About
I am an economics Ph.D. candidate at Washington University in St. Louis, expecting to graduate in May 2027.
I am a macroeconomist who studies how public policy can increase the number of venture capital-backed startups, and how venture capital shapes the top tail of outcomes: the largest fortunes and long-run innovation. My job market paper shows that, dollar for dollar, government spending that adds investors raises the number of venture capital-backed startups far more than spending on bigger deals, and that successful founders who become investors widen the gap.
Fields: Macroeconomics, Macro-Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance
