Hi, I am a 5th-year Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Georgia and will be on the 2026 market. My research interests are in industrial organization and health economics especially in topics that blend theory and empirics.

In my job market paper, I study how taxes and capacity bans (maximum size restrictions) perform when firms use nonlinear pricing to sell goods that generate externalities. Motivated by New York City’s proposed Portion Cap Rule, I develop a theory showing that firm menu distortions can make taxes sub-optimal, while capacity bans avoid further distortions in "small" sized drinks. Using scanner data from convenience stores, I find that capacity bans yield higher welfare than taxes in about 76% of markets.