Skip to main content

David Berger CV

Professor of Economics
Economics
CV

Overview


I am an associate professor of economics at Duke. My research interests include Macro/Monetary, Housing, Labor and Finance

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Economics · 2022 - Present Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications


Merger guidelines for the labor market

Journal Article Journal of Monetary Economics · July 1, 2025 What are the welfare, wage, and output implications of applying merger review guidelines to the labor market? To answer this question, we develop a theory of multi-plant ownership and labor market monopsony. We estimate the model using U.S. Census data and ... Full text Cite

Minimum Wages, Efficiency, and Welfare

Journal Article Econometrica · January 1, 2025 Many argue that minimum wages can prevent efficiency losses from monopsony power. We assess this argument in a general equilibrium model of oligopsonistic labor markets with heterogeneous workers and firms. We decompose welfare gains into an efficiency com ... Full text Cite
View All Publications

Recent Grants


Collaborative Research: Macroeconomic implications of economic policy in imperfectly competitive labor markets

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2026

View All Grants

Education, Training & Certifications


Yale University · 2012 Ph.D.