About Me

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I am an applied economist specializing in labor and urban economics and the economics of innovation. My research examines how firm structure, competitive behavior, and industrial policy shape regional labor markets, the geography of innovation, and long-run patterns of economic inequality across U.S. cities and regions.

My expertise centers on industrial policy and the economics of large firms, how place-based subsidies, large-firm entry, and the competitive dynamics of dominant employers shape local labor markets and regional development outcomes. A related line of work examines the organization of innovation: how firm competition and market structure shape the geography of invention, entrepreneurship, and technology diffusion across U.S. regions. I use causal econometrics and panel methods on large administrative datasets, including restricted-access U.S. Census microdata as a Special Sworn Status researcher with the U.S. Census Bureau.

As of August 2026, I am joining NERA in Washington, D.C., to focus on expert analysis in antitrust and competition matters. Previously, I was an Assistant Professor of Strategy, Economics, and Public Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. I earned my Ph.D. in business economics and strategy from Duke University, my M.A. in economics from Boston University, and B.S. and B.A. degrees in finance, economics, and mathematics from Indiana University.