Paulo augusto p. Britto University of Brasília   Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro Brasília, Distrito Federal 70910-900 Brasil   pbritto@unb.br     Biographical Sketch: PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003. Associate Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Brasília.   Primary Research Focus: Economics of Regulation and Antitrust; Financial Economics, Banking   JEL Areas: E6 : Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General H7 : State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations: General