Intro
Thanks for stopping by! I am a research economist and adviser to policy makers. I study how science, money, culture, and politics affect economic development.
I have published 30+ papers in major journals such as American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of International Economics, and Review of Financial Studies. My work has been cited by media outlets such as Bloomberg, The Economist, Financial Times, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
On RePEc, I am ranked in the top 1% in the world in the past 10 years, and as one of the top Bulgarian research economists.
Disclaimer: This is my personal website. The opinions expressed here do not represent the views of the ECB or the Eurosystem.
Where to meet me
Recent
December 2024: New CEPR Discussion paper Back to School when Times are Bad? The Role of Housing Frictions (with Anna Pestova).
December 2024: New CEPR Discussion paper Violent Conflict and Cross-Border Lending (with Ralph De Haas, Mikhail Mamonov and Iliriana Shala).
September 2024: My paper Putting Countries on the Map? Pastoral Visits of John Paul II and International Trade was conditionally accepted for publication in the Economic Journal.
October 2023: New CEPR Discussion paper Temperatures and Trust (with Karin Hansson).
July 2023: New CEPR Discussion paper I (Don't) Owe You: Sovereign Default and Borrowing Behavior (with Dimitris Georgarakos).
June 2023: New CEPR Discussion paper Monetary Policy and Market Competition: Is Europe Different? (with Lea Steininger).
Publications in the last 5 years
September 2024: Putting Countries on the Map? Pastoral Visits of John Paul II and International Trade was conditionally accepted for publication in the Economic Journal.
January 2024: Is Religion an Inferior Good? Evidence from Fluctuations in Housing Wealth (with Luc Laeven and Clara Sievert) was published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
September 2023: Carbon Taxes and the Geography of Fossil Lending (with Luc Laeven) was published in the Journal of International Economics.
February 2023: Finance and Green Growth (with Ralph De Haas) was published in the Economic Journal.
October 2022: Unconventional Monetary Policy, Funding Expectations, and Firm Decisions (with Annalisa Ferrando and Gregory F. Udell) was published in the European Economic Review.
April 2022: The Division of Spoils in a Booming Industry was published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
May 2021: Political Cycles in Bank Lending to the Government (with Michael Koetter) was published in the Review of Financial Studies.
October 2020: Debt Overhang, Global Growth Opportunities, and Investment (with Francesca Barbiero and Marcin Wolski) was published in the Journal of Banking & Finance.
December 2019: On the Link Between the Volatility and Skewness of Growth (with Geert Bekaert) was published in the IMF Economic Review.
October 2019: The Invisible Hand of the Government: Moral Suasion During the Sovereign Debt Crisis (with Steven Ongena and Neeltje Van Horen) was published in the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics.
June 2019: Do SMEs Benefit from Unconventional Monetary Policy and How? Micro-Evidence from the Eurozone (with Annalisa Ferrando and Gregory F. Udell) was published in the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking.
June 2019: Credit Market Competition and the Gender Gap in Labor Force Participation: Evidence from Local Labor Markets (with Sonia Zaharia) was published in the European Economic Review.