, Machine Learning, Advanced Industrial Organization, Organization and Incentives, Economics of Regulation, Game Theory
- B.Sc. (TA): Econometrics, Finance ,Industrial Organization, Advanced Microeconomics, Macroeconomics
2008–2010 — School of Economics and Business, UChile
- B.Sc. (Head TA): Introducción a Macroeconomía, Macroeconomía I
- B.Sc. (TA): Macroeconomía I, Macroeconomía II
Thesis Supervision
2025 Spring — Markus Relbo, MSc. Finance - Nova SBE
Other Education
2023 — Commercial Engineering – Professional Title
Approved with distinction. School of Economics & Business - UChile
2019 — “Stata Econometrics Winter School 2019”
Timberlake, FEP Universidade do Porto
2017 — Summer School: “Liquidity in Financial Markets and Institutions”
Finance Theory Group, Olin Business School, Washington University
Fall 2016 — Visiting Ph.D. Student
European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics, Université libre de Bruxelles
2015 — Workshop: “Pedagogical Training for College Teachers”
NOVA Medical School, UNL
Other Professional Experience
2023 — External Consultant
TimWe.Tech
2014–2015 — Senior Consultant
I.D. Consulting Limited
2011 — Trainee Program
Pro-Chile Milano (IT), Directorate of Economic Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile (6 months)
Skills
Software: Windows, Office (Advanced MS Excel), Linux (Debian based), Git, Mathematica
Programming Languages: Stata, Python, SQL, Java, LaTeX, MATLAB/Octave, R
Languages: Spanish (native), English and Portuguese (fluent), Italian (intermediate)
Academic Service
Referee
Information Economics and Policy, Managerial and Decision Economics, Computational Economics, Portuguese Economic Journal, Theory and Decision, PLOS One.
Editor
2024 — Gomes, O., Lins de Moraes, M., Fagandini, P. (eds) The Agent ID Model. Integrated Science, vol 32. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75996-3
Conference Chairs
2017 — UECE Lisbon Meetings in Game Theory and Applications
Session: Matching II
2016 — ASSET Annual Meeting 2016
Session: Asymmetric Information I
Scientific Committee Member
2023 2nd International Conference CEMEERS-2023b.
Thesis Jury Participation
- 2025/2026 Fall
- President for Vicente Mesquita Silvério Ferra Esteves, Guinanos x Brave Generation Academy: Pilot Project for E-Learning Teacher Training Program in Guinea-Bissau, MSc. International Development and Public Policy - Nova SBE.
- Discussant for Francesca Scalfi, The Determinants of Childbearing Leave Take-up, MSc. Economics - Nova SBE
- Discussant for Isabella Stolcis, A contribution to the Economics of Workplace Absences in Portugal, MSc. Economics - Nova SBE
- Discussant for Theodor Dietrich Helmut Knöbig, Artificial Intelligence and Democracy: Analysis and Evidence, MSc. Business Analytics - Nova SBE
- 2024/2025 Fall
- President for Laura Gomes Garcia, Unlocking the Potential: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategic Pathways for Global Gateway Facility in Central America, MSc. International Development and Public Policy - Nova SBE.
- President for Sofia Isabel de Albuquerque Silva Antunes de Morais, Need-Based Financial Aid in Higher Education: The Case of Portugal, MSc. International Development and Public Policy - Nova SBE.
- President for Verena Luisa Epp, Towards developing a competition and regulatory framework for digital markets, MSc. Economics - Nova SBE
- Discussant for Marco Passalacqua, IRS Jovem: Bridging Generations - Analyzing the Intergenerational Impact of an Innovative Fiscal Policy in Portugal , MSc. International Development and Public Policy - Nova SBE
- Discussant for Elisabetta D’alessandro, IRS Jovem: Fostering Youth Empowerment Through Innovative Fiscal Strategies, MSc. International Development and Public Policy - Nova SBE
- Discussant for João Miguel Iláco Pacheco, IRS Jovem as a Tool for Socioeconomic Stability: Opportunities and Limitations in Tax Policy for Young Adults, MSc. International Development and Public Policy - Nova SBE
- 2023/2024 Fall
- President for Sofia Isabel Antunes de Morais, Need-based Financial Aid in Higher Education: The Case of Portugal, MSc. International Development and Public Policy, Nova SBE
- Discussant for Daniel Luzio Castelo, Dynamic Peer Effects in the Workplace, MSc. in Economics - Nova SBE
- Discussant for Dario Raccagni, The Cambridge Analytica Case: The Impact of Big Data on Political Advertising and The Implications on Political Communication Strategies and Regulations, MSc. Business Analytics - Nova SBE
Email: fagandini@gmail.com | Citizenship: IT / CL
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/paulo-fagandini
Website: pfagandini.github.io | GitHub: github.com/pfagandi
Summary
I am a Commercial Engineer with a PhD in Economics. I am eager to leverage my academic skills to drive value and innovation in the private sector. With teaching experience in mathematics, microeconomics, finance, and macroeconomics, I developed strong analytical skills and understand the broader economic context that informs business decisions. My research has led to publications in peer-reviewed journals. During my postdoc, I enhanced my data analysis and machine learning skills by working with large datasets. In industry roles at @Pro-Chile, @ID Consulting, and @TimeWe.Tech, I’ve applied these skills to develop software for optimizing bids, create economic reports on macroeconomic trends, and forecast time series using Machine Learning. Throughout my career, I’ve consistently sought to use my coding skills to solve problems and optimize processes and drive value from data – a mindset that I believe would enable me to make a meaningful impact in any organization.
