Matthew Rablen
Lecturer
Economics and Finance
Brunel University
Uxbridge, UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Biography
Qualifications
- PhD Economics (Warwick)
- MSc Economics (Warwick)
- BSc Economics and Econometrics (Nottingham)
Personal Biography
Dr Matthew Rablen is a Lecturer at Brunel University and a former government economist on tax compliance savings policy. He graduated with first class honours from the University of Nottingham and attained his Ph.D at the University of Warwick. He has published in journals including Economic Journal and Journal of Health Economics. He currently teaches Behavioural Economics and Finance to final year undergraduates, and is responsible for EU postgraduate admissions.
Research
Research Overview
My research 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. My current research explores 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.
Member, Centre for Economic Development and Institutions
Recently Completed Projects
ESRC
Optimal Audit Policy for a Tax Evasion Network
£95,000
Sept 2010 – Sept 2011
Matthew Rablen (CI)
ESRC
Reviewing the evidence on the promotion of well-being for reshaping policies and programmes towards neighbourhood management, governance and development and resident engagement
£8,500
June 2010 – December 2010
Matthew Rablen (PI)
Teaching
Undergraduate Programmes
Module convenor
- Behavioural Economics and Finance (Year 3)
Module contributor
- Economics Project (Year 3)
Administration
- Departmental Postgraduate Admissions (Home/EU)
- Departmental GTA Co-ordinator
External Activity
- Research Fellow, IZA
- Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Publications
Publications
Journal Papers
(2013) Rablen, MD., Divergence in credit ratings, Finance Research Letters 10 (1) : 12- 16
(2012) Rablen, MD., Bennett, J. and Gould, M., Risk attitudes and informal employment in a developing economy, IZA Journal of Labor and Development 1 (5)
(2012) Rablen, MD., Hashimzade, N., Myles, GD. and Page, F., Social networks and occupational choice: The endogenous formation of attitudes and beliefs about tax compliance, Journal of Economic Psychology
(2012) Rablen, MD., The promotion of local wellbeing: A primer for policymakers, Local Economy 27 (3) : 297- 314
(2010) Rablen, MD., Performance targets, effort and risk-taking, Journal of Economic Psychology 31 (4) : 687- 697
(2010) Rablen, MD., Tax evasion and exchange equity: a reference-dependent approach, Public Finance Review 38 (3) : 282- 305
(2010) Rablen, MD., The Saving Gateway: Implications for optimal saving, Fiscal Studies 31 (2) : 203- 225
(2008) Rablen, MD., Relativity, rank and the utility of income, The Economic Journal 118 (528) : 801- 821
(2008) Rablen, MD. and Oswald, AJ., Mortality and immortality: The Nobel Prize as an experiment into the effect of status upon longevity, Journal of Health Economics 27 (6) : 1462- 1471
(Accepted) Rablen, MD., Audit probability versus effectiveness: The Beckerian approach revisited, Journal of Public Economic Theory
Books
(2008) Rablen, MD., Relativity in judgements: the implications of a concern for relative position on well-being, longevity and decision-making. VDM Verlag
