Research

My research focuses on migration, entrepreneurship, and political economy, with an emphasis on how institutions, policy environments, and economic incentives influence individual behavior and long-run development outcomes.


Peer-Reviewed Publications

Emigration and origin country economic institutions

with Benjamin Powell | Public Choice, 2025


Property rights and entrepreneurship

Economic Affairs, 45(3), 509–521, 2025


Revise & Resubmit

Did the Syrian Refugee Crisis impact European economic freedom?

with Benjamin Powell | R&R at the Journal of Comparative Economics


Under Review

Debt Constraints in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Guatemala

Under review at Public Finance Review


Working Papers

Ideology and Economic Freedom: Causal Estimates from 150 Years of Data

with J.P. Bastos and Benjamin Powell


From Das Kapital to Venture Capital: Cuban Entrepreneurial Elites Exiled in South Florida

with Carlos Martinez


Do corruption reforms spur entrepreneurship?


Referee Service

Public Choice · Journal of New Finance