Publications
"To Plan, or Not to Plan? Optimal Planning and Saving for Retirement” with Erin Cottle Hunt and Yashna Shivdasani*. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Volume 224, August 2024, Pages 39-65.
"Teaching Quantitative Macroeconomics to Undergraduate Students at the Intermediate Level: An Application of the Solow Model to Post-WWII Japan." The Journal of Economic Education, 2023, Volume 54, Number 4, Pages 349-363. An Excel file containing the sequences of exogenous variables referenced in the paper is available here.
"Optimal Annuitization with Imperfect Information about Insolvency Risk" with Hui Li* and Casey Rothschild. Journal of Risk and Insurance, Volume 88, March 2021, Pages 101-130.
"The Impact of Learning on Business Cycle Fluctuations in the Consumer Unsecured Credit Market," with Matthew N. Luzzetti. Macroeconomic Dynamics, Volume 24, July 2020, Pages 1087-1123.
"Can Income Differences Explain the Racial Wealth Gap? A Quantitative Analysis" with Hero Ashman*. Review of Economic Dynamics, Volume 35, January 2020, Pages 220-239.
"Bridging the Gap between Undergraduate and Graduate Macroeconomics," with Casey Rothschild and Akila Weerapana. The Journal of Economic Education, 2018, Volume 49, Number 3, Pages 242-251.
"Financial Sophistication and Portfolio Choice over the Life Cycle," with Casey Rothschild. Review of Economic Dynamics, Volume 26, October 2017, Pages 243-262.
"Learning and the Dynamics of Consumer Unsecured Debt and Bankruptcies," with Matthew N. Luzzetti. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Volume 67, June 2016, Pages 22-39.
"Inter-industry Wage Differentials Revisited: Wage Volatility and the Option Value of Mobility" Journal of Monetary Economics, Volume 76, November 2015, Pages 38-54.
Working Papers
"Predatory Lending in a Quantitative Model of Consumer Default"
Works in Progress
"Racial Differences in the Drawdown and Allocation of Wealth During Retirement" with Donna Gan*
Resting Papers
"Bankruptcy Reform and the Housing Crisis" with Matthew N. Luzzetti.
(* indicates a current or past Wellesley College undergraduate student)