Murphy-Economics Seminar: Dmitry Taubinsky (Berkeley)

The Murphy Institute Spring Seminar Series in Economics

Each semester The Murphy Institute sponsors a series of seminars organized by the Tulane Department of Economics that provides an opportunity for faculty, researchers, and practitioners to present their latest research and pressing issues related to topics in political economy. Research presented covers all aspects of contemporary economics, including the economics of education, health economics, and public economics, as well as in economic history, international economics, and core areas in political economy.  Papers are distributed one week beforehand to the participants who read the paper and prepare discussion questions for the presenter.

Dmitry Taubinsky is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at UC Berkeley. He is also a Research Associate at the NBER, a co-Editor at the Journal of Public Economics, and serves on the Board of Editors at American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. Professor Taubinsky conducts research in Behavioral and Public Economics, typically at the intersection of the two fields. Using a combination of theory, field experiments, surveys, and quasi-experiments, he studies topics such as: inattention to and misunderstanding of complex tax incentives; "sin taxes" on goods such as sugary drinks; consumer-facing energy policy and regulation; welfare effects of non-standard policy levers (e.g., "nudges", social recognition, reminders); and financial decision-making by low income populations (e.g., payday loan borrowers).