Work Experience
Academic Positions
2025 - present Assistant Professor (adjunct)
Economics, FSST, UEuropeia, PT
2023 - present Assistant Professor (adjunct)
Economics, Nova SBE, UNL, PT
2021 - present Assistant Professor (adjunct)
Economics, ISCAL, IPL, PT
2013 - 23 Teaching Assistant
Nova SBE, UNL, PT
2018 - 20 Postdoctoral Fellow
Corporate Finance, Nova SBE, UNL, PT
2008 - 10 Teaching Assistant
FEN, UChile, CL
Professional Positions
2023 External Consultant
TimWe.Tech, PT
2014 - 15 Senior Consultant
I.D. Consulting Limited, NZ
2011 Trainee at Pro-Chile Milan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile, IT
Skills
Programming/Software
- Python, R, SQL, Stata, Java, Matlab, LaTeX, Quarto/Markdown
- Pandas, scikit-learn, TensorFlow
Languages
- Spanish (Native)
- English (Fluent)
- Portuguese (Fluent)
- Italian (Conversational)
Education
Academic Degrees
Ph.D. in Economics
Nova SBE, PT
2018
M.Res. in Economics
Nova SBE, PT
2014
B.Sc. in Economics
UChile, CL
2011
Other Education
Commercial Engineer – Professional Title
School of Economics & Business - UChile
2023
Summer School: “Liquidity in Financial Markets and Institutions”
Finance Theory Group, Olin Business School, Washington University
2017
Visiting Doctoral Researcher
ECARES - Solvay Business School, ULB
2016
Short Courses
- Feb 2025, “R Programming for Statistics and Data Science”, 365 Careers@Udemy
- Nov 2024, “Climate Change Economics”, Bank of Portugal
- Jul 2024, “Data Analytics and Machine Learning in Economics and Finance”, Bank of Portugal
- Feb 2024, “Machine Learning A-Z: AI, Python & R”, SuperDataScience@Udemy
- Feb 2024, “The Ultimate Pandas Bootcamp: Advanced Python Data Analysis”, Andy Bek@Udemy
- Jan 2024, “SQL-MySQL for Data Analytics and Business Intelligence”, 365 Careers@Udemy
- Dec 2023, “The Data Science Course: Complete Data Science Bootcamp 2023”, 365 Careers@Udemy
- Jan 2019, “STATA Econometrics Winter School 2019” Timberlake, FEP-UP
- Feb 2015, “Pedagogical Training for College Teachers” NOVA Medical School, UNL
About Me
I am a Business Engineer, and I serve as Assistant Professor of Economics (Adjunct) at the Lisbon Accounting & Business School. I am also Assistant Professor (Adjunct) at Nova School of Business and Economics and I am a member of the CEFAGE Research Center. I also teach Economics at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology at Universidade Europeia.
My research focuses mostly on applied economics. Previously I worked on corporate finance and applied microeconomic theory, mainly on auctions, contract theory, and matching. I have published my research in peer reviewed journals like Computational Economics and Managerial and Decision Economics.
I also have experience as economist and consultant and I am the author of an online LaTeX course.
