Research
The summer before my freshman year at college, I attended the macroeconomics summer program at Barcelona Graduate School of Economics with a group of Ph.D. students and policymakers. I didn’t understand much of the complex math equations and macro models but fell in love with economics and public policy debates. The following summer of my freshman I worked at the ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich, Germany as a research assistant.
Below are three independent economic research projects I have or am currently engaged in. The data and replication files aren’t attached, but I’m more than happy to provide any helpful information if you contact me.
Debt Forgiveness
For my senior thesis, I am now investigating the efficacy of large-scale debt forgiveness programs – a quasi-Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) policy – as a response to debt crises and recessions.
The 1918 Pandemic
How Pandemics Impact Tax Revenues and Inequality: Evidence from the 1918 Spanish Flu
My recent summer research project studies how pandemics impact tax revenues and inequality, in particular during the 1918 Spanish Influenza in the United States.
Monetary Policy
Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Switzerland: An SVAR Approach
My junior year independent economics research project concerns monetary transmission mechanism in Switzerland and the effects of monetary policy at the zero lower bound. I ran a structural vector-autoregression (SVAR) model.