I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of South Carolina, and I am currently on the job market. My primary research fields are public finance, macroeconomics, and spatial economics.
My research studies how the cost of living and consumer welfare differ across households and regions, and how fiscal and macroeconomic policy shapes consumption and investment. I estimate demand and construct regional price indexes from large-scale scanner and household data to measure consumer prices, cost pass-through, and product variety and quality. I model how households and firms respond to taxation, transfers, and trade shocks, and trace the aggregate effects in general equilibrium. Throughout my research, I aim to bridge microeconomic evidence with macroeconomic questions to better understand the welfare implications of heterogeneity and government policy.
Here is my CV.
Email: haerfate [at] email.sc.edu