Welcome!

I am an assistant professor in the Finance and Business Economics Department at USC Marshall. I graduated with a PhD in Finance from NYU Stern in May 2024.

My research focuses on questions in banking and applied macroeconomics, using tools from the spatial economics and industrial organization literatures.

Research Interests:

Primary: Financial Intermediation and Banking, Applied Macroeconomics

Secondary: Spatial Economics, Industrial Organization, Climate Change

Contact Email: qmaingi@marshall.usc.edu

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Main Publications

Econometrica, Volume 92 (No. 5), September 2024, Pages 1589--1619

Working Papers

Lawrence G. Goldberg prize for outstanding dissertation in Financial Intermediation, NYU Stern (2024)

R&R, Journal of Finance

Best Paper in Asset Pricing, SFS Calvancade (2022)

Two Sigma Award for Best Paper on Investment Management, WFA (2022)

 Runner Up, ICPM Research Award (2023)