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49
Citations
8098
World Ranking
1458
National Ranking
882

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

David A. Weisbach is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. The primary academic focus centers on economics, econometrics, and finance, with a total of 24 publications in this main field of study. Weisbach's research spans several subfields including economics and econometrics, accounting, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, gender studies, and global and planetary change.

The main topics covered by Weisbach's work include fiscal policy and economic growth, climate change policy and economics, energy, environment, and transportation policies, corporate taxation and avoidance, taxation and compliance studies, gender, labor, and family dynamics, as well as taxation and legal issues.

Weisbach's recent papers illustrate this diverse range of research interests. These include:

  • "Optimal Unilateral Carbon Policy" (2021) published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Trade, Leakage, and the Design of a Carbon Tax" (2023) published in Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy
  • "The Behavioral Elasticity of Tax Revenue" (2021) published in The Journal of Legal Analysis
  • "How Progressive is the U.S. Tax System?" (2023) published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Debating Debating Climate Ethics" (2021) published in Ethics Policy & Environment

Frequent coauthors in Weisbach's publications include Samuel Kortum, Thomas Coleman, Michael Wang, Daniel J. Hemel, and Yujia Yao. Collaboration with these researchers spans multiple articles contributing to various topics related to economics and policy.

Key publication venues for Weisbach's work comprise SSRN Electronic Journal, with 19 publications, as well as Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy, The Journal of Legal Analysis, Ethics Policy & Environment, and Intertax.

In 2012, Weisbach was recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Climate Change Justice

    Eric A. Posner;David Weisbach

  • Ten Truths about Tax Shelters

    David A. Weisbach

  • The Design of a Carbon Tax

    Gilbert E. Metcalf;David A. Weisbach

  • The Integration of Tax and Spending Programs

    David A. Weisbach;Jacob Nussim

  • Line Drawing Doctrine and Efficiency in the Tax Law

    David A. Weisbach

  • Trade and Carbon Taxes

    Joshua Elliott;Ian Foster;Samuel Kortum;Todd Munson

  • Ten Truths about Tax Shelters

    David A. Weisbach

  • Should the Tax Law Require Current Accrual of Interest on Derivative Financial Instruments

    David A. Weisbach

  • Formalism in the Tax Law

    David A. Weisbach

  • The Superiority of an Ideal Consumption Tax over an Ideal Income Tax

    David A. Weisbach;Joseph Bankman

  • Ironing Out the Flat Tax

    David A. Weisbach

  • An Economic Analysis of Anti-Tax Avoidance Laws

    David A. Weisbach

  • The (Non)Taxation of Risk

    David A. Weisbach

  • Climate Change and Discounting the Future: A Guide for the Perplexed

    David A. Weisbach;Cass R. Sunstein

  • An Economic Analysis of Anti‐Tax‐Avoidance Doctrines

    David A. Weisbach

  • Corporate Tax Avoidance

    David A. Weisbach

  • Taxes and Torts in the Redistribution of Income

    David A. Weisbach

  • Corporate Tax Avoidance

    David A. Weisbach

  • The Superiority of an Ideal Consumption Tax Over an Ideal Income Tax

    Joseph Bankman;David A. Weisbach

  • Climate Impacts on Economic Growth as Drivers of Uncertainty in the Social Cost of Carbon

    Elisabeth J. Moyer;Mark D. Woolley;Nathan J. Matteson;Michael J. Glotter

  • Linking Policies When Tastes Differ: Global Climate Policy in a Heterogeneous World

    Gilbert E. Metcalf;David Weisbach

  • Climate Impacts on Economic Growth as Drivers of Uncertainty in the Social Cost of Carbon

    Elisabeth J. Moyer;Mark D. Woolley;Michael J. Glotter;David A. Weisbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric A. Posner
Eric A. Posner University of Chicago
Gilbert E. Metcalf
Gilbert E. Metcalf Tufts University
Louis Kaplow
Louis Kaplow Harvard University
Richard J. Zeckhauser
Richard J. Zeckhauser Harvard University
Samuel Kortum
Samuel Kortum Yale University
Joshua Elliott
Joshua Elliott University of Chicago
Ian Foster
Ian Foster University of Chicago
Cass R. Sunstein
Cass R. Sunstein Harvard University
Alan J. Auerbach
Alan J. Auerbach University of California, Berkeley
James R. Hines
James R. Hines University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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