Academics

Personal website.

Title
Assistant Professor of Economics

Degree
BS University of Transilvania, Romania 1999; MS, MA, PhD University of Iowa 2002, 2006

Teaching Experience
Teaching assistant and instructor, University of Iowa, 2000-06

Specialities
Macroeconomics

Interests
 Higher education policy, bankruptcy, dynamic contracts

Publications
"A Theory of Brain Drain and Public Funding for Higher Education in the U.S.", joint with Linnea Polgreen, The American Economic Review, May 2009 (Papers & Proceedings)

"Federal Student Loan Program: Quantitative Implications for College Enrollment and Default Rates", Review of Economic Dynamics, January 2009, Vol. 12, Iss. 1

"Consolidation of Student Loan Repayments and Default Rates Across Income Groups", The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, August 2008, Vol. 8, Iss. 1

Working Papers

"Risky College Investment under Alternative Bankruptcy Regimes for Student Loans"

"Insuring College Failure Risk", joint with Satyajit Chatterjee

"Credit Scores, College Investment and Student Loans", joint with Nicole Simpson

Distinctions
Dissertation Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2005
Distinctive Fellowship, University of Transilvania, Romania, 1995-1999