Curriculum Vitae

Research

Working Papers

  1. Foreign Currency as a Barrier to International Trade: Evidence from Brazil (link)

  2. Inflation Surprises and Real Economic Activity with ChaeWon Baek. (link)

  3. Mortgage Debt Resolution and Bank Distress: Evidence from the 1920s Commodity Price Bust with Kilian Rieder.

Publications

  1. The Economics of Sovereign Debt, Bailouts and the Eurozone Crisis with Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas and Philippe Martin. Journal of the European Economic Association 23, (6), pp. 2003-2047. (link)

  2. What determines passthrough of policy rates to deposit rates in the euro area? with Friederike Niepmann. FEDS Notes . (link)

  3. Financial Failures and Depositor Quality: Evidence from Building and Loan Associations in California . Journal of Economic History 83, (1), pp. 87-130. (link)

  4. Unemployment Effects of Stay-at-Home Orders: Evidence from High Frequency Claims Data with ChaeWon Baek, Peter McCrory, and Preston Mui. The Review of Economics and Statistics 103, (5), pp. 979–993. (link)

  5. Firm Entry and Macroeconomic Dynamics: A State-Level Analysis with Francois Gourio and Michael Siemer. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 106, (5), pp. 214-218. (link)

  6. Fiscal Consequences of Paying Interest on Reserves with Marco Bassetto. Fiscal Studies 34, (4), pp. 413-436. (link)

  7. Forecasting inflation and the Great Recession with Marco Bassetto and Christine Ostrowski. Economic Perspectives 37, (Q3), pp. 79-106. (link)

Employment

Federal Reserve Board

Senior Economist, 2024 - Present
Global Financial Institutions section, International Finance Division

Economist, 2021 - 2024
Global Financial Institutions section, International Finance Division

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Senior Economic Research Associate, 2012-2015

Education

University of California, Berkeley

PhD in Economics, 2015 - 2021
Fields: International Economics, Macroeconomics, and Economic History.

Rutgers University

B.A. in Economics and Mathematics, 2008 - 2012
Honors: Summa Cum Laude

Teaching

University of California, Berkeley
Department of Economics: Graduate Student Instructor
  • Introduction to Economics
    Spring 2017/Spring 2018/Spring 2019/Spring 2020 — (Professors: Christina Romer and David Romer)
  • Economic Theory--Macro (Advanced Intermediate Macroeconomics Course)
    Fall 2016 — Professor: Benjamin Schoefer
    Fall 2017 — Professor: Dmitriy Sergeyev
    Fall 2018 — Professor: J. Bradford Delong
  • Graduate Macroeconomics
    Fall 2019 — Professor: David Romer

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