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Before embarking on my journey to graduate school, I worked in the banking sector briefly. I finished my PhD in just four years with a concentration in macroeconometrics and monetary economics. In the early years of my career as an economist, I worked in consulting and as a part-time faculty member. My work is centered on macroprudential policies, financial stability, and the role of monetary policy in minimizing macroeconomic volatility in emerging and advanced in economies.

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Understanding Chronic Bank Failures in Minnesota

This study relies on the cox proportional-hazard model to estimate the factors that influence the survival distribution function of Minnesota's banks during the Great Recession period of 2008-2015. The key bank-specific variables that affect the instantaneous rate of bank failure include: credit risk exposure to real estate loans, profitability, operating costs, and earnings coverage for loan losses.