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, forthcoming, Bulletin of Economic Research.

Working Papers

• Elections, Political Races, and the Mortgage Market (with Sheida Teimouri). Under review at the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking.
• 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).

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.