Welcome

Welcome to my webpage! I am an economist working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. I am also a Principal Investigator at the Centre of Research Excellence Te Pūnaha Matatini, a member of the Centre for Mathematical Social Science, a Research Associate at the Public Policy Institute, as well as an Associate Editor of Economic Modelling. I studied Economics at Mannheim, Berkeley, and Toulouse and received my PhD in Economics in 2005 from the Toulouse School of Economics and Mannheim University. I study Institutions and Incentives, Social and Economic Networks, Social Capital, Innovation, Competition Policy and Regulation.