His research interests are in the areas of market design, experimental economics, and organizational economics, with a focus on understanding how economic systems can be made more robust to behavioral biases and bounded reasoning. The applications of his research include land auctions, spectrum auctions, bushfire warning systems, and contract design. His papers have been published in top general interest and field journals, including the American Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Economic Literature, and the Journal of the European Economic Association. Tom received his Ph.D in Economics from MIT in 2008.