Current Research Topics

How firms organize global production

Working Papers

“Breaking up is hard to do: Why firms fragment production across locations”; “Foreign direct investment, outsourcing, and firm productivity conferment”; with J. Haltiwanger, R. Jarmin, and J. Miranda, “How Firms Respond to Business Cycles: The Role of Firm Age and Firm Size”

Awards

Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award, University of Maryland, 2011; Top PhD submission, Rocky Mountain Empirical Trade Conference, 2011; Second place in UMD Department of Economics Third-Year Paper Competition, 2009; Graduate Fellowship, University of Maryland, 2006–07

Professional Activities

Academic positions: Tuck School of Business, 2012–present; Instructor, University of Maryland, 2009–11

Nonacademic positions: Economist, U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2007–12; Consultant, World Bank, Summer 2008; Research Associate, Princeton Economics Group, 2004–06

Editorial positions: Referee, Canadian Journal of Economics, Journal of Productivity Analysis, European Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of International Economics