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Benjamin M. Marx

Associate Professor

Education

Economics, PhD, Columbia University

Additional Campus Affiliations

Associate Professor, Economics
DEI & Climate Officer, Economics
Office of Risk Management & Insurance Research (ORMIR) Faculty Fellow, Finance

Highlighted Publications

Deryugina, T., & Marx, B. M. (2021). Is the Supply of Charitable Donations Fixed? Evidence from Deadly Tornadoes. American Economic Review: Insights, 3(3), 383-398. https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20200230

Denning, J. T., Marx, B. M., & Turner, L. J. (2019). ProPelled: The Effects of Grants on Graduation, Earnings, and Welfare: The effects of grants on graduation, earnings, and welfare. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 11(3), 193-224. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20180100

Marx, B. M., & Turner, L. J. (2019). Student loan nudges: Experimental evidence on borrowing and educational attainment. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 11(2), 108-141. https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20180279

Marx, B. M., & Turner, L. J. (2018). Borrowing trouble? Human capital investment with opt-in costs and implications for the effectiveness of grant aid. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 10(2), 163-201. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20160127

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Recent Publications

Marx, B. M. (Accepted/In press). Dynamic Bunching Estimation with Panel Data. Journal of Econometric Methods. https://doi.org/10.1515/jem-2022-0031

Drouvelis, M., & Marx, B. M. (2022). Can charitable appeals identify and exploit belief heterogeneity? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 198, 631-649. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3774662, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2022.04.019

Deryugina, T., & Marx, B. M. (2021). Is the Supply of Charitable Donations Fixed? Evidence from Deadly Tornadoes. American Economic Review: Insights, 3(3), 383-398. https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20200230

Drouvelis, M., & Marx, B. M. (2021). Dimensions of donation preferences: the structure of peer and income effects. Experimental Economics, 24(1), 274-302. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-020-09661-z

Marx, B. M., & Turner, L. J. (2020). Paralysis by analysis? Effects of information on student loan take-up. Economics of Education Review, 77, Article 102010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2020.102010

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