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Seth G. Benzell

Seth G. Benzell

Digital Fellow

Seth’s research focuses on the economics of automation, digitization, and networks.

Seth is an assistant professor of Management Science at the Argyros School of Business and Economics at Chapman University. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics. Before coming to Chapman University, Seth was a postdoctoral associate at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. Seth received his Ph.D. in economics from Boston University in 2016. His dissertation advisor was Laurence Kotlikoff. He received a B.A. in economics and a B.S. in physics and mathematics from Tulane University in 2012.

Seth’s current projects with other Stanford Digital Economy Lab researchers focus on measuring skill biased technical change, taxation, and regulation of digital platforms, as well as the measurement of network effects and the macroeconomic implications of progress in artificial intelligence. 

Seth has presented his research at the US Capitol and as an expert for a US international public diplomacy mission. His work has been published in AEJ: Applied Economics, PNAS, Sloan Management Review and other peer-reviewed and non-peer reviewed outlets. 

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