Economics PhD Student

University of Oregon

Welcome to my website. I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Oregon focusing on environmental and urban economics. Currently, I am a dissertation intern at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

Generally, I am interested in public policy questions surrounding markets with externalities. My research uses tools from various subfields in economics including structural estimation and modern causal inference techniques.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions.

Interests
  • Environmental Economics
  • Urban Economics
  • Air Quality Policy and Monitoring
  • Structural Estimation
Education

  • PhD in Economics, 2022*

    University of Oregon

  • MSc in Economics, 2018

    University of Oregon

  • BSc in Economics, 2016

    University of Oregon

Research

Carbon Taxes in Spatial Equilibrium
Job Market Paper
I estimate the spatial and sectoral distribution of incidence from carbon pricing by developing and estimating a quantitative spatial equilibrium model. The model highlights an equity-efficiency tradeoff that is unique to carbon taxes in a spatial setting.
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Carbon Taxes in Spatial Equilibrium
Downwind and Out: The Strategic Dispersion of Power Plants and Their Pollution
Submitted
We document the tendency of coal-fueled electricity plants to locate on jurisdictional borders. We then develop a simple test to detect if the plants are strategically sited. Lastly, we use an atmospheric dispersion model to provide new descriptive statistics on the pervasiveness of the pollution transport problem.
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Downwind and Out: The Strategic Dispersion of Power Plants and Their Pollution
In Search of Peace and Quiet: The Heterogeneous Impacts of Short-Term Rentals on Housing Prices
Submitted
We document significant heterogeneity in the marginal effect of short-term rental (STR) listings on housing prices across LA county. In some areas, the effect of STRs on housing prices is negative. We develop a simple theory and provide descriptive evidence for our proposed mechanism.
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In Search of Peace and Quiet: The Heterogeneous Impacts of Short-Term Rentals on Housing Prices
The Environmental Cost of Land Use Restrictions
Revise and Resubmitted: Quantitative Economics.
We examine the effects of stringent local land-use regulations on household carbon and particulate matter emissions. We develop and estimate a spatial equilibrium model and predict that relaxing tight land use regulations in California would decrease national carbon output by 0.6%.
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The Environmental Cost of Land Use Restrictions