RESEARCH

For a summary of my prior and ongoing work, please see my research statement.

Working Papers

“Fiduciary Duty and the Market for Financial Advice.” February 2024. (With Gastón Illanes and Manisha Padi.) Revised and Resubmitted, Econometrica.

“Merger Effects and Antitrust Enforcement: Evidence from US Consumer Packaged Goods.” November 2023. (With Gastón Illanes and David Stillerman.)

“The Design of Defined Contribution Plans.” April 2022. (With Gastón Illanes.) Revision Requested, Econometrica.

Research in Progress

“Frictions in Mortgage Refinancing: Evidence from Chile.” (With José Ignacio Cuesta, Gastón Illanes, Ana María Montoya, Raimundo Undurraga, and Gabriela Covarrubias.) [Currently in the field. Pre-analysis Plan]

Publications and Forthcoming Papers

“Rational Inattention in the Infield.” (With Greg Howard) AEJ: Microeconomics, 14(4), 2022. (Online Appendix).

“Bidding and Drilling Under Uncertainty: An Empirical Analysis of Contingent Payment Auctions.” (With Andrey Ordin and James W. Roberts) Journal of Political Economy, 130(5), 2022. (Online Appendix).

“An Empirical Model of R&D Procurement Contests: An Analysis of the DOD SBIR Program.” Econometrica, 89(5), 2021. (Online Appendix).
• Summary on Microeconomic Insights

“Imperfect Public Monitoring with a Fear of Signal Distortion.” (With Lucas Manuelli and Ludwig Straub.) Journal of Economic Theory, 175, 2018. (Online Appendix)

“Selective Entry and Auction Design.” (With Andrew Sweeting.) International Journal of Industrial Organization, 43, 2015.

“Regulating Bidder Participation in Auctions.” (With James W. Roberts and Andrew Sweeting.) RAND Journal of Economics, 45(4), 2014.