Papers by Alan J Auerbach

Alan J Auerbach

Professor of the Graduate School; Emeritus · University of California, Berkeley

Professor of the Graduate School and Robert D. Burch Professor of Economics and Law, Emeritus at UC Berkeley, and Research Associate at the NBER. His work is on fiscal policy, taxation and public finance; his CV lists the Review of Economic Studies paper Demand Stimulus as Social Policy with Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Daniel Murphy.

Published Review of Economic Studies Online 6 Nov 2025 Published Jul 2026

Demand Stimulus as Social Policy

Alan J Auerbach · Yuriy Gorodnichenko · Daniel Murphy

This paper estimates the distributional and social consequences of Department of Defense (DOD) contract spending using a city-level (CBSA) panel dataset spanning 2005–2016. The research question is …

Fiscal Policy Labor Markets Inequality Free Read ↗

Career

2025 – present Professor of the Graduate School and Robert D. Burch Professor of Economics and Law, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley
1978 – present Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
1994 – 2025 Robert D. Burch Professor of Economics and Law; Director, Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance, University of California, Berkeley
1992 – 1992 Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Joint Committee on Taxation
1988 – 1990 Chair, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
1985 – 1995 Professor of Economics (and Law, 1990-1995), University of Pennsylvania
1983 – 1985 Associate Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
1982 – 1983 Associate Professor of Economics, Harvard University
1978 – 1982 Assistant Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Editorial roles

Associate Editor International Tax and Public Finance1993–present
Editorial Advisory Board Member National Tax Journal1993–1995
Editorial Advisory Board Member National Tax Journal1998–present
Associate Editor FinanzArchiv2000–present
Editor Microeconomic Insights2017–present
Editor American Economic Journal: Economic Policy2007–2014
Board of Editors Member American Economic Journal: Economic Policy2014–2023
Co-Editor Journal of Economic Perspectives1994–1995
Editor Journal of Economic Perspectives1995–1996
Advisory Board Member Journal of Economic Perspectives1999–2005
Advisory Board Member Journal of Demographic Economics2015–2026
Associate Editor Journal of Public Economics1982–1988
Associate Editor Journal of Public Economics1998–2007
Board of Editors Member Journal of Economic Literature1992–2006
Associate Editor Review of Economics and Statistics1997–2002
Board of Editors Member American Economic Review1991–1997
Associate Editor Journal of Financial Intermediation1989–1992