Projects

Selected research projects

Academic and market-focused work covering macroeconomic policy, economic history, international political economy, valuation, derivatives, and investment analysis.

Economic Policy Research

Bidenomics: Economic Objectives and Policy Analysis

December 2023

ECO209Y1, University of Toronto

A research essay analyzing the economic objectives of Bidenomics, including post-COVID recovery, inequality reduction, inflation stabilization, public investment, industrial policy, and trade policy. The project compares Bidenomics with Reaganomics and evaluates competing views on the long-term effects of Biden's economic agenda on the U.S. and global economy.

  • Analyzed Bidenomics through fiscal, monetary, industrial, investment, and trade policy lenses.
  • Discussed major policy tools including the American Rescue Plan, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Inflation Reduction Act, American Jobs Plan, and CHIPS and Science Act.
  • Compared Bidenomics with Reaganomics across taxation, government spending, supply-side economics, inflation control, and Federal Reserve policy.
  • Connected policy choices to inflation, public investment, supply chains, inequality, clean energy, and U.S.-China strategic competition.
Economic PolicyBidenomicsReaganomicsInflationIndustrial PolicyU.S.-China
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Macroeconomic Modeling / Economic History

Thailand's Economic History from 1991 to 2022

March 2024

ECO209Y1, Macroeconomic Theory and Policy, University of Toronto

An economic history and modeling project analyzing Thailand's macroeconomic development from 1991 to 2022. The paper studies the effects of the Asian Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, and COVID-19 pandemic using World Bank data, then applies the Phillips Curve and Okun's Law to evaluate inflation, unemployment, output, and GDP growth dynamics.

  • Analyzed Thailand's economic performance across the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, 2008 Global Financial Crisis, and 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Used World Bank data to study real GDP, GDP deflator, inflation, unemployment, and output trends.
  • Applied a modified Phillips Curve and Okun's Law to test relationships between output, inflation, unemployment, and GDP growth.
  • Connected weaker-than-theory relationships to external shocks, tourism dependence, investor sensitivity, supply-side shocks, and structural economic change.
ThailandEconomic HistoryPhillips CurveOkun's LawWorld Bank DataFinancial CrisesMacroeconomic Modeling
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International Political Economy / Trade Policy

How to Analyze the China-U.S. Trade Conflict

Course research

ECO435H1, University of Toronto

A political economy research project analyzing the China-U.S. trade conflict as a systemic rivalry rather than a conventional tariff dispute. The paper examines semiconductors, industrial policy, cultural misunderstanding, Taiwan, national security, and the risk of Cold War-style escalation, while proposing an evidence-based framework using trade, supply-chain, R&D, patent, and labor-market data.

  • Framed the China-U.S. conflict as a structural strategic rivalry rather than a narrow trade war.
  • Analyzed the shift from globalization and efficiency toward national security, export controls, and technological containment.
  • Examined semiconductors, AI, Taiwan, industrial policy, and U.S.-China strategic competition.
  • Connected the conflict to Thucydides's Trap, Cold War-style rivalry, escalation risk, and global supply-chain vulnerability.
China-U.S. RelationsTrade PolicyIndustrial PolicySemiconductorsTaiwanThucydides's TrapPolitical EconomyStrategic Rivalry
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