Nathan Berg

Dr. Berg is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Otago in New Zealand, after having taught for many years at the University of Texas, Dallas. He has published numerous articles and chapters in the field of behavioral economics, appearing in outlets such as Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Psychological Review, Social Choice and Welfare and Contemporary Economic Policy. Berg was a Fulbright Scholar in 2003 and Visiting Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute-Berlin in 2005. His research has been cited in Financial Times, Business Week, Canada's National Post, The Village Voice, The Gay and Lesbian Review, The Advocate and the Atlantic Monthly.Before becoming an economist, Dr. Berg toured internationally and recorded with jazz trumpeters Maynard Ferguson and Clark Terry, and performed with John Scofield, Alan Broadbent, Stephen Scott, Burnadette Peters, Larry Goldings, Bill Stewart, and Christy Moore.