Research 

Publications

peer-reviewed journal articles

• "An empirical analysis on the relationship between resource rents and education: The role of institutional quality thresholds", 2023, International Review of Economics, 70, pp. 217-236 

• "Natural Resources, Institutions and the Quality-adjusted Human Capital", 2022, Journal of Economic Studies, 49 (6), pp. 1033-1054

• "The distributional dimension of the resource curse: Commodity price shocks and income inequality", with David Castells-Quintana, 2021, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 59, pp. 63-78 

Works in progress

• OPRET Project "Understanding Oil Producers’ Responses to the Renewable Energy Transition" (Current Research Project working with Johannes Urpelainen, Indra Overland, Brian Blankenship, Stella Tsani) 

  • • • In this role as a postdoctoral fellow, I work with Professors Johannes Urpelainen, Indra Overland and Brian Blankenship. This project investigates the responses of major oil-producing countries to the global shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. 

• “Resource Booms and Education Inequality”, 2024, Handbook of Natural Resources and Inequality, Edward Elgar Publishing, Book chapter (with Mohammad Reza Farzanegan)