He has been a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis for a few times. He was also an Aman Research Fellow at the South Asia Institute at Harvard University from Aug 2015 to Jan 2016. His teaching and research interests lie in the areas of development economics, trade, conflicts, and behavioral economics. He has papers published in the well-known journals including Journal of International Money & Finance, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Oxford Economic Papers, Economics Letters, Public Choice, European Journal of Political Economy, the St. Louis Fed Review, and the IMF Finance & Development, among other outlets. His research has been featured in the Journalist's Resource of Harvard Kennedy School, in Slate, and in Oxford University Press Blog. He earned a Ph.D. degree in Economics from West Virginia University in Aug 2007.