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
Syrian refugees and the resilience of European economic freedom: Evidence from Austria, Germany, and Sweden
with Benjamin Powell | Journal of Comparative Economics, Forthcoming
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
Debt Constraints in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Guatemala
R&R at Public Finance Review
Do corruption reforms spur entrepreneurship?
R&R at the Journal of Institutional Economics
Under Review
Leader’s Ideology and Economic Freedom
with J.P. Bastos and Benjamin Powell | Under review at Economics & Politics
Working Papers
Displaced Cuban Elites: Business Formation and Local Economic Outcomes
with Carlos Martinez | Job Market Paper
Housing Market, Migration, and Private Sector Reforms in Cuba
Does Guatemala’s Central Bank Follow a Rule? Taylor Rule Estimates, 2005–2019
Referee Service
Public Choice · Journal of New Finance