Research
Peer Reviewed Publications:
1. How should taxes be designed to encourage entrepreneurship? (with Roger Gordon) (appendix), July 2018, Journal of Public Economics, Volume 166, October 2018, Pages 1-11 (working paper version - downloadable)
2. Is it all about who you know? Prior work connections and entrepreneurial success (with Oana Tocoian), (appendix), February 2019, ILR Review (Previous versions entitled - The success of entrepreneurial networks: evidence from Brazil) (working paper version - downloadable)
3. Changes in the Demographics of American Inventors, 1870-1940 (with Mike Andrews and Nic Ziebarth)(appendix), June 2019, Explorations in Economic History (working paper version - downloadable) (appendix, downloadable)
4. The Role of the Corporate Tax (with Roger Gordon), August 2019, Elements in Public Economics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (working paper version - downloadable)
5. The Unobserved Returns to Entrepreneurship*, Jan 2024, Forthcoming, Review of Economics and Statistics (RESTAT) (working paper version - downloadable)
*previous version titled: Unpacking the Paradox of Entrepreneurial Returns: the Divergent Narratives of Consumption and Income
Working papers:
1. Entrepreneurship and the American dream: How far does the upward mobility ladder reach?, March 2023 (with Oana Tocoian)
2. Firm Technology Upgrading Through Emerging Work, Nov 2020 (with Enghin Atalay)
3. Distance and the informativeness of credit ratings, Sept 2022( with Nic Ziebarth)
Teaching
Primary Instructor:
Entrepreneurial Venture Initiation (UCLA, Anderson) [EMBA, MBA, BBA]
Entrepreneurial Finance (UW, School of Business) [EvMBA, MBA, BBA, STEM PhDs]
Entrepreneurial Growth Strategies (UW, School of Business) [BBA]
Corporate Finance (Duke University, Fuqua) [MS]
Managerial Economics (UCSD, Global Policy School) [MPA]
Secondary instructor (past):
Quantitative Methods, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Industrial Organization, Development Economics (UCSD, Econ & GPS) [BA,BS, MS, MPA]
Media mentions, public talks, policy impact
UCLA Anderson, Price Center Social Media Post: Does entrepreneurship facilitate social mobility?
UCLA Anderson, Price Center Social Media Post: The demographics of American inventors over time, and its implications
UW Madison CDIS RED Talk: Is high tech innovation increasing economic disparities?
WARF Essential Topics: Creating meaningful networks and resources for diverse inventors
USPTO Report to Congress pursuant to the SUCCESS ACT (2019)
Inside UW: Research documents who was underrepresented in patents (link to WSB article)
PBS Rewire: How to fund your startup
Associated Press: How taking a small business risk creates rewards
Wisconsin Journal Sentinel: Angel investors criticized for hampering deals by protecting themselves
Capital Times: Investing in change: Diversifying the world of funding startups is a work in progress