Research

Published Papers

Local Economic Spillover Effects of Stock Market Listings (with A. Butler and L. Fauver)
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (2019)
- Best Paper in Corporate Finance (Midwest Finance Association)
- Best Paper in Investments (Eastern Finance Association)
Tough Love: The Effects of Debt Contract Design on Firm Performance
- Review of Corporate Finance Studies (2020)
- RCFS Rising Scholar Award
Agglomeration, Knowledge Spillovers, and Corporate Investment (with W. Grieser, G. Maturana, and S. Truffa)
- Journal of Corporate Finance (2022)
Determinants of Strategic Behavior: Evidence from a Foreclosure Moratorium (with N. Artavanis)
- Journal of Financial Intermediation (2023)
The Role of Networks in Loan Syndicate Markets (with J. Harris, M. Zekhnini, and C. Brunetti)
- Management Science (2026)
- Semifinalist for best paper award in Financial Institutions at the 2019 Financial Management Association
The Epidemiology of Financial Constraints and Corporate Investment (with W. Grieser and M. Zekhnini)
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (2026)
- Best paper award at the 2022 Southern Finance Association

Comparing Capital Allocation Efficiency in Public and Private Equity Markets (with A. Sanati)
- Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Till Debt Do Us Part? The Effects of Debt Relief on Household Stability (with A. Butler, Y. Telez, and B. Xu)
Does Banking Consolidation Harm Households? (with C. Brunetti and J. Harris)
Is Simpler Always Better? Accounting Reporting Complexity and Bank Loans Contracting (with S. (Mark) Ma)
Creditor Rights and Debt Structure in the Zone of Insolvency

AI-Augmented Strategic Asset Allocation Using Macro-Financial Narratives (with A. Sanati)
The Impact of Data Processing and AI Adoption on Firms' Productivity and Financing (with A. Sanati)
Differences in Differences with Spillovers (with W. Grieser, J. LeSage, and M. Zekhnini)