My research statement is available on request.
Working Papers
(Job Market Paper)
Research Question:
What drives the rising spatial concentration of innovation in high-skill
cities from the early 1990s and what are the aggregate consequences?
Methodological Contribution: Introduce
endogenous, directed, and microfounded innovation in a dynamic spatial
model
Dynamic Spatial Equilibrium
(joint
with Ivan Rudik, Gary Lyn, Ariel Ortiz-Bobea)
R&R, Journal of
Political Economy: Macroeconomics
Research Question: What are the welfare effects
of general equilibrium adaptation via trade, migration, and capital
accumulation in response to
climate change?
Methodological Contributions: (1)
Model-consistent estimating equations to identify climate impacts on
productivity and amenities from temperature shocks; (2) Quantitative
decomposition of general equilibrium adaptation channels (trade,
migration, industry switching, capital accumulation) to shocks in
fundamentals in a dynamic spatial model
Work in Progress
Research Question: What drives the rising intensity of
cross-region
coinventor networks and what are the aggregate
implications?
(joint with Bernardo Ribeiro)
Research
Question: Why are newer technology vintages concentrated in
cities?