Lucas Zavala

lzavala@worldbank.org

CV

Research

I study how trade and tax policy interact with supply chains in emerging economies. I am an Economist in the World Bank’s Department of Development Impact and a member of the DaTax Lab.

I received my PhD from Yale University in 2021 and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University from 2021-2022.

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POLICY

Engaging with policymakers is at the heart of my research. I partner with government agencies and World Bank teams to ask policy-relevant questions and share the answers I find.

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Teaching

Today’s students should be fluent with data, comfortable with theory, and excellent at communicating. I helped develop and teach a course at the School of Management that promotes these goals through data-driven case studies of real-world economic issues.

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MENTORING

The best way to improve our research community is to help it grow larger and more diverse. That’s why I have directed programs that mentor hundreds of students across the world.

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Other Interests

Yoga

Cooking

Biking

Coffee