My research interests lay in the intersection of Household Finance and Urban Economics. I use different types of methods to ponder about land and labor.

Publications

1.“Agglomeration, knowledge spillovers, and corporate investment ” with William Grieser, Ioannis Spyridopoulos and Gonzalo Maturana, Journal of Corporate Finance 2022

2. “The importance of Large Shocks to Return Predictability” with Juan Diaz, Hamilton Galindo, Alexis Montecinos and Diogo Duarte, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal 2021

Working Papers

1.“On the Geography of Inequality: Labor Sorting and Place-Based Policies in General Equilibrium” with Alexis Montecinos R&R Spatial Economic Analysis

2.“Removing the Fine Print: Standardized Products, Disclosure, and Consumer Outcomes” with Sheisha Kulkarni and Gonzalo Iberti R&R Journal of Financial Economics

3.“The Social Geography of Corporate Misconduct” with Matias Braun  and Ercos Valdivieso R&R Journal of Banking and Finance

4.“Playing Checkers in Chinatown” with Jose Antonio Espin-Sanchez

5.“Estimating the Information Component in Switching Costs: A Structural Approach” with Sheisha Kulkarni  and Gonzalo Iberti

6.“Labor Market Effects of Deleting Delinquencies” with Jordan Nickerson  and Gonzalo Maturana

7.“Do political Parties Matter for Municipal Finances? Evidence from Property Reassessments and Estate Taxes” with Felipe Aldunate  and Cristobal Diaz

8.“Price Comparison Tools in Consumer Credit Markets ” with Sean Higgins, Sheisha Kulkarni and Erik Berwart

Selected Work in Progress

1.“Labor Matching in Cities” with Yoonha Kim

2.“Public Bank Lending During a Financial Crisis” with Gonzalo Iberti

3. “Spillover effects on ESG” with Matias Braun, Vicente Corral and Claudio Raddatz

4. “Diversity in Boards” with Matias Braun  and Felipe Cabezon