Assistant Professor of Finance
Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Wharton School. I research issues surrounding public finance, corporate and personal income taxation, and financial regulation. My research often uses quasi-experimental variation to answer questions with relevance for designing efficient fiscal and regulatory policy. I am particularly interested in how public entities raise funds–primarily through issuing bonds or raising taxes–and how those mechanisms affect businesses, consumers, investors, and workers.
I am a graduate of Duke University with both an MA and a PhD in Economics. I earned a BS in Economics at Ohio University in the Honors Tutorial College. Before grad school, I worked as a Tax Analysis Professional 1 in the Ohio Department of Taxation and as a Research Associate with the Center for College Affordability and Productivity.