Finance Ph.D. Student
The University of Texas at Austin
McCombs School of Business
My research interests are in Real Estate, Corporate Finance, Financial Intermediation, and Macro-Finance. I study how financial frictions and real estate markets shape firm behavior, resource allocation, and aggregate economic activity.
We show how post-crisis bank regulation reduced construction credit and slowed the recovery of new housing supply.
Research brief: Cato Institute
Presentations: Rice University (2026); Five-Star Asia Pacific Workshop in Finance (Singapore, 2026); Pre-WFA Real Estate Symposium (Denver, 2026); EFA (Ghent, 2026); NFA (Quebec City, 2026); AREUEA-ASSA (Washington, DC, 2027)
We study why small firms invest more intensively in intangible capital despite facing tighter financing constraints.
Presentations: ABFER (Singapore, 2026); EFA (Ghent, 2026)