Benjamin B Lockwood

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Asst Professor of Economics & Public Policy

3641 Locust Walk

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6365

United States

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1.

Taxation and the Allocation of Talent

Journal of Political Economy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 08 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2016
Benjamin B Lockwood, Charles Nathanson and E. Glen Weyl
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Plural Technology Collaboratory, Microsoft Research Special Projects
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occupational choice, allocation of talent, optimal income taxation, Pigouvian taxation, Just Desserts

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Optimal Tax Policy with Misreporting: Theory, and Evidence from Real Estate

Number of pages: 109 Posted: 04 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2024
Santosh Anagol, Vimal Balasubramaniam, Benjamin B Lockwood, Tarun Ramadorai and Antoine Uettwiller
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School of Business - Business Economics and Public Policy Department, Queen Mary University of London, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Imperial College London and Queen Mary University of London
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real estate, tax evasion, mortgages, bunching, optimal tax policy, misreporting

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More Giving or More Givers? The Effects of Tax Incentives on Charitable Donations in the UK

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More Giving or More Givers? The Effects of Tax Incentives on Charitable Donations in the UK

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6591
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 25 Aug 2017
Miguel Almunia, Benjamin B Lockwood and Kimberley A. Scharf
CUNEF, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Warwick - Department of Economics
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tax policy, charitable giving

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Positive and Normative Judgments Implicit in U.S. Tax Policy, and the Costs of Unequal Growth and Recessions

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Positive and Normative Judgments Implicit in U.S. Tax Policy, and the Costs of Unequal Growth and Recessions

Harvard Business School BGIE Unit Working Paper No. 14-119
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2015
Benjamin B Lockwood and Matthew Weinzierl
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit
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Positive and Normative Judgments Implicit in U.S. Tax Policy, and the Costs of Unequal Growth and Recessions

NBER Working Paper No. w21927
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 01 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2023
Benjamin B Lockwood and Matthew Weinzierl
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit
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Diffuse Bunching with Frictions: Theory and Estimation

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Diffuse Bunching with Frictions: Theory and Estimation

Number of pages: 90 Posted: 12 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2024
Santosh Anagol, Allan Davids, Benjamin B Lockwood and Tarun Ramadorai
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School of Business - Business Economics and Public Policy Department, University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Imperial College London
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diffuse bunching, sparsity, lumpy adjustment, optimization frictions, elasticity of taxable income, tax, small business, South Africa, bunching estimators

Diffuse Bunching with Frictions: Theory and Estimation

NBER Working Paper No. w32597
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 24 Jun 2024
Santosh Anagol, Allan Davids, Benjamin B Lockwood and Tarun Ramadorai
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School of Business - Business Economics and Public Policy Department, University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Imperial College London
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Supplemental Appendix to 'Taxation and the Allocation of Talent'

Journal of Political Economy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 08 Aug 2016
Benjamin B Lockwood, Charles Nathanson and E. Glen Weyl
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Plural Technology Collaboratory, Microsoft Research Special Projects
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occupational choice, allocation of talent, optimal income taxation, Pigouvian taxation, Just Desserts

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Regressive Sin Taxes

NBER Working Paper No. w23085
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 23 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2023
Benjamin B Lockwood and Dmitry Taubinsky
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Harvard University
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Should We Tax Sugar-Sweetened Beverages? An Overview of Theory and Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w25842
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 22 May 2019 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2023
Hunt Allcott, Benjamin B Lockwood and Dmitry Taubinsky
New York University (NYU), University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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Regressive Sin Taxes, with an Application to the Optimal Soda Tax

NBER Working Paper No. w25841
Number of pages: 120 Posted: 24 May 2019 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2023
Hunt Allcott, Benjamin B Lockwood and Dmitry Taubinsky
New York University (NYU), University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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De Gustibus Non Est Taxandum: Heterogeneity in Preferences and Optimal Redistribution

Harvard Business School BGIE Unit Working Paper No. 12-063
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 26 Sep 2014
Benjamin B Lockwood and Matthew Weinzierl
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit
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Sufficient Statistics for Nonlinear Tax Systems with General Across-Income Heterogeneity

CESifo Working Paper No. 9958
Number of pages: 115 Posted: 06 Oct 2022
Antoine Ferey, Benjamin B Lockwood and Dmitry Taubinsky
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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sufficient statistics, nonlinear tax systems, general heterogeneity

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De Gustibus Non Est Taxandum: Heterogeneity in Preferences and Optimal Redistribution

NBER Working Paper No. w17784
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 27 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2023
Benjamin B Lockwood and Matthew Weinzierl
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit
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Ramsey Strikes Back: Optimal Commodity Taxes and Redistribution in the Presence of Salience Effects

NBER Working Paper No. w24233
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 22 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2022
Hunt Allcott, Benjamin B Lockwood and Dmitry Taubinsky
New York University (NYU), University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Harvard University
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What Drives Demand for State-Run Lotteries? Evidence and Welfare Implications

NBER Working Paper No. w28975
Number of pages: 108 Posted: 28 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2023
Benjamin B Lockwood, Hunt Allcott, Dmitry Taubinsky and Afras Y. Sial
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, New York University (NYU), University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania
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Designing, Not Checking, for Policy Robustness: An Example with Optimal Taxation

NBER Working Paper No. w28098
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 16 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2023
Benjamin B Lockwood, Afras Y. Sial and Matthew Weinzierl
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Business School - Business, Government and the International Economy Unit
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Sufficient Statistics for Nonlinear Tax Systems with General Across-Income Heterogeneity

NBER Working Paper No. w29582
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 01 May 2022
Antoine Ferey, Benjamin B Lockwood and Dmitry Taubinsky
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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