I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Zürich.
My fields of research are macroeconomics and public finance. In particular, I am interested in fiscal policy, the aggregate implications of heterogeneity, and rational inattention.
I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University in 2024.
PhD in Economics, 2024
Northwestern University
MSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, 2017
London School of Economics
Master 1 in Economics, 2016
Toulouse School of Economics
BA in Economics, 2014
University of Virginia
with Fergal Hanks
Models of lumpy capital adjustment are too responsive to interest rates relative to empirical evidence. We argue that allowing for small convex adjustment costs in labour can help these models better match the data. Convex costs cause labour to increase slowly in response to a shock thus smoothing out the impact on the marginal product of capital. Due to both depreciation and uncertainty over future productivity, this delay in the benefits of additional capital can have a large impact on the responsiveness of capital investment.