Bio
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Maryland, specializing in Industrial Organization. My research studies digital markets, with particular emphasis on platform design and information frictions in online marketplaces. Using reduced-form and structural approaches with large-scale platform data, I analyze how platforms, firms, and consumers act in different policy and market environments.
I have professional experience in both academic research and applied policy analysis. My background includes consulting work at the World Bank Group, research and quality assurance at Power Auctions, and earlier research positions at academic institutions in Europe. Across these roles, I have contributed to empirical projects using large administrative and firm-level datasets in collaboration with economists and policy practitioners.
Projects
Buying Leaders: Acquisitions, Non-Compete Agreements, and the Mobility of Founders and Executives
G. Jin, J. Klinnert, M. Leccese, and L. Wagman
The Transmission of Trade Shocks in Digital Markets
J. Klinnert
Badges as Signals: Amazon’s Certification System
J. Klinnert
Buying Leaders: Acquisitions, Non-Compete Agreements, and the Mobility of Founders and Executives
G. Jin, J. Klinnert, M. Leccese, and L. Wagman
The Transmission of Trade Shocks in Digital Markets
J. Klinnert
Badges as Signals: Amazon’s Certification System
J. Klinnert
Persistence and path dependence of Neo-European institutions: Evidence from the British colonial rule in Kenya
R. Bajo-Buenestado and J. Klinnert
Making urban slum population visible: citizens and satellites to reinforce slum censuses
A. Abascal, S. Georganos, M. Kuffer, S. Vanhuysse, D. Thomson, J. Wang, L. Manyasi, D. Otunga, B. Ochieng, T. Ochieng, J. Klinnert, E. Wolff
Urban inequalities from space: Earth observation applications in the majority world
Vitæ
Full Resume in PDF.
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The World Bank Group 2024 - 2026Consultant
Enterprise Survey Unit -
Power Auctions LLC Summer 2025Internship
Researcher and Quality Assurance Specialist -
Power Auctions LLC Summer 2024Internship
Researcher and Quality Assurance Specialist -
University of Maryland (UMD) 2022 – nowPh.D. Candidate
Economics: Industrial Organization -
IESE Business School 2021-2022Research Associate
Prof. Diego Aparicio -
NCID 2021-2022Junior Researcher
Prof. Raul Bajo-Buenestado -
University of Navarra (UNAV) 2020 – 2021M.Sc. Student
Economics and Finance -
D2-Analytics Summer 2020Data Analyst
Google Trends Data -
University of Munich (LMU) 2017 – 2020B.Sc. Student
Economics