Contact information

Heinz College
Carnegie Mellon University
4800 Forbes Avenue, Suite HBH3005
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Primary Telephone: (412) - 867 - 7795
Alternate Telephone: (412) - 268 - 6076
mdrev@andrew.cmu.edu

About Me

I am a Ph.D. candidate at the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University, specializing in international economics and economics and management of innovation.

Research

Job Market Paper

"Who’s Your Daddy? Foreign Investor Origin, Multi-Product Firms, and the Benefit of Foreign Investment”
Thesis Committee: Ashish Arora, Lee G. Branstetter (Chair), Brian K. Kovak (Paper) (Web Appendix)

Publications

“Going Soft: How the Rise of Software Based Innovation Led to the Decline of Japan’s IT Industry and the Resurgence of Silicon Valley,” with Ashish Arora and Lee G. Branstetter, The Review of Economics and Statistics , Forthcoming, MS #14150. (Link)

“Economic and Business Dimensions: The Extent of Globalization of Software Innovation,” with Ashish Arora and Chris Forman, Communications of the Academy of Computational Machinery , 52:2 (2009), 20-22. (Link)

Working Papers

“Globalization of Software Innovation: Does the U.S. Have an Advantage in Downstream Software Research?” with Ashish Arora and Chris Forman. (Abstract)

Work in Progress

“The Impact of Software-Biased Technological Change on Traditional Industries,” with Ashish Arora and Lee G. Branstetter.

"Fragmentation of Global Production and Trade in Value-Added: Developing Better Measures,” with Michael Ferrantino (USITC)

Teaching Experience

Primary Instructor for Applied Economics (undergraduate), Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University (Summer 2012, Summer 2011)
Guest Lecturer for Managing and Leading Research & Development (graduate), Carnegie Mellon University (2010, 2011)
Teaching Assistant for Intermediate Economic Analysis (graduate), Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University (2007- 2009, 2011-2012)
Teaching Assistant for The Rise of Asian Economies (graduate), Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University (2009, 2012)
Teaching Assistant for Economics of Development (graduate), Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University (2012)
Head Teaching Assistant for Financial Analysis (graduate), Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University (2012)
Teaching Assistant for Empirical Methods for Public Policy (graduate), Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University (2011)
Teaching Assistant for Economics of Global Warming (graduate), Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University (2009-2011)
Teaching Assistant for Financial Accounting (graduate), Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University (2010)
Teaching Assistant for Managing and Leading Research & Development (graduate), Carnegie Mellon University (2008)
Teaching Assistant for Management Science (graduate), Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University (2008)
Teaching Assistant for Ph.D. Microeconomics (graduate), Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University (2008)