Business Economics and Public Policy

The leaders of tomorrow must be able to perform policy analysis as well as integrate policy issues into their general management thinking.

Public policy considerations occupy an increasing portion of managers’ time, especially in the global arena. Bringing a wealth of theoretical tools and practical experience to bear on the relationship among business, government, and society, Wharton’s Business Economics and Public Policy (BEPP) Department has been an innovative force in research, teaching, and public service. Areas of faculty expertise include deregulation and privatization, technology, public and urban finance, and international industrial policy.

Faculty

Members of the Business Economics and Public Policy faculty have held presidential appointments on federal regulatory commissions, been managers in large corporations, held research appointments and fellowships in government and not-for-profit think tanks, serve on the boards of many corporations, and provide consulting services to international and U.S. government agencies.

Ulrich Doraszelski, Chairperson
Joseph J. Aresty Professor
Professor of Economics
Professor of Marketing

Santosh Anagol
Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy

Eduardo Azevedo
Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
John M. Bendheim Professor
Thomas L. Bendheim Professor

Arthur van Benthem
Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy

Susanna B. Berkouwer
Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy

Joseph Harrington
Patrick T. Harker Professor
Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy

Judd B. Kessler
Howard Marks Professor
Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy

Benjamin B. Lockwood
Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy

Corinne Low
Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy

Olivia S. Mitchell
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor
Executive Director, Pension Research Council

Leon Musolff
Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy

Aviv Nevo
George A. Weiss and Lydia Bravo Weiss University Professor
Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
Professor of Economics
Professor of Marketing

Alex Rees-Jones
Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy

Kent Smetters
Boettner Professor
Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy

Ben Sprung-Keyser
Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy

Juuso Toikka
Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
Associate Professor of Economics

Maren Vairo
Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy

Shing-Yi Wang
Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy

BEPP Faculty Profiles

Research Innovation

Targeting Behavioral Interventions Based on Baseline Motivation Increases Vaccine Uptake

Ilana Brody, Hengchen Dai, Silvia Saccardo, Katherine L. Milkman, Angela L Duckworth, Mitesh S. Patel, and Dena M. Gromet

A Generalized Control Function Approach to Production Function Estimation

Ulrich Doraszelski and Lixiong Li

Dilution vs. Risk Taking: Capital Gains Taxes and Entrepreneurship

Eduardo M. Azevedo, Florian Scheuer, Kent Smetters, and Min Yang

Research Papers and Publications

Academic Programs

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