Research

My primary research interest is in applied macroeconomics, including topics in growth and development. I am also interested in corporate finance, credit markets, and the political economy of finance.

Published and Forthcoming Papers

• Democratization and Knowledge in Social Sciences (with Sheida Teimouri), Public Choice, 2024. Link
• The Role of Firm Age in the Impact of Right-to-Work Laws on Job Creation: Insights from Synthetic Control Analysis (with Israt Jahan), Economics Bulletin, 2025. Link
• The Electoral Outcomes of Contractions in Mortgage Credits, Bulletin of Economic Research, 2026. Link

Working Papers

• Elections, Political Races, and the Mortgage Market (with Sheida Teimouri). Under review at the Journal of Financial Stability.
• The Role of Policy Uncertainty in Private Equity Firms’ Leveraged Buyout Activity (with Sina Davoodi, University of Oregon). First draft coming soon.
  Presented at: Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, 2023.
• Entrepreneurship and Trade Shocks (with Saleh Tabrizy, University of Oklahoma, and Kasra Khademorezaian, State University of New York at New Paltz). Under review at the Small Business Economics.

Work in Progress

• Climate Change and Voting Behavior: Evidence from California Wildfires (with Sheida Teimouri).
• The Opportunity Cost of Running for Political Office: Evidence from the U.S.
• Firms’ Board of Directors and Lobbying: Evidence from the U.S.