My new book on Australia’s management of the pandemic, published by UNSW Press, is available now at this link.

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C, a Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for International Economic Policy at GW, a Visiting Fellow at the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the ANU, and a columnist at The Australian Financial Review.

My academic work is in public and household finance, I have practical experience in tax, budget, and energy policy, and I write often on monetary policy.

Latest research publication:

Rounded up: Using round numbers to identify tax evasion”, 2024, Journal of Public Economics, 238 (with Robert Breunig and Nathan Deutscher)

Latest working paper:

A $100,000 marshmallow experiment: Withdrawal and spending responses to early retirement-savings access”, with Geoffrey Liu, Jorge Miranda-Pinto, and Tristram Sainsbury (December 8, 2024) 

Latest commentary:

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has lost control of the budget”, The Australian Financial Review (January 5, 2025)