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Research

My current research examines how accounting information and corporate regulation operate across different institutional environments, with a focus on developing economies.

My job market paper studies how information sharing creates value within global audit networks, using cross-border restrictions on personal-data transfers to separate the sharing of client data from the sharing of common methodologies and quality controls.
A second stream asks when regulatory mandates and corporate commitments can substitute for limited state capacity, focusing on supply chains in African mining and oil.
Across both, I also examine labor and human capital and pair large-sample archival evidence with original surveys, fieldwork, and new measurement infrastructure.

Job Market Paper

[1] Information Sharing in Global Audit Networks

Working Paper, single-authored.

Government Regulation, Non-State Institutions, Incidence and Aggregate Effects

Presentations: University of Chicago (Accounting)*, 2026 EAA Annual Congress*

Published and Accepted Papers

[2] Beyond Greenwashing: Environmental Commitments and Gas Flaring in the African Oil Sector

The Accounting Review, forthcoming.

BFI Working Paper, with Hans B. Christensen & Andrew McKinley.

Non-State Institutions, Incidence and Aggregate Effects

Presentations: University of Chicago* (Accounting), 2024 PRI In-Person Academic Network Conference*, 2024 CSEAR Africa Conference, 2025 Oxford CSAE Conference*, 2025 Edinburgh CAS Conference, 2025 Toronto Rotman Corporate Governance Forum*, Paderborn University, Humboldt University of Berlin, 2026 EAA Annual Congress

Press: Chicago Booth Review

[3] From LinkedIn to Labor Statistics: Using Revelio Microdata for Labor Market Research in Developing Economies

Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming.

with Hans B. Christensen & Ziang Zhang.

Data available here.

Method Support Papers

Presentations: Revelio Labs Research Seminar

[4] 12 Best Practices for Leveraging Generative AI in Experimental Research

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 246, No. 107564.

with Andrew Kennedy, Aaron Leonard, & John A. List.

Method Support Papers

Presentations: Workshop for Gary Charness (In Memoriam)

Working Papers

[5] Taxation by Regulation: Economic Impacts of Local Content Regulation in the African Mining Sector

Working Paper (under review), single-authored.

Government Regulation, Non-State Institutions, Incidence and Aggregate Effects

Presentations: University of Chicago* (Accounting, Dev Tea, Stigler), University of Ghana*, 2025 Stanford-Berkeley DevPEC Conference*, 2025 LBS Transatlantic Doctoral Conference*, 2025 Rice Conference on the Role of Accounting and Information Frictions in Microenterprises*, Revelio Labs Research Seminar*

[6] Are Audits Shifting the Battleground? Supply Chain Certifications and Conflict Dynamics in the Congo

R&R at Management Science (sustainability track)

BFI Working Paper, with Hans B. Christensen.

Government Regulation, Non-State Institutions, Incidence and Aggregate Effects

Presentations: Copenhagen Business School, University of Chicago* (Accounting, DevTea), University of Rochester (Simon), Brigham Young University (Marriott), Stanford University (GSB), 2024 Midwest International Economic Development Conference* (UChicago), London School of Economics, 2024 Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting* (CFEA), 2024 CSEAR Africa Conference*, 2025 American Economic Association Annual Meeting* (ASSA), 2025 AAA International Accounting Section (IAS) Webinar, HEC Paris, INSEAD, University of Hong Kong

Press: Becker-Friedman Institute Research Brief, The Pie: An Economics Podcast, Chicago Booth Review, SEC Response to GAO Report

[7] Accountants in Developing Economies

Working Paper, with Hans B. Christensen, Theodora A. A. Koomson, & Delphine Samuels.

Government Regulation, Non-State Institutions

Presentations: University of Ghana*

[8] Trust in Banks and Borrower Behavior

BFI Working Paper, with Rimmy E. Tomy & Jizhou Wang.

Government Regulation, Non-State Institutions

Presentations: 2024 Haskayne & Fox Accounting Conference (UCalgary), Hong Kong University (Business School), City University of Hong Kong (School of Business), 2024 CAFRAL Annual Conference, 2024 ISB Accounting Research Conference, 2025 Hawaii Accounting Research Conference (HARC), 2025 EFA Annual Meeting*, 2025 AAA Annual Meeting, 2026 FARS Midyear Meeting*

[9] Accounting Fraud and Individual Financial Health

Kilts Center Working Paper, with Arndt Weinrich & Ji-Eon Kim.

Government Regulation, Incidence and Aggregate Effects

Presentations: University of Chicago (Accounting), Paderborn University, 2023 TRR 266 Conference, IE Business School, IESEG School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2024 VHB Annual Meeting, 2025 AAA Annual Meeting

* WORKSHOP/CONFERENCE PRESENTER

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