Welcome!
I am an economist using causal inference tools, structural models, and machine learning techniques to study how policy might promote or hinder productive development. I focus on trade and industrial policies and international trade infrastructure. My fields are trade, (macro) development, and economic history. My CV is here. 

Publications

• Free-riding Yankees: Canada and the Panama Canal, with Sebastián F. Galiani and Mateo Uribe-Castro. [VoxEU Summary].  Journal of Economic Growth (2025). 

Working Papers

• Innovation Spurred: Evidence from South Korea's Big R&D Push, with Chan Kim. [Video Presentation]. [AI-Generated Podcast].

• Market Access and Migration: Evidence from the Panama Canal Opening during the Great Migration, with Sebastián F. Galiani and Mateo Uribe-Castro. NBER Working Paper. Submitted. 

Work in Progress

• The Politics of Import Substitution Industrialization in Mexico and Taiwan, with Melissa Dell and Pablo Querubín.

• Changing Tides: The Geopolitical Effects of the Suez Canal, with Sebastián F. Galiani and Mateo Uribe-Castro.