I am an Associate Professor in the School of Economics at Drexel University and currently a visiting scholar at the Vermont Center for Behavioral Science Research on Climate and the Environment at Middlebury College.
Fields: Macro/Labor, Environmental
Research Interests: My research spans macroeconomics, labor, and environmental economics. A recurring theme in this work is the role of technological change—from internet-based job search platforms to agricultural innovations in farming and tobacco production—in reshaping behavior, economic outcomes, and the physical environment. While these domains form the core of my research agenda, my interests are broad: I have also worked on trade policy, the intergenerational transmission of wealth, and racialized patterns in media coverage.
Methodologically, my work is both theoretical and empirical. My theoretical work uses decision-theoretic and partial equilibrium models of search, game theory, and dynamic general equilibrium models. My empirical work employs a wide range of tools, including reduced-form dynamic panel techniques, structural vector autoregressions, simulation-based estimators, natural language processing, and both qualitative and quantitative analysis of primary historical sources.
With Ledo in Silverton, CO