Economics PhD Student

University of Oregon

Welcome to my website. I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Oregon where I focus on labor, environmental, and urban economics. My research addresses spatial heterogeneity in responses to public policy such as the US Clean Air Act and local housing regulations. I am on the 2021-2022 job market and will be available for interviews.

Interests
  • Environmental Economics
  • Labor Economics
  • Urban Economics
  • Public Policy
Education

  • PhD in Economics, 2022*

    University of Oregon

  • MS in Economics, 2018

    University of Oregon

  • BS in Economics, 2016

    University of Oregon

Research

The Environmental Cost of Land Use Restrictions
Forthcoming: 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
In Search of Peace and Quiet: The Heterogeneous Impacts of Short-Term Rentals on Housing Prices
Revise and Resubmit: Regional Science and Urban Economics.
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
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

Works in Progress

  • Is the Solution to the Dilution Pollution? Evidence from Regulating Stack Heights (with Ed Rubin and Eric Zou)

  • The Big City Wage Premium: Labor Market Power and Skill Sorting (with Sophie Mathes)