Ana Bottega

Hi, I’m Ana Bottega! I’m an economist who specializes in public finance. I am interested in the design, implementation, and evaluation of public policies, with a focus on taxation.

I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of São Paulo (USP). During my Ph.D., I undertook short research visits at Princeton and Cambridge and was a visiting researcher at the Department of Economics at UC Berkeley for the 2024–2025 academic year.

I’m a consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank’s fiscal team at the Brazil Country Office and to the UNDP gender team at headquarters. Previously, I was a technical advisor on the international taxation agenda of Brazil’s 2024 G20 Presidency.

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Working Papers

Work in Progress

  • The Price of Simplicity: Evidence from Norway’s Tax Scheme for Migrant Workers (with Qquillaccori García López and Luisa Wallossek) — slides available on request

  • Product-Level Export Tax Rebates and Trade Flows: Evidence from Brazil — slides available on request

  • Digital Transformation and Efficiency in Tax Administration: Evidence from Electronic Tax Dispute Resolution in Paraná, Brazil (with Anastasiya Yarygina and Renata Motta Café) — in Portuguese

Policy Work

BRASMOD — Brazil’s tax-benefit microsimulation model

I coordinated the team that developed BRASMOD, a policy-oriented microsimulation model for Brazil used to assess tax-benefit reforms and distributional impacts.

To access the model and the accompanying country report, visit the BRASMOD project website and the country report (PDF).

Policy Briefs (in Portuguese)

Pre-Doctoral Work