Denis Fernandes Alves Universidade Federal de Pernambuco   Rua Presidente Washington Luis, 712 Recife, Pernambuco 50730620 Brasil   denis.fernandes@ufpe.br     Biographical Sketch: PhD student in Economics at the Post-Graduate Program in Economics at the Federal University of Pernambuco (PIMES / UFPE). Master in Economics from the Graduate Program in Economics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (PPECO / UFRN). Bachelor of Economics from Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA). Researcher at the Study Group on Economic Territorialities and Regional and Urban Development (GETEDRU / URCA), at the Study and Research Group on Space, Work, Innovation and Sustainability (GEPETIS / UFRN), at the Center for Applied Economics and Conjuncture (NEAC / UFRN ) and the Center for Regional and Urban Economics (NERU / UFPE).   Primary Research Focus: Regional and Urban Economics, Spatial Econometrics and Applied Economics.   JEL Areas: R : Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics C2 : Single Equation Models; Single Variables: General