Papers by David H. Romer

David H. Romer

Professor of the Graduate School · University of California, Berkeley

Professor of the Graduate School at UC Berkeley and Editor of the Journal of Economic Literature. His research covers monetary and fiscal policy, financial crises, growth and inflation, much of it with Christina D. Romer; he wrote the textbook Advanced Macroeconomics.

Published Classic American Economic Review Published Jun 2010

The Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Changes: Estimates Based on a New Measure of Fiscal Shocks

Christina D. Romer · David H. Romer

This paper develops a narrative method for identifying postwar U.S. tax changes that are plausibly uncorrelated with other influences on output, in order to get around the omitted-variable bias that …

Fiscal Policy Fiscal Multipliers Narrative Identification Public Finance Free Read ↗

Career

2023 – present Professor of the Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley
2025 – present Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2023 – present Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
2025 – 2025 Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2000 – 2023 Herman Royer Professor in Political Economy, University of California, Berkeley
2009 – 2010 Senior Resident Scholar, International Monetary Fund
1993 – 2000 Professor, University of California, Berkeley
1990 – 1993 Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
1988 – 1990 Acting Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
1985 – 1988 Assistant Professor, Princeton University
1980 – 1981 Junior Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisers

Editorial roles

Editor Journal of Economic Literature2022–present
Editor (with Justin Wolfers) Brookings Papers on Economic Activity2009–2015
Board of Editors American Economic Journal: Economic Policy2014–2019
Associate Editor Journal of Money, Credit and Banking1992–2022
Board of Editors American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics2007–2013
Editor B.E. Journals in Macroeconomics2000–2006
Advisory Editor Economics Letters1992–2003
Board of Editors American Economic Review1996–2002
Associate Editor Quarterly Journal of Economics1990–1998