Tomás is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the
W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University. He completed
his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in 2021 with Christopher on
his committee. His research is in empirical IO/market design,
education, and labor economics, with a focus on how dynamic
considerations and imperfect information affect matching markets — and
has demonstrated that large-scale information interventions can
meaningfully improve college applicant outcomes (raising assignment
probabilities by 44% and higher-ranked placements by 20% for
unmatched students). He and Christopher are coauthors on
the Application Mistakes paper at JPE R&R.
