About the Idea Shop

Andrew

The Idea Shop is the personal weblog of economist Andrew Chamberlain. Contact him at editor@the-idea-shop.com or visit his business website at www.chamberlaineconomics.com. You can also view his SSRN research page here.

Professional Bio:
Andrew Chamberlain is an economist based in Seattle, Washington. He specializes in public finance economics and has written widely on tax and budget policy. His previous studies include econometric estimates of demand elasticities, various estimates of tax and budget incidence, statistical methods for estimating tax burdens by narrow geographic areas, and using input-output models to estimate tax pyramiding and the distribution of household burdens from environmental taxes and cap-and-trade systems.

Andrew's work has been cited in congressional testimony, reviewed in OECD working papers, and published in or featured by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Economist, Newsweek, Tax Notes and others. He has appeared as a television guest on MSNBC's "Connected Coast to Coast," CNBC's "Kudlow & Company" and various radio stations.

Previously Andrew served as a staff economist at the Tax Foundation in Washington, D.C., and at the Cato Institute. While in Washington, Andrew briefed both Democratic and Republican congressional staff on his research as well as analysts at the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and various think tanks.

Andrew is an Economics MSc candidate at the London School of Economics (LSE), and received a B.A. in Economics (cum laude) and a B.A. in Business Administration (magna cum laude) from the University of Washington in Seattle.