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Education
Ph.D., Economics, Boston University, Boston, MA
MA in Economics, Delhi School of Economics, India
BA in Economics, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, India
Academic Employment
University of Michigan
Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Economics and Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, 2015–2021
Adjunct Lecturer, Ross School of Business, 2019–2021
New York University
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Economics,
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Economics
Hunter College, Department of Economics
Adjunct Assistant Professor, MA program
Non-Academic Employment
Bank of America
Senior Economist, Economic Scenario Generation, 2021–present
Head of Global Economics, Iron Harbor Capital Management, LLC
Fellowships and Awards
National Science Foundation Grant SES-1919362, 2019–2022
CSWEP Summer Visiting fellow, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Summer 2018
MITRE Faculty Research Award Program, University of Michigan, 2015, 2016
Published and Working Papers
“Age Structure and the Impact of Monetary Policy,” joint with John Leahy, Forthcoming: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
“The Economic Effects of Government Spending: Using Expectations Data to Control for Information,” with Matthew G. Hall, Forthcoming: Macroeconomic Dynamics
“Using Private Forecasts to Estimate the Effects of Monetary Policy,” Journal of Monetary Economics 55, May 2008, 806-824
“The Effect of Public Debt on Interest Rates: Evidence from Parliamentary Elections,” joint with Gabriel Ehrlich, October 2020
“The Ineffectiveness of Fiscal Policy in Recessions: Size Does Matter,” March 2021
Forecasting, Policy Work, Popular Press
“The U.S. and Michigan Economic outlook for 2020–2022: an Interim Update,” Special RSQE forecast update in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, March 2020
“The U.S. Economic Outlook,” RSQE Forecasts, Quarterly publication, various co-authors, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
“The Detroit Economic Outlook,” RSQE Forecasts, various co-authors, 2020, 2021
“Debt ceiling does more harm than good as currently constructed,” with Gabriel Ehrlich and Daniil Mananekov, The Hill, December 2017
“View from the Harbor, US Economics Quarterly,” Iron Harbor Capital Management, various co-authors, 2010, 2011, 2012
Work in Progress
“Demographics Characteristics of the Population and Monetary Policy Transmission,” joint with John Leahy
“The Entrepreneurship Channel of Monetary Policy,” joint with Emilio Colombi and John Leahy
Policy Engagement
Michigan Legislature Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference, every January and May, 2015-2019
Governor of Michigan’s Economic Outlook Briefing, every November, 2015-2019
City of Detroit Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference, September 2019
Developing a Forecasting and Nowcasting Model for the City of Detroit
Conference Presentations
2019: RSQE’s 67th U.S. Economic Outlook Conference
2018: European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Eastern Economic Association, Midwest Economic Association, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
2017: Mid-West Macroeconomics Meetings, China Meeting of the Econometric Society, RSQE’s 65th U.S. Economic Outlook Conference
2016: ISI Delhi – 12th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development
Other Awards
Research Assistantship (Prof. Larry Kotlikoff), Boston University
Graduate Assistantship, Boston University
Graduate Fellowship, J.N.Tata Endowment for the Higher Education of Indians
Professional Activities
Referee American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, B.E. Journals in Macroeconomics, Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, and Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.
Teaching Experience
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Business Forecasting
Department of Economics, New York University
Intermediate Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, Principles of Microeconomics, and Principles of Macroeconomics
Department of Economics, Hunter College
M.A. course on Monetary Economics
Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
M.A. course on Microeconomics
Department of Economics, Boston University
Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, International Economics, Development Economics, and Money and Banking Theory