COVID-19, Pent-up Tourism Demand, and the Role of Depleted Excess Savings: Evidence from Florida's Space Coast
Applied Economics, 2026
Assistant Professor of Economics
Exploring the intersection of credit markets, labor informality, and entrepreneurship in developing economies.
I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Florida Institute of Technology. My research focuses on labor and development economics.
My scholarly work examines the impact of credit market development on labor informality, the effect of access to finance on entrepreneurship, and the economics of informal financial markets and their effect on the labor market.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
New Economic School
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Applied Economics, 2026
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2025
Southern Economic Journal, 2024
Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 2024
Research in Economics, 2024
Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2017
Submitted to Journal of Regulatory Economics
Submitted to Journal of Labor Research
Submitted to Economics of Education Review
I teach courses in microeconomics, labor economics, and development economics at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Selected appearances, interviews, and public engagement activities related to my research.
Media appearances and interviews will be listed here.
Download my complete academic CV for detailed information about my research, publications, teaching experience, and professional activities.
Last updated: February 2026
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL