She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Duke University and her Bachelor’s in Mathematics from the University of Rochester. Her research focuses on empirical macroeconomics and monetary economics, with a particular focus on fiscal policy related issues. Her recent work focuses on quantifying government spending multipliers for the U.S, in good versus bad times using historical data and investigating the interaction between effectiveness of monetary policy and household indebtedness. Her research has been published in top economics journals including Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Review, International Economic Review and Journal of Money, Credit and Banking.