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Research Interests
Platform markets
Electricity and Natural Gas markets
Applications of economic data analytics
Current Projects
Welfare Analysis in Restructured Electricity Markets
Effect of regulatory policy on firm behavior
Optimal Transmission Regulation in Restructured Electricity Markets
Effect of Regulated Transmission Rates on Firm Real-time Bidding Behavior
Dynamic Platform Investment in Two-Sided Markets: The Impact of Network Neutrality
Education
University of Texas-Austin, 09/09 to 05/2014 (expected)
PhD: Economics
MS: Economics
Fields:
Industrial Organization
Applied Econometrics
Subfields
Computational Economics
Game Theory
Coursework:
Industrial Organization
Empirical
Theoretical
Regulation
Computational Economics
Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Models
Genetic Algorithms
ACE
Econometrics
Microeconometrics
Dynamic Discrete Choice Models
Bayesian Methods
Game Theory
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Mathematical Economics I and II
Probability & Statistics
Choice Under Uncertainty
Scientific Programming (C, Fortran)
Experimental Economics
Brigham Young University, 09/01 to 05/02 and 09/04 to 12/07
Major: Mathematics (BS), Economics (BA)
Relevant Coursework:
Matrix Analysis
Financial Mathematics
Convex Optimization
Econometrics (introductory and graduate)
Macroeconomics (graduate)
Microeconomics (graduate)
Academic Work Experience
UT Economics Department, Research Assistant, 06/2011 to 12/2011, 05/2012 to current
Topics:
Microeconometrics & Industrial Organization (with Eugenio Miravete)
Simulated Method of Moments & Method of Moment Inequalities
Nonlinear Pricing projects
R/Matlab
Computational Economics (with David Kendrick)
WinAPI/C programming
UT Economics Department, Teaching Assistant, 09/2009 to current
Courses:
Introductory Macroeconomics (Fall 2009/Spring 2010)
Intermediate Microeconomics (Summer 2010/Fall 2011/Fall2013)
Financial Economics (Fall 2010/Spring 2011)
Computational Economics [Graduate] (Spring 2012) [Undergraduate] (Fall 2012)
Industrial Organization [Graduate](Spring 2013/Spring 2014)
BYU IDeA Labs (Now BYU IMPACT), Research Associate, 07/2006 to 12/2007
Research Areas:
Financial Mathematics
Computational Economic and Financial Systems
Macroeconomic Growth Theory
Matrix Analysis
Economics and Mathematics Tutor 09/2006 to current
Course(s):
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Econometrics
College Algebra
Calculus
Linear Algebra
English
BYU Math Department, Teaching Assistant, 09/2006 to 12/2007
Course(s):
Graduate Financial Mathematics
Linear Algebra
Society Memberships
American Economic Association: 2011 to current
Society of Computational Economics: 2009 to current
The Econometric Society: 2010 to current
Professional Experience
Consulting:
uShip, Price Models and Analysis, 01/2013 to 05/2013
Sapling Learning, Economics Content Author and Reviewer, 05/2012 to 12/2012
American Journal Experts, Editor, 02/2010 to 12/01/2010
Outside Employment:
TAC Americas, Engineer, 01/2008 to 05/2009
MTC, Teacher/Trainer/Software Content Tester, 07/2005 to 07/2006
Skills
Office:
MS Office (Word, Excel, Access); LaTeX/Beamer; Eclipse/Visual Studio; gretl/Stata
Linux (Ubuntu, Debian) server and desktop; Windows desktop
Programming:
General: Matlab/Octave, Python, MySQL, bash
Occationally use: gretl, Stata, Fortran, C, R
Learning: Julia, awk
Personal Information
Citizenship: USA