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


Working Papers

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

with Carlos Martinez


Debt Constraints in Emerging Economies: Synthetic Control Evidence from Guatemala


Do corruption reforms spur entrepreneurship?