William J. and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor About Christopher Berry Christopher R. Berry is the William J. and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and the College. He is the academic director of the Center for Municipal Finance. His research interests include American politics, metropolitan governance, municipal finance, and intergovernmental fiscal relations. Berry is the author of Imperfect Union: Representation and Taxation in Multilevel Governments, winner of the Best Book Award in Urban Politics from the American Political Science Association, Theory and Credibility (with Scott Ashworth and Ethan Bueno de Mesquita), and many other scholarly publications. His research has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, the Chicago Tribune, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and many other outlets. For access to Professor Berry's writings, please visit his research website. To learn more about Professor Berry's research on property tax fairness, visit www.propertytaxproject.uchicago.edu. Contact Information Room 2027 773.702.5939 crberry@uchicago.edu Curriculum Vitae Research Website Recent News Student Profile: Jeongmin Shin, MPP Class of 2023 Tue., May 17, 2022 Student Profile: Johnathan Hill, EMP Class of 2022 Thu., May 12, 2022 More news Upcoming Events Policy and the Public Sector: Discussions from the field Wed., May 18, 2022 | 12:00 PM Link will be sent to registered guests Chicago, IL 60637 United States The 2008 Icelandic Financial Crisis by Arni Mathiesen Fri., May 20, 2022 | 12:00 PM University of Chicago 1307 E. 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637 United States More events