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Christopher R. Berry

· associate professor

University of Chicago · Master of Science in Threat and Response Management

Active 1970–2024

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Citations4.1k
Papers11431 last 5y
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About

Christopher R. Berry is an associate professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. His research interests are in the political economy of American local government and the politics of federal spending. He explores how the institutional design of local government influences political accountability and public policy, as well as how executive and legislative politics affect the geographic distribution of federal outlays. Professor Berry is the author of Imperfect Union: Representation and Taxation in Multilevel Governments and has numerous scholarly publications. His academic background includes a BA from Vassar College, a Master of Regional Planning from Cornell University, and a PhD from the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Prior to his current role, he was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University in the Department of Government's Program on Education Policy and Governance. He is also active in community development and was formerly a director in the MetroEdge division of ShoreBank, a community development financial institution.

Research topics

  • Political Science
  • Economics
  • Computer Science
  • Social psychology
  • Sociology
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Econometrics
  • Mathematics
  • Epistemology

Selected publications

  • Evaluating the effects of shelter-in-place policies during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2021 · 130 citations

    1st authorCorresponding

    We estimate the effects of shelter-in-place (SIP) orders during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We do not find detectable effects of these policies on disease spread or deaths. We find small but measurable effects on mobility that dissipate over time. And we find small, delayed effects on unemployment. We conduct additional analyses that separately assess the effects of expanding versus withdrawing SIP orders and test whether there are spillover effects in other states. Our results are…

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  • Theory and Credibility : Integrating Theoretical and Empirical Social Science

    2021 · 74 citations

    1st authorCorresponding

  • Reassessing the Property Tax

    SSRN Electronic Journal · 2021 · 46 citations

    1st authorCorresponding
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  • Modeling Theories of Women's Underrepresentation in Elections

    American Journal of Political Science · 2023 · 22 citations

    Abstract Research on women candidates in American elections uncovers four key facts: Women (i) are underrepresented among candidates, (ii) are underrepresented among office holders, (iii) perform better in office, and (iv) win open seats at equal rates to men. Scholars offer two types of explanations: Women are less willing to run than men, due to differential costs or a gap in self‐perceived qualification, or voters discriminate at the ballot box. We formally model these mechanisms. Lower willi…

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  • Theory and Credibility

    Princeton University Press eBooks · 2021-07-20 · 4 citations

    book

    The credibility revolution, with its emphasis on empirical methods for causal inference, has led to concerns among scholars that the canonical questions about politics and society are being neglected because they are no longer deemed answerable. This book stakes out an opposing view—presenting a new vision of how, working together, the credibility revolution and formal theory can advance social scientific inquiry. The book covers the conceptual foundations and practicalities of both model buildi…

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Labs

  • Harris School of Public PolicyPI

Education

  • B.A.

    Vassar College

  • Other

    Cornell University

  • Ph.D.

    University of Chicago

Awards & honors

  • NIHCM Foundation Research Award (2018)

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