Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Sovereign Debt and Defaults, Political Economy, Misallocation and Productivity, Consumer Finance
Here is my Research Statement with a summary of my current research and plans for the foreseeable future.
Political Constraints and Sovereign Default (with M. Azzimonti), 2023, Journal of International Money and Finance, 137, ISSN 0261-5606, DOI
NBER Working Paper Number: w29667
Press coverage: Econ Focus -- Richmond Fed
Previous version: Political Constraints and Sovereign Default Premia
The Politics of Debt in the Era of Rising Rates (with M. Azzimonti) -- Invited for publication at the IMF Economic Review
Presented at: Rutgers University (M. Azzimonti), 25th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference, IMF
Sovereign Default and Tax-smoothing in the Shadow of Corruption and Institutional Weakness (with M. Azzimonti) -- Revision Requested from The Review of Economic Studies
NBER Working Paper Number: w31943
Presented at: SED Annual Meetings, Cartagena (2023), Midwest Macro Meetings, Clemson University (2023), IMF (2023) (M. Azzimonti), Institute of Economic Growth (2023), IIM Bangalore (2023)
Presented at: Stony Brook U. (2020), ABLE Workshop, IIM Ahmedabad (2024)
A Quantitative Theory of Installment Loans (with S. Chatterjee) -- Preliminary, Sept '24
Presented at: European Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, Spain
Political Economy of Fiscal Dominance (with A. Chatterjee)
Political Economy of Fiscal Rules (with A. Sagwal)