Graduate Theses: Recent submissions
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From Wallets to Wages: Consumer Income, Job Design, and Pay Disparities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)Pay differences between organizations are a key source of wage inequality. I propose a novel account of these differences by starting from the consumers that these businesses serve. Firms that serve high-income consumers ... -
The Fate of Federal Buildings: Real Estate Disposition and the Future of Washington, D.C.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)The United States federal government is the largest property owner in the country, with more than 370 million square feet of real estate under its control. Much of this portfolio is outdated, underutilized, and located in ... -
Analyst Incentives
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)Analyst forecasts have been shown to reflect substantial behavioral biases and predict a number of macroeconomic phenomena. While we typically treat reported forecasts as statistical expectations, under uncertainty the ...


