Education

  • Ph.D. Economics, University of Texas at Austin, 2012.
  • M.A. Economics, University of Texas at Austin, 2008.
  • B.S. Economics (with Minor in Mathematics), Louisiana State University, 2006.

Current Positions

  • Fellow in Public Finance, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, May 2017-present.
  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, Rice University, May 2017-present.

Previous Positions

  • Economist, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, August 2015-April 2017.
  • Economist, Louisiana Department of Revenue, March 2015-August 2015.
  • Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University, August 2012-March 2015.

Teaching

Rice University, Department of Economics
  • Economic Modeling and Public Policy: Fall 2017, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
  • Macroeconomics: Summer 2020, Spring 2021.
  • Public Finance: Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022.

University of Chicago, OSM Lab
  • Optimization Theory, Summer 2017.

Louisiana State University, Department of Economics
  • Mathematics for Economists (Ph.D.), Fall 2012, Fall 2014.
  • Public Finance, Spring 2013.
  • Healthcare Economics, Fall 2012.
  • Principles of Microeconomics, Spring 2013.

Journal Publications

  • Distributional impacts of state and local tax policy in a heterogeneous-agent model. Public Finance Review 46 (6), 2019. [Link]
  • Nonlinear taxation in an economy with heterogeneous firms and heterogeneous households (with Efraim Berkovich). Proceedings. Annual Conference on       Taxation and Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the National Tax Association. Vol. 110. National Tax Association, 2017. [Link]
  • Federal subsidization and state Medicaid provision (with Stephen Barnes). Review of Economic Dynamics 21, 2016. [Link]

Other Published Articles

  • Assessing Recession Risk in a Post-pandemic Economy. Issue brief no. 01.26.2023. Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. 2023. [Link]
  • Demographics and the U.S. Economy. Working paper. Rice University's Baker Institute of Public Policy. 2022. [Link]
  • Domestic migration and state tax policy. Issue brief no. 08.12.22. Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. 2022. [Link]
  • Investing in Texas: Cybersecurity and IT modernization. Report. Texas 2036. 2022. [Link]
  • Investing in Texas: Expanding broadband access. Report. Texas 2036. 2022. [Link]
  • Investing in Texas: Energy expansion (with John Diamond). Report. Texas 2036. 2022. [Link]
  • The effect of transition to low-carbon energy on Texas tax revenues: 2021-2050 (with John Diamond and Richard Evans). Research paper. Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. 2021. [Link]
  • Did the TCJA reduce wealth inequality? Issue brief no. 08.19.21. Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. 2021. [Link]
  • The macroeconomic scars of the pandemic. Issue brief no. 02.25.21. Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. 2021. [Link]
  • U.S. deficits, debts, and dimensions of analysis (with Joyce Beebe and Richard Evans). Issue brief no. 01.28.21. Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. 2021. [Link]
  • U.S. debt at 100% of GDP: Why this time will be different. Issue brief no. 11.30.20. Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. 2020. [Link]
  • Decline in U.S. wealth and income inequality between 2016 and 2019. Issue brief no. 11.04.20. Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. 2020. [Link]
  • The stock market, the economy, and economic policy response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Issue brief no. 10.15.20. Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. 2020. [Link]
  • Long-term sustainability of U.S. government debt growth. Issue brief no. 08.19.19. Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. 2019. [Link]
  • School property tax reform: An analysis of options (with John Diamond). Research paper. Texas Public Policy Foundation. 2018. [Link]
  • Net operating loss carryforwards and corporate tax policy. Working paper. Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. 2018. [Link]
  • Can the TCJA save the corporate income tax? Issue brief no. 09.25.18. Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. 2018. [Link]
  • Measuring lifetime sales tax progressivity: A simulation-based approach (with Clint Hamilton). Working paper. Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. 2018. [Link]
  • Long-term macroeconomic effects of the 2017 corporate tax cuts. Issue brief no. 06.01.18. Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. 2018. [Link]
  • Long-term macroeconomic effects of the 2017 corporate tax cuts. Research paper. Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. 2018. [Link]
  • Are consumption taxes really regressive? Issue brief no. 11.30.17. Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. 2017. [Link]