I use quantitative methods to study how households make their (housing) investment decisions, which factors play into these decisions and what the outcomes are, to better understand what determines demand for housing and financial investment. A lot of my research is inherently policy relevant.
My research interests span various topics: the value of aesthetics in the built environment, the role of households' preferences in housing and financial investment and tenure choice, and long-run trends in housing markets. Currently, I am intrigued by preferences, attitudes and beliefs, such as risk aversion or expectations, and how they translate into financial and housing decisions.
I mostly teach in the undergrad programme: mathematics (Paper 3), fundamentals of finance and investment (Paper 6) and various bits and pieces in real estate finance (Paper 15 and RE01). I have introduced lectures on households' decision-making in the Tripos and MPhil in REF programmes to give students an idea of how traditional finance theories play out (or don't) in the household context.
