Welcome! I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at Columbia University. My research interests are macroeconomics and finance. I study how frictions in the way firms raise capital affect which firms are funded and how capital is allocated across the economy.

Before Columbia, I earned an M.S. in Economics and a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from the University of São Paulo.

I am on the 2026–2027 job market.

You can contact me at rodrigo.pacheco@columbia.edu.