Working Papers

Optimal Fiscal Policy in a Model with Uninsurable Idiosyncratic Shocks
with Marcelo Pedroni
R&R, The Review of Economic Studies
[Paper] [Online Appendix] [Codes] [Slides]

Taxes, Private Equity and Evolution of Income Inequality in the US
with Benjamin Pugsley
[Paper] [Slides]

Fluctuations in Uncertainty, Efficient Borrowing Constraints and Firm Dynamics
[Paper] [Slides]
Awarded Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship, 2014 - 2015

Business Cycles and Household Formation: The Micro versus the Macro Labor Elasticity
with Greg Kaplan and José Víctor Ríos Rull
[Paper - Old version] [Updated Slides] New draft coming soon!

Discussions

Optimal Unemployment Insurance with Credit by Makoto Nakajima
[Slides]

Taxation and the Life-Cycle of Firms by Erosa and Gonzalez
[Slides]

Optimal Prudential Taxation by Belchior and Reis
[Slides]

Policy Papers

Models of Government Expenditure Multipliers
with José Víctor Ríos Rull
Economic Policy Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, March 2012
[Paper]

Work in Progress

Optimal Business Income Taxes with Heterogeneity

The Role of Structural Transformation in the Rise of Pass-through Businesses
with Benjamin Pugsley

The Perils of the Consumption Taxes
with Marcelo Pedroni