I am a macroeconomist with research that spans growth, development, structural change, market structure, and consumer behavior. My research agenda is motivated by several fundamental questions.  Foremost, how do the spatial and sectoral distributions of economic activity and human capital shape the dynamics and welfare outcomes of economic growth across different stages of development, and how does migration between regions and sectors mediate these effects, with implications for designing effective industrial policy? Second, why do people consume, save, and allocate their time toward various experiences? And finally, how do consumer decisions interact with market outcomes leading to growth, business cycles, structural change, financial bubbles, and inequality?

I have projects which examine the roles of market power and technological change in driving growth and the structural transformation of the economy. I also have projects that consider how the micro-foundational aspects of consumption, savings, and budgeting decisions impact aggregate outcomes, including both growth and competitive market structures. Policy-wise, my research explores the forces driving development, feedback effects from population aging, as well as the efficiency of markups and subsidization policies designed to encourage green-energy adoption. My work has been funded by the NSF,  the PNC Center for Financial Services at Carnegie Mellon University, and LAEF at UCSB.