research
Published papers
The Role of Intermediaries in Selection Markets: Evidence from Mortgage Lending, with, Robert Clark, Jean-François Houde, Shaoteng Li, and Anna Trubnikova, Forthcoming, Review of Financial Studies
Dynamic Competition in Negotiated-Price Markets (2023), with Shaoteng Li, Forthcoming , Journal of Finance
Centralizing over-the-counter markets? (2023), with Milena Wittwer, Journal of Political Economy
Resolving Failed Banks: Uncertainty, Multiple Bidding & Auction Design (2023), with Robert Clark, Brent Hickman and Eric Richert, Review of Economic Studies
The impact of debt-relief programs in times of crisis: Evidence from Canada's response to Covid-19 (2022), with Robert Clark, Shaoteng Li, and Nicolas Vincent, Canadian Journal of Economics, 55(SI), p.9-53
Crisis Management: Analyzing Default Risk and Liquidity Demand during Financial Stress (2021), with Ali Hortacsu and Jakub Kastl, AEJ: micro, vol 13, p. 243-275
The Impact of Macroprudential Housing Finance Tools in Canada, with Timothy Grieder, Brian Peterson, and Tom Roberts, Journal of Financial Intermediation
Search Frictions and Market Power in Negotiated Price Markets (2019), with Robert Clark and Jean-Francois Houde, Journal of Political Economy, vol. 174, p. 1550-1598
Variable Pay: is it for the worker or the firm? (2019), with James Thompson, Journal of Corporate Finance, vol. 58, p. 551-566
Investment Dealer Heterogeneity, Procyclicality, and Compensation (2020) , with Andrew Usher, Empirical Economics, vol. 58, p. 489-505
The Impact of bankruptcy Reform on Consumer Insolvency Choice (2018), with Kiana Basiri, Canadian Public Policy, vol. 44, p. 100-111
Consumer Bankruptcy and Information (2016), with Evren Damar and David Martinez-Miera, Review of Finance, vol. 20, p.1289-1320
The Effect of Mergers in Search Markets: Evidence from the Canadian Mortgage Industry (2014), with Robert Clark and Jean-Francois Houde, American Economic Review, vol 104(10), p. 3365-3396
Bank Loans for Private and Public Firms in a Liquidity Crunch (2015), with Teodora Paligorova, Journal of Financial Stability, vol 18, p. 106-116.
Efficiency and Bargaining Power in the Interbank Loan Market (2016), with James Chapman, Federico Echenique and Matthew Shum, International Economic Review, vol. 57, p. 691-716
Price Dispersion in Mortgage Markets (2014), with Robert Clark and Jean-Francois Houde, Journal of Industrial Economics, vol 62(3), p. 377-416
Empirical Likelihood Block Bootstrapping (2011), with Allan Gregory and Katsumi Shimotsu, Journal of Econometrics, vol 161(2), p. 110-121
Canadian City Housing Prices and Urban Market Segmentation (2009), with David Byrne, Robert Amano, and Allan Gregory, Canadian Journal of Economics, vol 2(3), p. 1132-1149
Size Matters: Covariance Matrix Estimation under the Alternative (2007), The Econometrics Journal vol. 10(1), p. 637-644
Efficiency and Economies of Scale of Large Canadian Banks (2007), with Ying Liu, Canadian Journal of Economics vol. 40(1), p. 225-244
Works in progress
Primary Dealers and the Demand for Government Debt (2020), with Jakub Kastl and Milena Wittwer
Intermediary Market Power and Capital Constraints (2023), with Milena Wittwer
Banking fragility and resolution costs, with Robert Clark, Brent Hickman and Eric Richert
Entry and Exit in Treasury Auctions (2023), with Ali Hortacsu, Eric Richert, and Milena Wittwer