I currently work as a quantitative analyst for the Los Angeles Dodgers. I received my Ph.D. in Politics at Princeton University in 2020. In my dissertation research, I estimated a model of the world political economy to quantify how military coercion affects international trade. At Princeton, I taught the Politics Department's summer math course for incoming graduate students, along with Daniel Gibbs.
I'm interested in baseball, cities, open source software, and open science. I live in the Washington, DC area.
Some Stuff I Worked on in Grad School
Dissertation
Trade Policy in the Shadow of Power: Theory and Evidence on Economic Openness and Coercive Diplomacy 📋 Introduction • 🎥 Slides
Working Papers
- Trade Policy in the Shadow of Power: Quantifying Military Coercion in the International System 📋 PDF • 🎥 Slides
- Gunshots and Turf Wars: Inferring Gang Territories from Shooting Reports (with Noam Reich) 📋 PDF • 🎥 Slides
- Estimating Policy Barriers to Trade 📋 PDF • 🎥 Slides
- Gunboat Diplomacy: Political Bias, Trade Policy, and War 📋 PDF • 🎥 Slides • 📺 OPSC Talk
Teaching
Other
In 2021 I recorded a podcast for Narratives with Will Jarvis. We chatted about why China and the United States don't get along.