I study the relationship between firms and their workers. My research asks when workers and the communities around a firm can constrain the labor-displacing moves firms make under competitive pressure, and how firms remake that relationship when they adapt anyway. 

In my job market paper, I argue that local media acts as an information intermediary for workers and communities, making labor-displacing decisions more visible and more costly. Firms in stronger local media environments lay off fewer workers and close fewer establishments under competitive pressure. They also re-skill their workforces and adopt AI more slowly, suggesting that transparency protects labor at a strategic cost to the firm.

My job market paper is available here.