I am an applied economist working at the intersection of industrial organization, international trade, and environmental economics. My latest research focuses on the political economy of natural resource markets.
I am currently completing an appointment as a Research Assistant Professor at Chicago Booth.
I am on the 2026-2027 job market.
tomasdi@uchicago.edu | curriculum vitae | research statement | gscholar
Journal of Political Economy (April 2026, lead article)
Awarded Essay Award for Young Economists (World Trade Organization, 2021)
Location Sorting and Endogenous Amenities: Evidence from Amsterdam (with Milena Almagro)
Awarded Best Student Paper (Urban Economics Association, 2019) and Best Job Market Paper (European Economic Association, 2019)
Spatial Economics and Environmental Policies
Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics (September 2023)
The Political Economy of Migration Restrictions under Apartheid (with Leonard le Roux)
Commodity Durability and the Energy Transition
No Silver without Mercury: Vertical Integration in Spanish America
I was born in Argentina but grew up between South Africa and Trinidad & Tobago. I returned to Argentina for my undergraduate studies, and worked in the tech industry for a few years before pursuing a research career. I obtained my PhD from NYU in 2021, after which I worked at the Federal Reserve Board before returning to academia. My policy work focused on energy commodity markets in the aftermath of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, examining the near-term effects of geopolitical developments and their longer-term implications for the energy transition.