Natalia Rodrigues

Natalia Rodrigues is a PhD candidate in Administration at Brazilian School of Business and Public Administration (EBAPE), Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV). She has been working as an attorney for the Brazilian National Treasury (Procuradoria-Geral da Fazenda Nacional – PGFN) for 17 years. At present, she is one of the product owners of a system that has allowed the fiscal recuperation of more than 100 billion reais (approximately US $20 billion) in federal tax arrears for the Brazilian government.

Her research interests are related to fiscal policy, tax expenditures, tax behavior, and transparency.  She has studied the policy process and the impact of tax amnesty programs in Brazil and is currently working with PGFN's support on a field experiment to investigate how different ‘nudges’ can promote the repayment of tax arrears.