Applied microeconometrics with an emphasis on structural modelling of individual behaviour; intra-household decision making; demand analysis; accounting for heterogeneity; survey design
Elected 2008
Macroeconomics and the study of fluctuations in inflation, financial markets and economic activity; the conduct of fiscal and monetary policy.
Economic theory, especially information and decision theory
The political economics of economic policy; applications to inequality & growth, public debt, central-bank independence, constitutions, development, state capacity, violent conflict & reforms of economic & political institutions.
