4th-Year Finance Ph.D. Candidate, University of Florida
Visiting Researcher, Insper
Research Areas: Private Capital, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Development & Finance, Labor & Finance
Curriculum Vitae | Email: gjunqueira@ufl.edu | X/Twitter | LinkedIn
Working Papers
[1] Tax Incentives and Venture Capital Risk-Taking: Evidence from the QSBS Program (with Murillo Campello)
Best Paper of the Conference, Spanish Finance Association's 32nd Finance Forum
Media Coverage: ECGI Blog | Public Lecture: Indiana University - ECGI Online Series
Presentations (*: by co-author; includes scheduled): SFS Cavalcade 2026, Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS) Conference 2026, NBER New Developments in Long-Term Asset Management Spring 2026, NBER Place-Based Policies and Entrepreneurship Fall 2025*, NBER Public Economics Fall 2025*, NBER Economic Analysis of Business Taxation Spring 2025*, Finance Down Under Conference 2026, SGF Conference at the University of Zurich 2026, CESifo Area Conference on Public Economics 2026, London Business School's Private Capital Symposium 2025, University of Oregon Finance Conference 2025, PERC Symposium at the University of Oxford 2025*, University of Oxford Centre for Business Taxation Doctoral Conference 2025, Finance Theory Group Summer School Conference at the University of Washington 2025, Latin American Economic Association Conference 2025, RCF-ECGI Corporate Finance & Governance Conference 2025, Spanish Finance Association's 32nd Finance Forum 2025, University of Cambridge*, Indiana University*, University of Milan*, University of Alabama*, Bank of England*, University of Naples Federico II*, CUNEF Universidad*, University of Texas at San Antonio, FEA USP -- University of São Paulo, Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa, University of Edinburgh*, University of Glasgow*, University of Tennessee--Knoxville*, Rutgers University*, University of Miami*, Tulane University*, National University of Singapore
[2] Entrepreneurship on a Safety Net: Evidence from the World's Largest Cash Transfer Program (with Murillo Campello & Spyridon Lagaras)
Presentations: Western Finance Association (WFA) Annual Meeting 2026, CEPR Development Economics Annual Symposium 2026, Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) Annual Meeting 2026, Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER) Annual Conference 2026, IFN Stockholm Conference on Firms and Human Capital 2026*, Luso-Brazilian Finance Network (Lubrafin) Meeting 2026, University of Minnesota Data-Intensive Research Conference 2026, CCA-ESCP Workshop on Financial Institutions and Corporate Finance 2026*, HEC Paris Entrepreneurship Workshop 2025, WEFI Student-Led Workshop 2025, Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa, Brazilian Finance Society, Copenhagen Business School*, University of Florida (Economics Department), Washington University in St. Louis*, University College Dublin
Works in Progress
[3] Housing Access and Economic Mobility (with Murillo Campello & Changcheng Song)
Presentations: World Bank Land and Property Research Conference 2026
[4] Measuring Innovation in U.S. Food Markets (solo)
Presentations: NBER Innovation Information Initiative 2025
[5] The Industrial Organization of Private Equity (with Murillo Campello & Michael S. Weisbach)
Granted access to MSCI-Burgiss data by the Private Equity Research Consortium
[6] Tax Expenditures and Innovation: Evidence from Institutional Investors (solo)
Updates
Mar/2026: Received Certificate of Outstanding Merit from the University of Florida
Jan/2026: Selected for the IFP PhD Course on Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation (Feb-Apr, 2026)
Jul/2025: Received Best Paper of the Conference Award at the Spanish Finance Association's 32nd Finance Forum
May-Jul/2025: Taught Financial Management for UF's undergraduate program (overall rating: 5.00/5.00)
Apr/2025: Selected for the Finance Theory Group Summer School 2025 (Jun 25-28, 2025)
Nov/2024: Selected as a 2025 Fellow in the NBER Innovation Information Initiative (I3)
Apr/2024: Selected for the Finance & Product Markets Summer School 2024 (Aug 12-16, 2024)
Mar/2024: Selected for the NBER Entrepreneurship Boot Camp 2024 (Jul 15-19, 2024)
Talks & Events
Presenting at the NBER Innovation Information Initiative (2025)
Receiving the Best Paper Award from Spanish Finance Association (2025)
Presenting at the London Business School Private Equity Symposium (2025)
Participating/presenting at the HEC Paris Entrepreneurship Workshop (2025)
Presenting at the University of Oregon Summer Finance Conference (2025)
Participating/presenting at University of Oxford PhD Tax Conference (2025)
Visiting the University of Cambridge's Pembroke College (2025)
Participating in the NBER Entrepreneurship Boot Camp (2024)
Participating in Lugano's Finance & Prod. Markets Summer School (2024)