I am an Associate Professor in the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia.

My research interest is in international macroeconomics, financial economics, and information economics with a particular focus on the role of coordination failures and financial frictions.

I obtained my PhD in 2014 from New York University and my undergraduate degree in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

For the up-to-date information please check my Personal Website 

PUBLICATIONS

No Credit, No Gain: Trade Liberalization Dynamics, Production Inputs, and Financial Development (with David Kohn and Fernando Leibovici) [paper,appendix], International Economic Review, forthcoming

Financial Frictions and International Trade: A Review (with David Kohn and Fernando Leibovici), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, May 2022 [paper,slides,link]

Preventing Self-Fulfilling Debt Crises: A Global Games Approach Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 43, January 2022 [paper,online appendix]

Sentiments, Strategic Uncertainty, and Information Structures in Coordination Games (with Isabel Trevino), Games and Economic Behavior, 124, November 2020 [link ,working paper]

Multiplier Effect and Comparative Statics in Global Games, Theoretical Economics, 15(2), May 2020 [paper,working paper]

Financial Frictions and Export Dynamics in Large Devaluations (with David Kohn and Fernando Leibovici), Journal of International Economics, 122, 103257 , January 2020 [paper,online appendix,code]

Financial Frictions and New Exporter Dynamics (with David Kohn and Fernando Leibovici), International Economic Review, 57(2), May 2016 [paper,online appendix,code ]

Information Acquisition in Global Games of Regime Change (with Isabel Trevino), Journal of Economic Theory 160, 2015, 387-428. [paper,online appendix]

WORKING PAPERS

Uncovering Biases in Information Choice and Its Use: The Role of Strategic Uncertainty (with Isabel Trevino) [paper]

Doubling Down on Debt: Limited Liability as Financial Friction (with Jesse Perla and Carolin Pflueger) [paper,appendix]

Information Acquisition and Self-Selection in Coordination Games (with Isabel Trevino) [paper]

Debt Overhang and Liquidity Risk [paper]

WORK IN PROGRESS

Sequential Learning and Coordination (with Xiaoye Liao)

Trade Credit and International Trade: The Role of Long-Term Relationships (with David Kohn, Emiliano Luttini, and Shengxing Zhang)

Liquidity Support During Sovereign Debt Crises: The Role of Interest Rate

Information, Trading, and Financial Sector Profits (with Jesse Perla and Shengxing Zhang)