2022

Lockwood, Ben, Simmler, Martin and Tam, Eddy H. F. (2022) Tax and occupancy of business properties : theory and evidence from UK business rates. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1439). (Unpublished)

Lockwood, Ben, Porcelli, Francesco, Redoano, Michela and Schiavone, Antonio (2022) Yardstick competition in the digital age : unveiling new networks in tax competition. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1438). (Unpublished)

Lockwood, Ben, Porcelli, Francesco, Redoano, Michela and Schiavone, Antonio (2022) Does data disclosure improve local government performance? Evidence from Italian municipalities. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1434). (Unpublished)

Lockwood, Ben and Lockwood, Matthew (2022) How do right-wing populist parties influence climate and renewable energy policies? Evidence from OECD countries. Global Environmental Politics, 22 (3). pp. 12-37. doi:10.1162/glep_a_00659 ISSN 1526-3800.

Liu, Li, Lockwood, Benjamin and Tam, Eddy (2022) Small firm growth and the VAT threshold : evidence for the UK. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1418). (Unpublished)

Lockwood, Benjamin, Porcelli, Francesco and Rockey, James (2022) In the grip of Whitehall? The effects of party control on local fiscal policy in the UK. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1406). (Unpublished)

Lockwood, Ben, Tung Le, Minh and Rockey, James (2022) Dynamic electoral competition with voter loss-aversion and imperfect recall. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1399). (Unpublished)

2021

Liu, Li, Lockwood, Ben, Almunia, Miguel and Tam, Eddy H. F. (2021) VAT notches, voluntary registration, and bunching : theory and UK evidence. Review of Economics and Statistics, 103 (1). pp. 151-164. doi:10.1162/rest_a_00884 ISSN 0034-6535.

2020

Lockwood, Ben and Rockey, James (2020) Negative voters? Electoral competition with loss-aversion. Economic Journal, 130 (632). pp. 2619-2648. ueaa037. doi:10.1093/ej/ueaa037 ISSN 0013-0133.

Lockwood, Ben (2020) Malas notches. International Tax and Public Finance, 27 . pp. 779-804. doi:10.1007/s10797-020-09589-3 ISSN 0927-5940.

Sgroi, Daniel, Redoano, Michela, Liberini, Federica, Lockwood, Ben, Bracco, Emanuele and Porcelli, Francesco (2020) Cultural identity and social capital in Italy. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1283). (Unpublished)

Lockwood, Ben, Porcelli, Francesco, Redoano, Michela, Bracco, Emanuele, Liberini, Federica and Sgroi, Daniel (2020) The effects of social capital on Government performance and turnover : theory and evidence from Italian municipalities. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1284). (Unpublished)

Almunia, Miguel, Guceri, Irem, Lockwood, Ben and Scharf, Kimberley (2020) More giving or more givers? The effects of tax incentives on charitable donations in the UK. Journal of Public Economics, 183 . 104114. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.104114 ISSN 0047-2727.

2019

Liu, Li, Lockwood, Ben, Almunia, Miguel and Tam, Eddy H. F. (2019) Data for VAT notches, voluntary registration, and bunching : theory and UK evidence. [Dataset]

Lockwood, Ben (2019) Malas notches. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1206). (Unpublished)

Lockwood, Ben and Yerushalmi, Erez (2019) How should payment services be taxed? Social Choice and Welfare, 53 (1). pp. 21-47. doi:10.1007/s00355-019-01178-6 ISSN 0176-1714.

2017

Lockwood, Ben (2017) Confirmation bias and electoral accountability. Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 11 (4). pp. 471-501. doi:10.1561/100.00016037 ISSN 1554-0626.

2015

Lockwood, Ben and Rockey, James (2015) Negative voters : electoral competition with loss-aversion. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1063). (Unpublished)

Devereux, Michael P., Fuest, Clemens and Lockwood, Ben (2015) The taxation of foreign profits : a unified view. Journal of Public Economics, 125 . pp. 83-97. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2015.02.005 ISSN 0047-2727.

Bracco, Emanuele, Lockwood, Ben, Porcelli, Francesco and Redoano, Michela (2015) Intergovernmental grants as signals and the alignment effect : theory and evidence. Journal of Public Economics, 123 . pp. 78-91. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.11.007 ISSN 0047-2727.

2014

Lockwood, Ben and Yerushalmi, Erez (2014) Should transactions services be taxed at the same rate as consumption? Working Paper. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation. Working paper series (WP 14/23).

2011

Lockwood, Ben (2011) How should financial intermediation services be taxed? Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Volume 2011 (Number 65).

Lockwood, Ben and Porcelli, Francesco (2011) Incentive schemes for local government : theory and evidence from comprehensive performance assessment in England. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Dept. of Economics. Warwick economics research paper series (TWERPS), Vol.2011 (No.960).

