CV [pdf]

PUBLISHED AND FORTHCOMING PAPERS

"Amplifying the Fiscal Multiplier: The Role of Banks", with R. Iyer and R. Nanda

Journal of Finance, forthcoming

[paper]

“Who Benefits from Anti-Corruption Enforcement?”, with S. Zeume

Journal of Finance, forthcoming

[paper]

“Private Equity and Pay Gaps Inside the Firm”, with L. Fang and A. Roulet

Journal of Finance 81(4), 2026, pp. 1805-1840

[paper]

“Do Directors Respond to Stock Mispricing? Evidence from CEO Turnovers”

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 58(6), 2023, pp. 2732-2751

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“Firm R&D and Financial Analysis: How Do They Interact?”, with J. Peress

Journal of Financial Intermediation 53, 2023, 101002

Winner of the 2015 USC Marshall Finance PhD Conference Best Paper Award

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“Government as Customer of Last Resort: The Stabilizing Effects of Government Purchases on Firms”

Review of Financial Studies 33(2), 2020, pp. 610-643

Winner of the 2016 EFA Best Doctoral Student Conference Paper Award

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WORKING PAPERS

"Segmented Multipliers: Evidence from Welfare Cuts", with M. Adelino

Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Financial Economics

Presentations: AFA 2025, SFS Cavalcade North America 2022.

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"The Birth of a Multinational: Innovation and Foreign Acquisitions", with M. Guadalupe, V. Rappoport and C. Rörig

Presentations: Oslo Workshop on Trade, Growth and Firm Dynamics 2017; Barcelona GSE Summer Forum 2017.

[paper]

"The Role of Social Value in Contracting", with N. Gantchev and S. Zhang

Presentation: FIRS 2026.

[paper]

"A Dark Side to Experience? Firm Age and Uncertainty", with P. Slutzky and S. Zeume

Presentation: MFA 2026, AFA 2027 (scheduled).

TEACHING

McGill University - Capital Markets & Institutions

McGill University - International Capital Markets

Warwick Business School  - Mergers & Acquisitions

Warwick Business School  - Empirical Corporate Finance

University of  Toronto  - Economics of Financial Risk Management

University of  Toronto  - Financial Economics I