Education
2018
PhD in Economics
Nova School of Business and Economics
NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
2014
MRes in Economics
Nova School of Business and Economics
NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
2011
BSc in Economics
School of Economics and Business
University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Appointments
2021-present
Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Economics
Lisbon Accounting and Business School
Polytechnic University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
2023-present
Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Economics
Nova School of Business and Economics
NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
2018-2020
Postdoctoral Fellow - Corporate Finance
Nova School of Business and Economics
NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Other Short Courses
- Jan 2025 | Udemy R Programming for Statistics and Data Science
- Nov 2024 | Bank of Portugal Climate Change Economics
- Jul 2024 | Bank of Portugal Data Analytics and Machine Learning in Economics and Finance
- Feb 2024 | Udemy Machine Learning A-Z: AI, Python & R
- Feb 2024 | Udemy The Ultimate Pandas Bootcamp: Advanced Python Data Analysis
- Jan 2024 | Udemy SQL - MySQL for Data Analytics and Business Intelligence
- Dec 2023 | Udemy The Data Science Course: Complete Data Science Bootcamp
- Jan 2019 | Timberlake-FEP STATA Econometrics Winter School
- Feb 2015 | Nova Medical School Formação Pedagógica para Docentes do Ensino Superior
Publications
Articles
Computing Profit-Maximizing Bid Shading Factors in First-Price Sealed-Bid Auctions
Fagandini, P. and Dierickx, I., Computational Economics, 61(3), (2023), p:1009-1035
Link to article | Code @ Github | PreprintWealth and the principal–agent matching
Fagandini, P., Managerial and Decision Economics, 43(2), (2022), p:555–568
Link to article | Preprint
Book Chapters
- Implementing the Agent ID Model
Fagandini, P., The Agent ID Model, (2024)
Link to article | Code @ Github
Edited Books
- The Agent ID Model: A Multidisciplinary Framework of Evolutionary Human Behavior
Gomes, O., Lins de Moraes, M., and Fagandini P., Springer Nature (2024)
Link to book
Working Papers
How Do Firms Respond to Demand Shocks? Evidence from the European Sovereign Debt Crisis.
Adelino, Manuel and Fagandini, Paulo and Ferreira, Miguel Almeida and Queiro, Francisco (2019) CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14640
Available at SSRNHunting with Two Bullets: Moral Hazard with a Second Chance.
Fagandini, Paulo (2018). FEUNL Working Paper Series No. 629
Available at SSRN
Currently
Instructor
At Lisbon Accounting and Business School, Polytechnic University of Lisbon
- 2021 - present 63202 Microeconomia (BSc in Management)
- 2026 - present 1111204 Economia (BSc in Accounting and Administration)
- 2025 - present 63301 Statistics I (BSc in Management)
- 2025 - present 63302 Statistics II (BSc in Management)
At Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVA University Lisbon
- 2018 - present 4509 Bridging Mathematics (PhD in Economics and Finance)
- 2022 - present 4503 Math and Stats (MSc in Economics, Business Analytics, and International Development and Public Policy)
At Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology, Universidade Europeia
- 2025 - present LASIA01D01 Economics (BSc in Management)
- 2025 - present LTUREN2D01 Economics of Tourism (BSc in Tourism)
At Faculty of Informatics and Statistics, Prague University of Economics and Business
- 2026 Jan 5EN381 Economics of Incentives for Policy and Politics (International Week)
Teaching Assistant
At Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVA University Lisbon
- 2025 - present 1314 Econometrics (BSc in Economics, and Management)
- 2026 - present 2761 Digital Experimentation & Causal Analysis (MSc in Business Analytics)
Online Courses
- The Complete LaTeX Bootcamp - With over a thousand students and a rating 4.6/5.
Previously
Instructor
- 2021 - 2024 113202 Microeconomia (BSc in Accounting and Administration)
- 2021 - 2022 83206 Principios de Macroeconomia (BSc in International Business - ISCAL-IPL)
Teaching Assistant
- 2025 - 2025 2790 Financial Management for Entrepreneurs (MSc in Impact Entrepreneurship and Innovation - Nova SBE, UNL)
- 2025 - 2025 2767 Machine Learning (MSc in Business Analytics - Nova SBE, UNL)
- 2021 - 2024 2581 Advanced Financial Management (MSc in Management - Nova SBE, UNL)
- 2019 - 2021 2414 Financial Management (MSc in Management - Nova SBE, UNL)
- 2019 - 2019 1203 Finance (BSc in Economics and Management - Nova SBE, UNL)
- 2019 - 2019 2179 Advanced Industrial Organization (MSc in Economics - Nova SBE, UNL)
- 2013 - 2018 1112 Industrial Organization (BSc in Economics - Nova SBE, UNL)
- 2014 - 2018 1111 Advanced Microeconomics (BSc in Economics - Nova SBE, UNL)
- 2014 - 2017 2400 Organization and Incentives (MSc in Management - Nova SBE, UNL)
- 2014 - 2014 2185 Game Theory (MSc in Economics - Nova SBE, UNL)
- 2014 - 2014 2132 Economic Regulation (MSc in Economics - Nova SBE, UNL)
- 2013 - 2014 1103 Macroeconomics (BSc in Economics - Nova SBE, UNL)
- 2009 - 2010 ENECO360 Macroeconomía II (BSc in Economics - FEN, UCh)
- 2009 - 2009 ENECO160 Introducción a Macroeconomía (BSc in Economics - FEN, UCh)
- 2008 - 2009 ENECO260 Macroeconomía (BSc in Economics - FEN, UCh)