Education

Ph.D., economics, Harvard University, 2004

M.A., economics, Havard University, 2002

B.A., economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) 1997

Professional Designations

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), CFA Institute, April 2010

Work Experience

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Senior Economist, 2007-

Economist, 2004-2007

Harvard University

Teaching Fellow: Graduate Macro, Fall 2000, Spring 2001, and Spring 2002

Resident Tutor in Economics, Mather House, 1999-2004

Economics Undergraduate Advisor, 2000-2004

Research Assistant, 2000-2001

UK Cabinet Office

Consultant, (Performance and Innovation Unit), April 2001

Publications

Working papers and other unpublished papers

"Do Real-Time Okun's Law Errors Predict GDP Data Revisions?" with Michelle Barnes and Giovanni P. Olivei. FRB Boston Working Papers Series, paper no. 13-3.

"A Response to Cogley and Sbordone's Comment on "Closed-Form Estimates of the New Keynesian Phillips Curve with Time-Varying Trend Inflation," with Denny Lie and Giovanni Olivei. FRB Boston Working Papers Series, paper no. 11-4, (2011).

"Estimation of Forward-Looking Relationships in Closed Form: An Application to the New Keynesian Phillips Curve," with Michelle L. Barnes, Denny Lie and Giovanni Olivei. FRB Boston Working Papers Series, paper no. 11-3, (2011).

"Closed-Form Estimates of the New Keynesian Phillips Curve with Time-Varying Trend Inflation" with Michelle Barnes, Denny Lie and Giovanni P. Olivei. FRB Boston Working Papers Series, paper no. 09-15, 2009.

"Reviving Mortgage Securitization: Lessons from the Brady Plan and Duration Analysis," with Catherine L. Mann. FRB Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper, no. 09-3 (2009).

“Heterogeneous Beliefs and Inflation Dynamics: A General Equilibrium Approach.” FRB Boston Working Papers Series, no. 05-16 (2005).

“Inflation Persistence and Learning in General Equilibrium.” (May 2004).

“Habit Formation, Imperfect Common Knowledge and Monetary Policy.” (May 2004).

“Promoting Research on New Products,” with Michael Kremer. (May 2004).