Dr Matthew Rablen
School of Economics
Reader in Economics
+44 114 222 9654
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School of Economics
Room 406
9 Mappin Street
Sheffield
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- Profile
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Matthew is a former government economist, where he advised on issues relating to tax compliance and savings tax policy. His research interests are in tax compliance, behavioural economics, and applied microeconomics. He is Managing Editor of Journal of Tax Administration, an Associate Editor of Public Finance Review, and a member of the ESRC-funded Tax Administration Research Centre. He is also an affiliate of CESifo and IZA.
Matthew graduated with first class honours from the University of Nottingham and attained his PhD at the University of Warwick. He has previously held positions at Brunel University London and University of Westminster.
- Research interests
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Matthew's research is in public economics and behavioural economics.
He focuses on four inter-related areas: understanding the determinants of tax compliance, the link between economic quantities and subjective happiness, explaining decision-making under risk with models of behavioural economics, and designing voting systems for international institutions.
Currently he is exploring the role of social networks on compliance behaviour, the role of relative income in the utility function, and the reform of the UN Security Council.
Matthew supervises PhD students interested in microeconomic theory and behavioural economics.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Nudging for prompt tax penalty payment: Evidence from a field experiment in Indonesia. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 224, 548-579.
- Political economy of redistribution between traditional and modern families. International Tax and Public Finance, 31(4), 980-1008. View this article in WRRO
- Marketed tax avoidance: an economic analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 125(3), 753-788.
- Tax Compliance After an Audit: Higher or Lower?. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 207, 157-171.
- Self-reporting and market structure. Economica, 88(351), 782-808.
- Bribery, hold-up, and bureaucratic structure. Economic Inquiry, 59(3), 880-903.
- Voluntary disclosure schemes for offshore tax evasion. International Tax and Public Finance, 27(4), 805-831.
- Tax evasion on a social network. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 169(1), 79-91.
- Tax avoidance and optimal income tax enforcement. Journal of Tax Administration, 3(2), 36-64.
- Income tax avoidance and evasion: A narrow bracketing approach. Public Finance Review, 45(6), 815-837.
- Reform of the United Nations Security Council: equity and efficiency. Public Choice, 173(1-2), 145-168.
- Prospect theory and tax evasion: a reconsideration of the Yitzhaki puzzle. Theory and Decision, 82(4), 543-565.
- Equitable representation in councils: theory and an application to the United Nations Security Council. Public Choice, 169(1-2), 19-51.
- Predictive analytics and the targeting of audits. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 124(1), 130-145.
- Self-employment, wage employment, and informality in a developing economy. Oxford Economic Papers, 67(2), 227-244.
- The use of agent-based modelling to investigate tax compliance. Economics of Governance, 16(2), 143-164.
- Audit Probability versus Effectiveness: The Beckerian Approach Revisited. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 16(2), 322-342.
- Social networks and occupational choice: The endogenous formation of attitudes and beliefs about tax compliance. Journal of Economic Psychology, 40(1), 134-146.
- The determinants of election to the United Nations Security Council. Public Choice, 158(1-2), 51-83.
- Divergence in credit ratings. Finance Research Letters, 10(1), 12-16.
- Risk attitudes and informal employment in a developing economy. IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 1(December 2012).
- The promotion of local wellbeing: A primer for policymakers. Local Economy, 27(3), 297-314.
- Performance targets, effort and risk-taking. Journal of Economic Psychology, 31(4), 687-697.
- Tax evasion and exchange equity: a reference-dependent approach. Public Finance Review, 38(3), 282-305.
- The Saving Gateway: Implications for optimal saving. Fiscal Studies, 31(2), 203-225.
- Mortality and immortality: The Nobel Prize as an experiment into the effect of status upon longevity. Journal of Health Economics, 27(6), 1462-1471. View this article in WRRO
- Relativity, rank and the utility of income. The Economic Journal, 118(528), 801-821.
- Teaching activities
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Matthew has teaching experience across a wide range of areas in economics and finance. He encourages critical thinking, and asks students to challenge their perceptions and understanding.
- ECN222 Economic Decision Making
- ECN357 Modern Finance
- ECN6105 Modern Finance