Research

Research Interests

Corporate Finance, Labor Economics, Household Finance, and Political Economy.

Published Papers

“The Financial Consequences of Pretrial Detention” with Pablo Slutzky (Review of Financial Studies)

“Skilled Labor Uncertainty and Corporate Investment: Evidence from H-1B Visa Lottery Cycles” (Management Science)

Working Papers

“The Effect of Childcare Access on Women’s Careers and Firm Performance” with Elena Simintzi and Ting Xu (Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Finance)
Presented at the Conference on Finance, Labor and Inequality 2022, UBC Summer Finance Conference 2022. Labor and Finance Group Conference 2022, WFA-CFAR Conference on Corporate Finance 2022, Colorado Finance Summit 2022, MFA Meeting 2023, FIRS Conference 2023, CICF 2023, EFA Meeting 2023, FOM Conference 2023, and the Labor and Employment Relations Association ASSA Meeting 2024. Scheduled for NFA Meeting 2024.

“Tax Breaks for Swing States? Political Bargaining, Targeted Policies, and Firm Outcomes” with Sahil Raina (Revise and Resubmit, Review of Corporate Finance Studies)
Presented at the 18th Annual Conference on Corporate Finance Early Ideas session, City University of Hong Kong research seminar (2023), University of Toronto external brown bag (2024), University of Waterloo research seminar (2024), Wilfrid Laurier research seminar (2024), McMaster University research seminar (2024), and University of Calgary research seminar (2024).

“Skilled Foreign Labor Supply and Corporate Investment: Evidence from H-1B Lotteries and Application Deadlines” (Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Corporate Finance)
Previous versions of the paper titled “Skilled Foreign Workers and Corporate Investment: Evidence from the H-1B Visa Program” and “Skilled Labor Rationing, Hiring Uncertainty, and Corporate Investment: Evidence from H-1B Visa Application Deadlines” were presented at SFS Cavalcade 2017, NFA Meeting 2017, AFA Meeting 2018, Paris December Finance Meeting 2020, CICF 2021, EFA Meeting 2021.

“The Effects of Voter Partisanship on Economic Redistribution: Evidence from Gerrymandering” with Sahil Raina
A previous version of this paper titled “Trading Credit (Subsidies) for Votes: The Effect of Local Politics on Small Business Lending” was presented at the Paris December Finance Meeting 2019, ASU Sonoran Winter Finance Conference 2020, Finance Down Under 2020, Northeastern Finance Conference 2020, WFA Meeting 2020, EFA Meeting 2020.

“Politics and Hidden Borrowing: Electoral Cycles and State Defined Benefit Pension Plans”
Presented at the WFA Meeting 2017.

Working In Progress

“Shameless and Shame-able Capital: ESG Pressures and Brown-Spinning Emissions” with Mark Huson