Benjamin B. Lockwood

For information about my research, please visit my personal website.

BEPP 6110 (previously MGEC 611): Microeconomics for Managers: Foundations (MBA)

BEPP 6120 (previously MGEC 612): Microeconomics for Managers: Advanced Applications (MBA)

BEPP 9330: Public Economics (PhD)

• National Tax Association Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2016
• Roger Martin Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research in Business Economics, 2015
• Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University Bok Center, 2014-2015
• Beinecke Scholarship for Graduate Study, 2010-2011

• Taxing sweetened drinks by the amount of sugar could cut obesity and boost economic gains, Science Daily - 09/05/2019
• Experts Say Tax the Sugar—Not the Size—Of Drinks for Healthier Outcomes, AAAS - 09/05/2019
• The cigarette tax has saved millions of lives. A soda tax could too, Los Angeles Times - 06/03/2019
• How to tax sugary drinks, The Economist - 05/23/2019
• A nationwide tax on soda? Economists say it would be good for the country, and here’s their ‘optimal’ rate., Philadelphia Inquirer - 05/20/2019
• Story of Seattle: The city’s new soda tax is usurious — and also too low, The Seattle Times - 12/21/2018
• Measuring the effectiveness of Philly’s sugary drink ‘sin tax’, National Public Radio: Philadelphia WHYY - 03/06/2017
• Do Sin Taxes Really Work?, Yahoo Finance - 03/05/2017
• Here’s how much more soda will cost now that the tax is in effect, The Daily Pennsylvanian - 01/10/2017
• The case for a maximum wage, Vox - 08/06/2014
• Study: tax hikes could grow the economy, Vox - 04/20/2014
• Taxation and the distorted allocation of talent, Marginal Revolution - 04/05/2014

Knowledge at Wharton

• Why Do People Play the Lottery?, Knowledge at Wharton - 8/19/2025
• Do Sin Taxes Actually Work? | Ben Lockwood, Knowledge at Wharton - 3/18/2025
• How the Pandemic Could Affect Income Inequality, Knowledge at Wharton - 4/2/2020
• Sin and Soda: Can We Tax Our Way to Healthier Behavior?, Knowledge at Wharton - 5/24/2019
• Paid Family Leave: What’s the Right Model?, Knowledge at Wharton - 4/12/2019
• How the Tax Structure Can Be Tweaked for Social Good, Knowledge at Wharton - 4/13/2018
• Does Trickle-down Economics Add Up – or Is It a Drop in the Bucket?, Knowledge at Wharton - 12/12/2017
• Is a Universal Basic Income a Good Idea?, Knowledge at Wharton - 3/14/2017
• Do ‘Sin Taxes’ Really Change Consumer Behavior?, Knowledge at Wharton - 2/10/2017
• Building a Better Earned Income Tax Credit, Knowledge at Wharton - 1/19/2017