I study competition and innovation on digital platforms and the role of communication and information in economic behavior.

My research frequently addresses antitrust and regulatory issues, including ongoing debates about the market power of digital platforms and concerns over digital privacy. I often employ natural language processing and machine learning techniques to analyze unstructured data, such as text and video content.

Please see my Research Statement for more information on my current work. A list of published and working papers is available on my Research page.

I am an Assistant Professor of Strategy and Business Economics at Cornell University's SC Johnson College of Business and a Distinguished Affiliate at CESifo. Additionally, I co-chair the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) annual Tech Economics Conference (TEC), which brings together economists and data scientists from industry, academia, and government interested in and working within the tech sector.

I hold an M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Virginia and a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from the University of North Carolina.

Upcoming Talks

• 10/26: I will present "Sherlocking: The Effect of Platform-Owner Entry on the Competitive Behavior of Third-Party Firms" at the 2024 CESifo Area Conference on the Economics of Digitization

• 1/4: I will moderate a conversation on "Will A.I. Save Us or Destroy Us" at the 2025 ASSA Annual Meeting.

• 3/11: I will present "Dialogue in Political Advertising: Evidence from U.S. Political Campaigns 2012-2020" in a Cornell joint Public Economics/Industrial Organization Workshop.