Alex Rees-Jones

Alex Rees-Jones is an Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is a behavioral economist integrating psychology into economic policy analysis, with affiliations as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute.

• Board of Editors, American Economic Review
• Associate Editor, Management Science

His research explores psychological biases in economic decision-making, particularly in tax systems and assignment mechanisms. Key areas include loss aversion in tax compliance, behavioral market design, and subjective well-being analysis. His work appears in top journals like American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, and Management Science.

Recent publications analyze behavioral responses to tax policies, market design failures in residency and immigration lotteries, and pandemic impacts on policy preferences. Awards include NBER research associate and Leonard Davis Institute senior fellow roles.

At Wharton, he teaches Public Finance and Policy to undergraduates and MBAs, and PhD courses on behavioral public economics. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University (2013), following a postdoctoral fellowship at NBER (2014).