David Rapson
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics

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Biography
Contact Information
Teaching
Working Papers
Works in Progress
Publications
Curriculum Vitae (PDF file)

Brief Biography

David Rapson joined the faculty at UC Davis in 2008. Professor Rapson specializes in the fields of industrial organization and energy/environmental economics. He received his A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1999, an M.A. in economics from Queen's University, and a Ph.D. in economics from Boston University in 2008.

Contact Information

Department of Economics
University of California
One Shields Ave
Davis, CA 95616

Office: 1127 SSH
Phone: (530) 302-1024
Fax: (530) 752-9382
Email: dsrapson@ucdavis.edu

Teaching

  • Industrial Organization (Undergraduate, Winter 2009)

  • Industrial Organization (PhD, Spring 2009)

Working Papers

  • Consumer durable goods and the long-run demand for electricity
    (Under revision. New version to be posted soon.)

  • "Tacit collusion in the 1950s automobile industry? Revisiting Bresnahan (1987)"
    (Under revision. New version to be posted soon.)

  • "To Roth or not? That is the question." (with Laurence Kotlikoff and Ben Marx)
    (PDF Copy)

Works in Progress

  • "Measuring the Indirect Land Use Effects of Ethanol" (with Christopher Knittel)

  • "The Principal Agent Problem and Tenant Electricity Use" (with Matthew Harding and Kenneth Gillingham)

  • "Carbon Offsets: Evaluating Consumer Preferences for Conservation" (with Matthew Harding)

  • "Does the Internet Reduce Transaction Costs? A Structural Analysis of the Used Car Market" (with Pasquale Schiraldi)

Publications

  • "Comparing Average and Marginal Tax Rates under the FairTax and the Current System of Federal Taxation," (with Laurence Kotlikoff) in John Diamond and George Zodrow, eds., Fundamental Tax Reform: Issues, Choices, and Implications, MIT Press 2008.
    (PDF copy of October 2006 pre-publication version)

  • "Does It Pay, at the Margin, to Work and Save? Measuring Effective MarginalTaxes on Americans' Labor Supply and Savings," Tax Policy and the Economy, NBER Volume, MIT Press, Volume 21, 2007
    (PDF copy of October 2006 pre-publication version)