2010

de Meza, David and Lockwood, Ben (2010) Too much investment? A problem of endogenous outside options. Games and Economic Behavior, Vol.69 (No.2). pp. 503-511. doi:10.1016/j.geb.2009.11.005 ISSN 0899-8256.

Keen, Michael and Lockwood, Ben (2010) The value added tax: its causes and consequences. Journal of Development Economics, Vol.92 (No.2). pp. 138-151. doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2009.01.012 ISSN 0304-3878.

Lockwood, Ben and Whalley, John (2010) Carbon-motivated border tax adjustments: old wine in green bottles? World Economy, Vol.33 (No.6). pp. 810-819. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9701.2010.01285.x ISSN 0378-5920.

de la Feria, Rita and Lockwood, Ben (2010) Opting for opting-in? an evaluation of the European Commission's proposals for reforming VAT on financial services. Fiscal Studies, Vol.31 (No.2). pp. 171-202. doi:10.1111/j.1475-5890.2010.00111.x ISSN 0143-5671.

Koethenbuerger, Marko and Lockwood, Ben (2010) Does tax competition really promote growth? Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol.34 (No.2). pp. 191-206. doi:10.1016/j.jedc.2009.09.001 ISSN 0165-1889.

La Feria, Rita de and Lockwood, Ben (2010) Opting for opting in? : an evaluation of the European Commission’s proposals for reforming VAT on financial services. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Dept. of Economics. Warwick economics research paper series (TWERPS), Vol.2010 (No.927).

2009

Hindriks, Jean and Lockwood, Ben (2009) Decentralization and electoral accountability: Incentives, separation and voter welfare. In: 4th CESifo-Delphi Conference on Government, Institutions and Macroeconomic Performance, Munich, Germany, May 30-31, 2008. Published in: European Journal of Political Economy, Vol.25 (No.3 Sp. Iss. SI). pp. 385-397. doi:10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2009.01.004 ISSN 0176-2680.

Ghosal, Sayantan and Lockwood, Ben (2009) Costly voting when both information and preferences differ : is turnout too high or too low? Social Choice and Welfare, Vol.33 (No.1). pp. 25-50. doi:10.1007/s00355-008-0344-6 ISSN 0176-1714.

Lockwood, Ben and Migali, Giuseppe (2009) Did the single market cause competition in excise taxes? Evidence From EU countries. Economic Journal, Vol.119 (No.536). pp. 406-429. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02235.x ISSN 0013-0133.

2008

Devereux, M. P., Lockwood, Ben and Redoano, Michela (2008) Do countries compete over corporate tax rates? Journal of Public Economics, Vol.92 (No.5-6). pp. 1210-1235. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.09.005 ISSN 0047-2727.

Besfamille , Martin and Lockwood, Ben (2008) Bailouts in federations : is a hard budget constraint always best? International Economic Review, Vol.49 (No.2). pp. 577-593. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2354.2008.00490.x ISSN 0020-6598.

Lockwood, Ben and Migali, Giuseppe (2008) Did the single market cause competition in excise taxes? Evidence from EU countries. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.847).

2007

Barankay, Iwan and Lockwood, Ben (2007) Decentralization and the productive efficiency of government: evidence from Swiss cantons. Journal of Public Economics, Vol.91 (No.5-6). pp. 1197-1218. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.11.006 ISSN 0047-2727.

Keen, Michael and Lockwood, Ben (2007) The value added tax : its causes and consequences. Working Paper. [Coventry]: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.801).

Devereux, M. P., Lockwood, B. and Redoano, Michela (2007) Horizontal and vertical indirect tax competition: theory and some evidence from the USA. Journal of Public Economics, Vol.91 (No.3-4). pp. 451-479. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.07.005 ISSN 0047-2727.

Lockwood, Ben (2007) Voting, lobbying, and the decentralization theorem. Working Paper. [Coventry]: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.798).

Koethenbuerger, Marko and Lockwood, Ben (2007) Does tax competition really promote growth? Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.810).

2006

Le Borgne, Eric and Lockwood, Ben (2006) Do elections always motivate incumbents? Learning vs. re-election concerns. PUBLIC CHOICE, 129 (1-2). pp. 41-60. doi:10.1007/s11127-006-0863-6 ISSN 0048-5829.

Barankay, Iwan and Lockwood, Ben (2006) Decentralization and the productive efficiency of government: evidence from Swiss cantons. Discussion Paper. London: Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain). Discussion paper (Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain)) (No.563).

Gonzalez, Paula, Hindriks, Jean, Lockwood, Ben and Porteiro, Nicolas (2006) Political budget cycles and fiscal decentralization. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.742).

