Ben S. Meiselman Doctoral Candidate Department of Economics University of Michigan 611 Tappan Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220
Tel: 240.462.9656 Fax: 734.764.2769
[email protected] www.umich.edu/~mdbmeis Citizenship: United States
Research interests Public finance, energy and environmental economics, financial regulation
Education Ph.D., University of Michigan, Economics, expected April 2017. M.A., University of Michigan, Economics, April 2012. B.A., summa cum laude, University of Maryland, Economics and Government & Politics, May 2007. Phi Beta Kappa.
Working papers “Ghostbusting in Detroit: Evidence on Nonfilers from a Controlled Field Experiment.” “Breaching the Blendwall: RINs and the Market for Renewable Fuels.” Revisions requested from the Energy Journal. “The Pass-Through of RIN Prices to Wholesale and Retail Fuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard,” with Christopher R. Knittel and James H. Stock. NBER Working Paper 21343. Forthcoming, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.
Work in progress “Compliance Costs and Electronic Filing: What Can We Learn from One Hundred Thousand New Taxpayers in Detroit?” “Judging Banks’ Risk by the Profits They Report,” with Stefan Nagel and Amiyatosh Purnanandam. “How Does Systemic Risk Affect Optimal Bank Capital?”
Grants and Awards Office of Tax Policy Research (OTPR) Research Award ($6,900), Michigan Institute for Teaching and Research in Economics (MITRE) Graduate Research Award ($5,000), University of Michigan Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant ($3,000) for “Ghostbusting in Detroit: Evidence on Nonfilers from a Controlled Field Experiment,” 2016. Department Fellowship, University of Michigan Department of Economics, Fall 2014. Robert M. Solow Award for Distinguished Service, in recognition of distinguished service to the Council of Economic Advisers, July 2013.
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Teaching Econ 102: Introductory Macroeconomics, Head Teaching Assistant, Winter 2015. Econ 404: Statistics for Economists, Teaching Assistant, Fall 2013. Econ 402: Intermediate Macroeconomics, Teaching Assistant, Winter 2012. Econ 101: Introductory Microeconomics, Teaching Assistant, Fall 2011.
Experience Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, Research Assistant, January 2015 to present. University of Michigan Law School, Research Assistant for Michael Barr, January to August 2014. Center on Finance, Law and Policy. Council of Economic Advisers, Staff Economist, September 2012 to August 2013. Charles River Associates, Associate, August 2007 to July 2009.
Conference Presentations Research: National Tax Association Annual Conference on Taxation (2016). MaTax Conference, ZEW and the University of Mannheim (2016). Financial Reform Conference Student Workshop, University of Michigan Center on Finance, Law and Policy (2014). Michigan State University-University of Michigan Energy and Environmental Economics Workshop (2014, 2015). Discussant: Thresholds, Tipping Points & Random Events in Dynamic Economic Systems, Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2015).
Service Referee for American Journal of Agricultural Economics; Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization; Journal of Public Economics.
Dissertation Committee Professor Joel Slemrod (Co-chair) Department of Economics and Office of Tax Policy Research University of Michigan 734.936.3914
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Professor Stefan Nagel (Co-chair) Department of Economics and Ross School of Business University of Michigan 734.763.1339
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Professor James Hines Department of Economics and Law School University of Michigan 734.764.2320
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Professor Christopher House Department of Economics and University of Michigan 734.764.2364
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Professor Ryan Kellogg Harris School of Public Policy University of Chicago 773.702.9657
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