Hi! My name is Michael 👋
I am a Ph.D. candidate in the John Munro Godfrey, Sr. Department of Economics at the University of Georgia. I am an empirical IO economist with interest in labor economics, franchising, and broadband.
I am on the job market for the 2025-2026 academic year. My job market paper studies the effects of Chattanooga, Tennessee's municipal broadband project on its local labor market performance.
I am also an assistant with the James C. Bonbright Center for the Study of Regulation at the University of Georgia. I was a Bastiat Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
Prior to graduate school, I worked as a program manager at Mercatus, contributing to projects related to regulatory processes, technological innovation, and entrepreneurship. My writings on antitrust, aviation, broadband, cost-benefit analysis, drones, and social media regulation have appeared in USA Today, POLITICO Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The Hill, and Tribune News Service.
I also have experience as a freelance web developer and enjoy coding projects.