Research

My research studies how corporate debt contracts, firm heterogeneity, and asset composition shape refinancing, default, investment, and the propagation of aggregate shocks.

Job Market Paper

Job Market Paper · Updated draft coming soon

Debt Callability and Firm Dynamics

Working Papers

Working Paper · Draft coming soon

Seniority Structure in the Macroeconomy

with Adelphe Ekponon and Hyacinthe Somé

Summary

This paper studies how repayment priority shapes investment, default, and aggregate propagation when long-term borrowing can dilute incumbent creditors. We combine debt-rank data with a dynamic model of firms’ financing and investment decisions.

Working Paper · Draft coming soon

Financial Frictions, Intangible Capital, and the Business Cycle

Summary

This paper studies how downturns and tighter credit conditions alter the composition of firm investment through differences in intangible exposure and funding capacity.

Working Paper · Draft coming soon

Business Cycles, Competition, and Stock Returns

with Adelphe Ekponon and Hyacinthe Somé

Summary

We study how product-market competition shapes firms’ exposure to aggregate risk and the cross-section of stock returns over the business cycle.

Work in Progress

Work in Progress

Monetary Policy Narratives and House Price Expectations

with Firmin Ayivodji

Summary

We study how central-bank communication, media coverage, and social-media narratives shape expectations about housing-market conditions.

Work in Progress

Inside the Non-Compete Agreements Damages in the U.S.

with Firmin Ayivodji and Félicien Goudou

Summary

We study the labor-market and welfare consequences of non-compete agreements using public comments and online discussions.

Earlier Work

61st World Statistics Congress Proceedings · 2017

Twin Deficits: Empirical Investigation for Togo

Policy Paper · 2018

Réformer l’enseignement technique et la formation professionnelle pour l’employabilité des jeunes en Afrique