I study how fiscal shocks travel through production networks. My work asks why a contraction in one country–sector shows up as lost employment in another — and what the structure of those linkages implies for how fiscal policy should be designed and coordinated.
My primary research estimates how fiscal shocks propagate through the input–output structure of the European economy. Using FIGARO inter-country tables and a network granular instrumental variables design, I document a sharp asymmetry: consolidation travels powerfully backward along demand linkages into employment, but only weakly forward along supply linkages into prices. The result places quantitative discipline on which sectors carry aggregate fiscal risk.
I examine how the industrial composition of economies evolves, and what role the state plays in steering that change. This work treats network position as a policy instrument — asking which industries are systemically significant, and how institutional capacity and public ownership shape whether shocks are transmitted or attenuated.
Through demand-driven models and simulation, I explore how economies can navigate the energy transition while sustaining employment and growth, focusing on the dynamics of capacity investment and the distributional consequences of climate policy.
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New Keynesian theory, economic fluctuations, inflation, and growth theory.
View course page →Market failures, policy instruments, and sustainability economics.
Introductory macroeconomics with recitation sections and tutoring.
Foundational microeconomic theory and applications.
Social Sciences Hall C-3916B
Department of Economics
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
United States