Department of Economics, UCLA
8283 Bunche Hall
315 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
I was previously a dissertation fellow at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and a private credit strategy associate at PIMCO. I received my MA in economics from UCLA in 2023 and my BA in mathematical economics from Yeshiva University in 2018, where I was Yeshiva College valedictorian.
I study how the structure of financial intermediation shapes real outcomes, from individual firms and workers to the aggregate economy. My current agenda centers on the emergence of private credit, the fastest growing source globally of firm financing since the Great Financial Crisis.
Recent Updates:
Fall 2026: New draft of my job market paper, Firm Dynamics and Private Credit (with Theodore Naff).
Summer 2026: Completed a dissertation fellowship at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
Summer 2026: Received a Residency Funding Grant from the Institute for Humane Studies.