Christoper Berry

Christopher Berry

  • Title: Director, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation; William J. and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor and Faculty Affiliate, Center for Municipal Finance, Harris School of Public Policy
  • Education: PhD, University of Chicago; MRP, Cornell University
  • Joined UChicago faculty: 2004
  • crberry@uchicago.edu

Christopher Berry

Departmental website:
https://harris.uchicago.edu/directory/christopher-berry

Christopher Berry’s research interests include metropolitan governance, the politics of public finance and intergovernmental fiscal relations.

Prof. Berry is the author of Imperfect Union: Representation and Taxation in Multilevel Governments (2010), winner of the Best Book Award in Urban Politics from the American Political Science Association, and many other scholarly publications. Berry is also active in community development and was formerly a director in the MetroEdge division of ShoreBank, which was America's oldest and largest community development financial institution.

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Seven UChicago scholars elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2022 Yellow flowers bloom on a tree on the UChicago campus, with a building in a background

Seven UChicago scholars elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2022

Wooden houses stacked on piles of coins

Why You’re Likely Paying An Unfair Share of Property Taxes, with Christopher Berry

Property tax burdens fall on nation’s lowest-income homeowners, study finds A model of a small house sits in the shadows of much larger houses

Property tax burdens fall on nation’s lowest-income homeowners, study finds

Nationwide study finds that lower-income residents pay more, subsidizing the homes of the wealthy

Leaders in sports, business and politics get credit—and blame. How much do they really deserve? A Wilson basketball rests on a rack during the NCAA men's basketball tournament

Leaders in sports, business and politics get credit—and blame. How much do they really deserve?

COVID-19 pandemic inspires scholars to change course Harris COVID Research

COVID-19 pandemic inspires scholars to change course

Days before quarter begins, Harris political scientists launch coronavirus research project

Politicians take credit for economic growth or reduced crime. A new study downplays their impact. Handshake between leaders

Politicians take credit for economic growth or reduced crime. A new study downplays their impact.

How much do coaches impact success in sports? Football coach wearing a headset

How much do coaches impact success in sports?

Harris scholar fights to reform property tax system Bungalow-style homes

Harris scholar fights to reform property tax system

Inflated tax assessments spurred historic Detroit foreclosures, study finds Thumbnail

Inflated tax assessments spurred historic Detroit foreclosures, study finds

Faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships

Faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships

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