Associate Professor of Economics and Scientia Fellow, UNSW
I am Associate Professor of Economics and UNSW Scientia Fellow at UNSW Business School.
Before joining UNSW, I received my PhD in Economics from Boston University in 2011.
My primary research field is Political Economics. I study how the institutions and technologies controlling the transmission of information affect election campaigns and policymaking. More broadly, I am interested in the role played by noisy information in politics, from armed conflicts to voting.
Rate cuts might hurt, as well as help. What if this man didn't need to do as much?
Jul 03, 2019 20:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
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