He earned his PhD and AM in economics from Harvard University. His research interests span several topics, including asset pricing, macroeconomics, and real estate. His work has been published on the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Monetary Economics and the Review of Financial Studies. He has received various research awards, including the UBS Global Asset Management Award for Research in Investments, the NYU Glucksman Institute Faculty Research Prize, the Jacob Gold & Associates Best Paper Prize, the Martin Cornerstone Grant, and the Douglas Dillon Fellowship from Harvard University for his dissertation work.