I am an Associate Professor of Economics at City St George's, University of London, a Visiting Senior Fellow at London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Research Affiliate at CESifo network. My research and teaching revolve around financial intermediation, international finance and political economy.

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Update (03/25): My working paper on Comparing human-only, AI-assisted, and AI-led teams on assessing research reproducibility in quantitative social science (with Abel Brodeur et al.) has recently been invited by Nature to be revised and resubmitted. Read the latest I4R discussion paper here.

Update (02/25): My working paper on Cultural stereotypes of multinational banks (with Barry Eichengreen) has been conditionally accepted to the Journal of the European Economic Association.  It had been featured on The BankerRead the latest NBER working paper here and the VoxEU piece here. Listen to me discussing it in a VoxTalks episode on Spotify here.

Update (01/25): I am co-organising the 3rd London Political Finance (POLFIN) Workshop, for which Anat Admati (Stanford) will deliver the keynote speech. See the call for papers and other details on the POLFIN website here.

Update (11/24): My new working paper on Political accountability during crises: Evidence from 40 years of financial policies (with Yuemei Ji and Clement Minaudier) has just come out. Read the latest CESifo working paper here.

Update (06/24): I have co-organised the 5th LSE Workshop on Political Economy of Turkey, for which Ufuk Akcigit (Chicago) delivered the keynote speech. See the workshop programme on LSE website here.

Update (05/24): My paper on The Political scar of epidemics (with Barry Eichengreen and Cevat Giray Aksoy) is now published at The Economic Journal. It has also been featured on  VoxEULSE Business ReviewLSE EUROPPProMarketGovernment Executive (Podcast)Pocket Dilemmas (Podcast)Bloomberg (Podcast)Daily MailThe TelegraphEuronewsMintAnadolu AgencyProject SyndicateBBC NewsDaily Sabah,  The GuardianSouth China Morning PostThe Washington PostFinancial Post  and  Financial Times. Read the journal version here.