Eric Zwick

Eric Zwick is the Joel F. Gemunder Professor of Economics and Finance and a Charles E. Merrill Faculty Scholar at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. His research focuses on the intersection of public policy and corporate behavior, particularly in taxation, fiscal stimulus, housing policy, and small business dynamics. He employs methodologies from finance and behavioral economics, utilizing novel data, natural experiments, and theoretical modeling.

• Education
  • Ph.D. and M.A. in Business Economics, Harvard University
  • B.A. in Economics and Mathematics (with High Honors), Swarthmore College

Eric Zwick’s research addresses several critical economic policy issues:

• Evaluating the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s impact on corporate investment and tax revenue
• Quantifying labor market inequality driven by employer-provided health insurance structures
• Analyzing pass-through business income’s role in wealth concentration
• Investigating attention-economics through behavioral interventions
• Studying tax-driven investment anomalies and PPP program effectiveness

His recent publications examine:

• Corporate tax cuts’ GDP growth effects (< 1% long-term increase)
• Health insurance financing’s impact on wage premiums (11% reduction in college wage gap)
• Pass-through business dynamics accounting for income inequality
• Behavioral underinvestment in attention-improving tools (59% undervaluation)