Trevor Incerti

Academic Year: 
2020-21
Direction: 
From Yale
Exchange Partners: 
University of Tokyo
Project Title: 
Do firms benefit from the revolving door: evidence from amakudari in Japan

Trevor Incerti is a PhD student in comparative political economy at Yale University. His research focuses primarily on the use of political office for private or corporate gain, with an emphasis on regulation, corruption, and energy policy. He is also interested in the use of data science tools and methods of causal inference in political economy research. Prior to Yale, he worked as a Data Scientist for TrueCar, Inc., where he developed forecasting models to predict automotive residual values and sales volumes in the US and Canada. He also analyzed regulatory matters that raised risks of antitrust violations as an economic consultant at Compass Lexecon.