Title
Assistant Professor

Department
Dept of Economics


Faculty URL
http://www.dmitrytaubinsky.com

Email
dmitry.taubinsky@berkeley.edu


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Research Expertise and Interest
behavioral economics, tax policy, soda taxes, payday loans, household consumption and portfolio choice, energy policy, health

Research Description
Dmitry Taubinsky applies?insights from behavioral economics to questions about public policy, using a combination of theory, experiments, and observational data.??He studies?topics such as people's (in)attention to not-fully-salient taxes;?(mis)understanding of tax incentives such as those present in the income tax code;?energy policy for consumers inattentive to the energy costs of durables; optimal "sin taxes" on sugary drinks; the welfare effects of social recognition; financial decision-making by low income populations such as payday loan borrowers; and policies aimed at improving savings decisions.