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Biography
I am a PhD candidate working in Political Economy. I study how political competition shapes fiscal policy and tax complexity, with a focus on tax expenditures.
Research Interests Political Economy, Public Finance, Tax Complexity, Applied Microeconomics, Inequality.
Expertise Summary
Teaching experience: Principles of Macroeconomics: module ECON2018. Academic Lead Dr Juan Ignacio Vizcaino Applied Econometrics II: module ECON2006. Academic Lead Dr. Martina Uccioli Economics Dissertation: module ECON3001. Academic Lead: Dr Markus Eberhardt Mathematical Economics: module ECON1044 Academic Lead Dr Toomas Hinnosaar Economic Integration I: module ECON1013. Academic Lead Prof. Zhihong Yu
Research Summary
Political Competition and Tax Expenditure Provisions: Evidence from the U.S.
Past Research
Book Chapters
"Venezuela: Diagnosis of a Macroeconomic Collapse, 1980-2019" (with Jose Manuel Puente), forthcoming in "Venezuela en la encrucijada", Konrad Adenauer Foundation (2020)
"Venezuela, la révolution bolivarienne, 20 ans après" (with Jose Manuel Puente) University of Strasbourg, France (2019)
Journals
"Venezuela at the stage of macroeconomic collapse: A historical and comparative analysis" (with Jose Manuel Puente), Journal America Latina Hoy (2020).
This paper conducts a historical and comparative analysis of GDP for 192 countries over the period 1980-2018 using data from the IMF. Results show that Venezuela lost 49.32% of its total GDP in just five years (2014-2018). This negative performance represents the worst macroeconomic performance in magnitude and duration in Venezuela history (1950-2018), the worst in Latin America and the second worst in the world during the period 1980-2018.
Policy Briefings
This paper intends to quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns & social restrictions on mental health outcomes using the UKHLS, covering the pre-COVID-19 pandemic period (2009-19) and during-COVID-19 pandemic.
This briefing shows an overview of the main economic challenges the Welsh economy will face ahead of the Senedd election and shows the latest labour market outcomes and GDP performance for the countries and regions of the UK.
This blog evaluates the impact of Covid-19 on the Welsh labour market and points out the economic challenges facing the new Welsh Government after the Senedd election.
This blog explores the performance of the Welsh economy in terms of GDP growth rates during the pandemic and explores the medium-term economic outlook for Wales.
This blog analyses the latest data released by ONS to measure the labour market impact of covid-19 in Wales in terms of unemployment, jobs adverts and vacancies.
This piece describes which industries and occupations will be most affected by the new lockdown. We estimate that roughly 224,000 employees in Wales work in a sector that will be partially or entirely shut down due to the new firebreak lockdown.
This piece evaluates the impact of covid-19 on the Welsh economy by using business & labor force data. It also analyses how has government action mitigated the economic impact of Covid-19 & what latest mobility trends data suggest for Wales and the UK.
This briefing analyses data from Understanding Society and Labor Force Survey to determine the share of employees who can work from home in Wales pre-pandemic, and the potential of the Welsh economy for homeworking by industry and occupation.
Using Labor Force Survey data, this briefing investigates the groups and sectors in Wales most significantly affected by the current pandemic, based on a set of economic and demographic characteristics, such as age, gender, ethnicity, and income levels.