Welcome!
I’m an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim.
My research uses economic theory and mechanism design to study how institutions shape the acquisition and strategic use of information—when agents reveal, delay, or conceal what they know—in areas such as innovation, carbon emissions, and liability.
I received my Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
News: I will be on sabbatical in the 2026-2027 academic year and plan to spend the Fall Semester in Chicago.
Research:
Strategic Concealment in Innovation Races.
with Yonggyun Kim
R&R at AEJ:Micro
- Firms might avoid patenting intermediate innovations, even when this would mean capturing the full social value of the innovation.
Market-based Mechanisms.
with Quitzé Valenzuela-Stookey
R&R at Journal of Political Economy.
- How can policies use information contained in market outcomes when market participants care about the policy itself?
A Taxation Principle with Moral Hazard. (New Draft Coming Soon!) with Bruno Strulovici
- Sometimes, eliciting private information becomes redundant.
The Timing of Complementary Innovations.
- Breakthroughs always enhance incentives to work on complementary projects, but only when the timing is endogenous.
Liability Design with Information Acquisition. with Bruno Strulovici
- How should liability be determined for an agent who acquires information about an unknown risk?