Research interests

I am a PhD student at Warwick Economics. In my research, I use economic theory to study the effects of information on political decisions. My main research interests are at the interception between Political Economy and Media Economics. In a nutshell, I am interested in...

• Political agency models with endogenous information acquisition:
  • Rational inattention & political accountability;
  • Accountability & media capture;
• Political Economy and Media Economics:
  • Media competition & quality of journalism;
  • Media competition & capture;
• Political Economy and Economic History:
  • Institutions, political selection & accountability in Medieval Europe;

Supervisors

Ben Lockwood, Helios Herrera

Publications

When the light shines too much: rational inattention and pandering - forthcoming, Journal of Public Economic Theory. DOI:10.1111/jpet.12402

Working papers

The Price of Silence: Media Competition, Capture, and Electoral Accountability

The Newsroom Dilemma (with Ayush Pant) - NEW [Media coverage: EEA press release]

Ora et Guberna. The Economic Impact of Benedict's Rule in Medieval England (with Domenico Rossignoli) - NEW

Work in progress

Optimal Innovation time off (with Ayush Pant) - abstract

A Model of Populist Trap (with Helios Herrera)

Teaching experience

• EC220: Mathematical Economics 1A - Teaching materials 2018-2019
• Game Theory (WSS)

• PH336: Principles of Political Economy: Economics & Politics

Affiliations

• Political Economy and Public Economics research group
• Centre for Research in Economic Theory and its Applications (CRETA) research fellow