Research Focus

• Public Economics
• Political Economics
• Applied Microeconomics

Academic Career

• since 2011 Senior Research Fellow, MPI
• 2005-2011 PhD and MA in Economics, University of Minnesota, USA
• 2004-2005 MSc in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
• 2000-2004 BSc in Applied Mathematics and Economics, Brown University, USA

Work in Progress

• Issue Emphasis in US Presidential Elections
• Promised and Implemented Tax Policies in US Presidential Elections: The Role of Non-Economic Issues
• Political Competition with Policy-Motivated Candidates and Inter-temporal Distortions
• Pareto Efficient Tax Evasion