Lockwood, Ben and Makris, Miltiadis (2006) Tax incidence, majority voting and capital market integration. Journal of Public Economics, 90 (6-7). pp. 1007-1025. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2005.06.005 ISSN 0047-2727.

2005

Hindriks, Jean and Lockwood, Ben (2005) Decentralization and electoral accountability: incentives, separation and voter welfare. Discussion Paper. London: Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain). Discussion paper (Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain)) (No.512).

Lockwood, Ben (2005) A note on the hybrid equilibrium in the Besley-Smart model. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.727).

Hindriks, Jean and Lockwood, Ben (2005) Decentralization and electoral accountability: incentives, separation, and voter welfare. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.729).

Lockwood, Ben (2005) Fiscal decentralization : a political economy perspective. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.721).

2004

Besfamille , Martin and Lockwood, Ben (2004) Are hard budget constraints for sub-national governments always efficient? Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.717).

Le Borgne, Eric and Lockwood, Ben (2004) Do elections always motivate incumbents? : learning vs. re-election concerns. Discussion Paper. London: Centre for Economic Policy Research. Discussion paper (Centre for Economic Policy Research) (No.4664).

Devereux, M. P., Lockwood, Ben and Redoano, Michela (2004) Horizontal and vertical indirect tax competition: theory and some evidence From the USA. Discussion Paper. London: Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain). Discussion paper (Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain)) (No.447).

Ahmad, Ehtisham, Singh, Raju and Lockwood, Ben (2004) Taxation reforms and changes in revenue assignments in China. Working Paper. International Monetary Fund. International Monetary Fund (Fiscal Affairs Department) Working Paper (Vol.2004).

Lockwood, Ben and Makris, Miltiadis (2004) Tax incidence, majority voting and capital market integration. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.712).

Devereux, M. P., Lockwood, Ben and Redoano, Michela (2004) Horizontal and vertical indirect tax competition: theory and some evidence from the USA. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.704).

De Meza, David and Lockwood, Ben (2004) Too much investment: a problem of coordination failure. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.703).

2003

Lockwood, Ben and Makris, Miltiadis (2003) Tax competition and politics: double-edged incentives revisited. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation. Working papers (University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation) (No.125).

Ghosal, Sayantan and Lockwood, Ben (2003) Information aggregation, costly voting and common values. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.670).

2002

Dhillon, Amrita and Lockwood, Ben (2002) Multiple equilibria in the citizen-candidate model of representative democracy : a comment. Journal of Public Economic Theory, Vol.4 (No.2). pp. 171-184. doi:10.1111/1467-9779.00094 ISSN 1097-3923.

Devereux, M. P., Lockwood, Ben and Redoano, Michela (2002) Do countries compete over corporate tax rates? Discussion Paper. London: Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain). Discussion paper (Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain)) (No.340).

Devereux, M. P., Lockwood, Ben and Redoano, Michela (2002) Do countries compete over corporate tax rates? Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.642).

Lockwood, Ben and Zissimos, Ben (2002) Trade agreements with limited punishments. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation. Working papers (University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation) (No.87/).

2001

Lockwood, Ben (2001) How robust is the Foreign Policy/Kearney index of globalisation? Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation. Working papers (University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation) (No.79/).

Le Borgne , Eric and Lockwood, Ben (2001) Candidate entry, screening, and the political budget cycle. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.582).

Lockwood, Ben (2001) Competition in unit vs. ad valorem taxes. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation. Working papers (University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation) (No.86/).

2000

Le Borgne , Eric and Lockwood, Ben (2000) Do elections always motivate incumbents? Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.580).

Lockwood, Ben (2000) Commodity tax competition and tax coordination under destination and origin principles. Discussion Paper. London: Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain). Discussion paper (Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain)) (No.255).

Lockwood, Ben (2000) Tax competition and tax co-ordination under destination and origin principles: a synthesis. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.567).

Lockwood, Ben (2000) The assignment of powers in Federal and Unitary States. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.569).

De Meza, David and Lockwood, Ben (2000) Asset ownership and investment incentives revisited. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.562).

1999

Dhillon, Amrita and Lockwood, Ben (1999) When are plurality rule voting games dominance-solvable? Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.549).

Lockwood, Ben and Thomas, Jonathan P. (1999) Gradualism and irreversibility. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation. Working papers (University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation) (No.28/).

Lockwood, Ben and Thomas, Jonathan P. (1999) Gradualism and irreversibility. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.550).

Lockwood, Ben (1999) Production externalities and two-way distortion in principal-multi-agent problems. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.527).

1998

Lockwood, Ben (1998) Distributive politics and the benefits of decentralisation. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.513).

Lockwood, Ben (1998) Distributive politics and the benefits of decentralisation. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation. Working papers (University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation) (No.10/).

1986

Lockwood, Ben (1986) Dynamic equilibrium : game theory, contracts, and search. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.