Daniel Berger

	Contact Info: Daniel Berger Department of Politics New York University 19 West 4th Street, Second Floor New York, NY 10012-1119 email: db1299 AT nyu DOT edu phone: (212) 998-8500 fax: (212) 995-4184
Research	Teaching	Links

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. Student, Department of Politics, New York University, 2004-present

BS, Political Science and BS, Physics, Massachusetts Insititute of Technology, 2001

Research

Interests: Comparative Politics, African Politics, Political Economy, Methodology

Papers:

"Taxes, Institutions and Governance: Evidence from Colonial Nigeria."

"Superpower Interventions and their Consequences for Democracy." (with William Easterly and Shanker Satyanath)
        NBER Working Paper 13992, May 2008.
        Also appeared as: "Brookings Global Economy and Development Working Paper" , January 2008.

"Capital Controls, Political Institutions, and Economic Growth: A Panel and Cross Country Analysis." (with Shanker Satyanath)
        Quarterly Journal of Political Science, December 2007.

Current Projects:

``Local Institutional Persistence after Empire Leaves: Evidence from Colonial Asante and Colonial Britain in Ghana''

``International Trade and Political Influence during the Cold War: An Empirical Inquiry'' with William Easterly, Nathan Nunn and Shanker Satyanath.

``Transitioning from Pseudo-Democracy to Democracy: What Happens When the the Puppeteer Leaves?'' with Alejandro Quiroz Flores.

Teaching

Designed:

Math Camp for Incoming PhD Students

Instructor:

Math Camp for Incoming PhD Students, Summer/Fall 2009

Math Camp for Incoming PhD Students, Summer/Fall 2008

Math Camp for Incoming PhD Students, Summer/Fall 2007

Teaching Assistantships:

Math for Political Science (PhD), Rebecca Morton, Fall 2006

Game Theory I (PhD), Alastair Smith, Spring 2007 

Math for Political Science (PhD), Jon Eguia, Fall 2007