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Academic positions

  • ITAM, Assistant Professor, Centro de Investigación Económica and Department of Economics, 2016-present.

  • University of Michigan, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, 2010-2016.

  • Stanford University, Visiting Scholar, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Spring 2014.

  • University of California, Berkeley, Visiting Scholar, Energy Institute at Haas, Fall 2013.

Education

  • Stanford University, Stanford, CA
    • Ph.D., Economics, 2010
    • M.A., Economics, 2010
  • University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
    • B.Sc.(Hons.), Mathematics, 1999
  • University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
    • B.Com.(Hons.), Economics, 1998

Fellowships, grants, and sponsored projects

  • Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Faculty Grant, 2015

  • University of Michigan Office of Research award, 2015

  • MITRE Faculty Research Grant, 2013, 2015

  • Rackham Spring/Summer Research Award, 2011

  • Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Kapnick Fellowship, 2009-10

  • Martin Lee Johnson Stanford Graduate Fellowship, 2003-08

Awards and prizes

  • Citibanamex Economics Prize (2nd place), 2022.

  • Public Utility Research Center Prize for the Best Paper in Regulatory Economics at the 13th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference, 2015.

  • Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Claire and Ralph Landau Student Working Paper Prize, 2010.

  • University of Auckland Dean of Science Prize, 1998.

  • University of Auckland Collins Prize in Mathematics, 1998.

  • University of Otago John Waddell Hayward Award in Commerce, 1996.

Other employment

  • Credit Suisse First Boston, Auckland, New Zealand
    • Investment Banking Analyst, 1999-2001
    • Investment Banking Associate, 2002