Doctoral Dissertation 

•  On the Dynamics of Property Rights.
• Committee: Professors Michelle Garfinkel (Co-Chair), Stergios Skaperdas (Co-Chair), Priya Ranjan,  Dan Bogart

Research Interests

• Applied Microeconomics, Political Economy, Game Theory.
• Economic Development, Technological Change and Growth, Law and Economics.

Papers

• Production, Appropriation and The Dynamic Emergence of Property rights. [Job Market Paper] 
• Innovation, Standardization and Income Distribution in a Closed Economy.
  

•  Practicing Presidential Leadership: A Model of Presidents' Positive Power in U.S. Lawmaking. [with Matthew Beckmann] (Journal of Theoretical Politics January 2011 23: 3-20)
  
•  Opportunism in Polarization: Presidential Success in U.S. Senate, 1953-2006. [with Matthew Beckmann](Forthcoming in Presidential Studies Quarterly)
  
• On The Economics of Organized Crime. [with Stergios Skaperdas],  Criminal Law and Economics. [Nuno Garoupa, ed.] 

Works in Progress

• Growth and The Endogenous Emergence of Governance in The Shadow of Conflict.
• Continuous Product Cycle and International Trade. (with Priya Ranjan)