| Alan J. Auerbach | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Economist, professor |
| Education: | B.A. (1974), Yale University Ph.D. (1978), Harvard University |
| Workplaces: | University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral Students: | Kevin Hassett Owen Zidar |
Alan J. Auerbach (born in 1951) is an American economist. He is currently the director of the Robert D. Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance at the University of California, Berkeley.[1] He received his undergraduate degree in economics and mathematics from Yale University and earned his Ph.D. in economics at Harvard University and was an assistant and then an associate professor at Harvard. He was then a professor of law and economics at the University of Pennsylvania.[2]
Auerbach is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Econometric Society. He was the Deputy Chief of Staff of the U.S. Joint Committee on Taxation in 1992.[3]
He is the author of many articles, books, and reviews. He is the past, or present, editor of six journals including the Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Review, National Tax Journal, and International Tax and Public Finance.