#  Matt Weinzierl 

Senior Associate Dean, Chair of the MBA Program

Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Unit: Business, Government, and the International Economy

 

 

 



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Matt Weinzierl is the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research focuses on the optimal design of economic policy, in particular taxation, with an emphasis on better understanding the philosophical principles underlying policy choices. Recently, he has launched a set of research projects focused on the commercialization of the space sector and its economic implications, viewable at [www.economicsofspace.com](http://www.economicsofspace.com). He has served on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Tax Expenditure Commission, the board of the National Tax Association, and on the editorial boards of *Social Choice and Welfare* and *National Tax Journal*. Prior to completing his PhD in economics at Harvard University in 2008, Professor Weinzierl served as the Staff Economist for Macroeconomics on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers and worked in the New York office of McKinsey & Company.