His research focuses on empirical corporate finance, specifically the interaction of law, politics and corporate behavior. He has presented his research at numerous major academic and practitioner conferences and published in the Review of Financial Studies, for which he received the 2016 Rising Scholar Award (best paper in the journal by a young researcher). He also received the 2013 Best Paper Award at the University of Southern California Finance PhD Conference. His research has been awarded several grants including a three-year award from the AXA Research Fund, as well as grants from the Connaught Group and the British Academy. Major media outlets such as The Economist have cited his work.