Academic Orientation
My research interests center on the behavioral foundations of institutional development. I am interested in understanding how civic norms emerge, how institutional trust evolves across societies, and how policy design interacts with behavioral mechanisms to shape long-run development outcomes.
My training increasingly emphasizes mathematically structured reasoning and empirical analysis as tools for investigating these questions.
As part of my developing research training in macroeconomics and development economics, I conducted a replication-oriented study inspired by Robert Barro’s seminal work on cross-country growth regressions. This project focuses on examining how institutional variables, human capital, and policy-related factors influence long-run economic growth across countries.
Institutional Trust and Development Dynamics
I am interested in how institutional trust develops and how it relates to long-run economic performance. This includes examining the relationship between governance quality, social capital, and macro-level development outcomes.
Civic Norm Formation and Public Goods Compliance
A central area of interest is the formation of civic norms and their role in sustaining public goods. I am interested in examining how enforcement mechanisms, economic incentives, and intergenerational socialization contribute to the internalization of rule-following behavior across societies.
Behavioral and Institutional Economics
I am interested in the interaction between individual-level behavioral mechanisms and institutional structures. In particular, I seek to understand how incentives, enforcement, and social norms co-evolve within institutional environments.
Behavioral Macroeconomics
I am also drawn to questions at the intersection of behavioral insights and macroeconomic phenomena, including expectation formation, policy credibility, and collective belief dynamics.