About me

I am an assistant professor of economics at the Albers School of Business and Economics at Seattle University. My research focuses on fiscal policy in open economies. My recent studies investigate the effects of asymmetric balanced-budget rules and tax system heterogeneity on interregional risk sharing in a fiscal union.

Prior to earning my PhD degree from the University of Washington, I was a research fellow at the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, where I had the honor of working alongside Yegor Gaidar. Assisting him in his research, which was published as the books Collapse of an Empire and Russia: A Long View, was a memorable period of my career at the Institute.

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