I am an Assistant Professor and Official Fellow of Economics at Girton College, Cambridge. I am also a Country Expert for Guyana with the Global Dynamics of Social Policy at the University of Bremen, Germany, Faculty Affiliate of the University of Notre Dame, London, Member of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, and Non-resident Senior Fellow of the Caribbean Progress Studies Institute.

My research is centered on the intersection of International Macroeconomics, Income Inequality, and Political Economy. Specifically, I focus on foreign exchange stock-flow dynamics, banking and international finance, exchange rate behavior, and macroeconomic policy. I also explore the interplay among economic development, the distribution of income and wealth, and political conflict. A central theme of this work is the examination of how politics rooted in identity or group affiliation influence the quality of institutions, state capacity, income and wealth inequality, and overall economic performance. My work often connects theory with data to test and quantify theoretical channels, and I am particularly motivated by the real-world questions that arise when conventional theory fails to account for stylized facts. 

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