Martin Beraja
Economist, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
Signed the letter · Academia · United States
Associate Professor in the Economic Analysis and Policy Group at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley; previously on the economics faculty at MIT (2017-2025). Author of work on AI, industrial policy, and the state, including 'AI-tocracy' and 'Data-intensive Innovation and the State: Evidence from AI Firms in China', with co-authors including David Y. Yang and Noam Yuchtman. Received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2023. PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. Signed the wemustactnow.ai open letter.
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14 works in the co-authorship map · 1,083 citations across them
Sources
- Martin Beraja - UC Berkeley Haas faculty profile
- How an AI-tocracy emerges - MIT News
- AI-tocracy
- “Signed the wemustactnow.ai open letter” — source
In the network
3 co-authors on the map · PageRank #64 of 400 · bridge #120 of 400 · 3 steps from Erik Brynjolfsson · cluster: Labor markets and technology.
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Documented positions
Will AI actually boost productivity and growth? unknown
No documented evidence reviewed yet.
Will AI destroy more jobs than it creates? unknown
No documented evidence reviewed yet.
Will AI widen inequality? leans agree
His 'inefficient automation' work implies laissez-faire AI adoption skews gains away from workers.
Evidence
Should governments act on AI now? leans agree
Shows market-driven automation can be socially inefficient and studies when governments should intervene in AI development.
How fast will the impact arrive? unknown
No documented evidence reviewed yet.
Selected work
- AI-tocracy
- Data-intensive Innovation and the State: Evidence from AI Firms in China
- Government as Venture Capitalists in Artificial Intelligence
Writes with
David Y. Yang (6), Noam Yuchtman (6), Erik Hurst (3)
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