Alex Rees-Jones, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Business Economics and Public Policy Department at the Wharton School. At Wharton, Rees-Jones teaches an introductory course on public finance and policy to undergraduates and MBA candidates. He also teaches a PhD-level course on integrating behavioral economics into other core economic fields. In addition to his faculty role, Rees-Jones is a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
In his research, Rees-Jones explores how psychological biases and imperfect cognition affect economic policy analysis. A major area of interest is public finance, specifically how citizens’ imperfect responses to tax incentives affect tax policy assessment. His more recent work has examined similar forces in market design, particularly how participants’ misunderstanding of assignment procedures affects market outcomes.
Before joining Wharton, Rees-Jones received a PhD in Economics from Cornell University and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health and Aging at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
