Professor Ben Lockwood
Department of Economics
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
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Ben Lockwood's research interests are principally in the area of public economics and political economy.  He has published extensively on tax competition, both in indirect and capital taxes, on fiscal decentralization, soft budget constraints in federations, and the theory of political business cycles, and aspects of the theory of voting and policy choice.  He has published on these topics in journals such as the Review of Economic Studies, International Economic Review and the Journal of Public Economics. Current projects include:  (i) an empirical study of the determinants and implications of the international spread of the VAT, joint with Michael Keen at the IMF;  (ii) an empirical analysis of the effects of the UK business tax on firm location and economic growth;  (iii) theoretical and empirical work on fiscal decentralization and government service delivery.  He is a CEPR and CESIfo Fellow, and on the editorial boards of Finanzarchiv, International Tax and Public Finance, and the Journal of Macroeconomics.   He has also acted as a consultant on fiscal issues for the IMF and the Peruvian government.