I am an assistant professor at the Department of Econometrics and Operations Research at Tilburg University. I received my PhD in Economics from Boston University.
I am a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in the Industrial Organization and Development Economics groups. I am also an affiliate member of the Financial Inclusion Through INteroperability (FIT IN) Initiative at the Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
My primary field of interest is Empirical Industrial Organization, with applications in Development Economics, Finance, Crime and Environmental Economics.
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K504, Warandelaan 2, 5037AB Tilburg, The Netherlands
I am a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in the Industrial Organization and Development Economics groups. I am also an affiliate member of the Financial Inclusion Through INteroperability (FIT IN) Initiative at the Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
My primary field of interest is Empirical Industrial Organization, with applications in Development Economics, Finance, Crime and Environmental Economics.
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K504, Warandelaan 2, 5037AB Tilburg, The Netherlands
Publications
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The Effects of Policy Interventions to Limit Illegal Money Lending
(with Kaiwen Leong, Huailu Li and Nicola Pavanini)
Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 159, September 2024, 103894.
Working paper version here.
Presentations: Tilburg, NTU, Purdue, NBER IO Spring Meeting, NUS, Barcelona Summer Forum, EEA-ESEM, Helsinki GSE. -
Law Enforcement and Bargaining Over Illicit Drug Prices: Structural Evidence from a Gang's Ledger
(with Kaiwen Leong, Huailu Li and Marc Rysman)
Journal of the European Economic Association, Volume 20, Issue 3, June 2022, Pages 1198–1230.
Working paper version here.
Presentations: Tilburg, CEPR VIOS, BU, Yale, IIOC, EARIE.
Working Papers
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Social Impacts of New Radio Markets in Ghana: A Dynamic Structural Analysis
Revise & Resubmit at RAND Journal of Economics.
Presentations: BU, BC, IIOC, FCC, Tilburg, CREST, Mannheim, QuantCo, Sciences Po, EARIE.
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Bank Branching Strategies in the 1997 Thai Financial Crisis and Local Access to Credit
(with Marc Rysman and Robert M. Townsend)
CEPR Discussion Paper DP17869.
Revise & Resubmit at Journal of the European Economic Association.
Presentations: BU, Tilburg, NEUDC, IIOC, Central Bank of Chile and Inter-American Development Bank workshop on Industrial Organization in Financial Markets, Bristol-Warwick Empirical IO workshop. -
Environmental Impacts of Banning Vehicle Advertising (draft available upon request)
(with Jiekai Zhang)
Presentations: Tilburg, University of Mannheim. -
Preference Discovery and Consumer Search
(with Tinghan Zhang and Tobias Klein)
Current Teaching (2024-2025)
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230333 General Equilibrium Theory for Research Master in Economics (since 2018).
Course webpage here. -
30J211 Statistics 2 for BSc in International Business Administration (since 2019).
Online textbook here. -
30J125 Programming and Quantitative Skills for BSc in International Business Administration (since 2023).
Online textbook here. -
300366 Programming for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation BSc (since 2024).
Online textbook here. -
30M015 Programming for TiSEM Minor Essential Digital Skills (since 2024).
Online textbook here. - 390302 Thesis Supervisor for MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics (since 2019).
Previous Teaching
At Tilburg University:-
230347 Advanced Panel Data Methods for Research Master in Economics, 2019-2024.
Course webpage here. - 35B208 Improving Society Lab for BSc in Econometrics and Operations Research, 2019-2024.
- 300TET Thesis Supervisor for BSc in Econometrics and Operations Research, 2019-2024.
- 300831 Thesis Supervisor for Research Master in Economics, Tilburg University, 2019-2023.
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EC201 Intermediate Microeconomics, Boston University, 2016-2017.
Course webpage here. - Teaching Fellow for EC101 Introductory Microeconomic Analysis, Boston University, 2013-2015.
- Teaching Assistant for EC1030 Mathematics and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Fall 2011-Spring 2012.
Current PhD Students
- Vishal Pant (co-supervised with Nicola Pavanini).
- Tinghan Zhang (co-supervised with Tobias Klein). On the job market in 2024/25.
Past PhD Students and First Placements
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Hazal Sezer (co-supervised with Burak Uras; promoter: Daan van Soest).
Defended: June 17, 2024 (with cum laude).
Dissertation: Historical and contemporary perspectives in labor.
First placement: Charles River Associates, Brussels. -
Xiaoyue Zhang (co-supervised with Jaap Abbring and Jeffrey Campbell).
Defended: September 22, 2023.
Dissertation: Distortions and industrial upgrading in China.
First placement: Postdoc at MIT Sloan before joining DIW Berlin. -
Michela Bonani (co-supervised with Florian Schuett; promoter: Tobias Klein).
Defended: June 9, 2023.
Dissertation: Essays on innovation, cooperation, and competition under standardization.
First placement: Postdoc at ESSEC Business School, Cergy, France.