Daniel Berkowitz works on comparative institutions, development and law and finance. His early work on Russia studied the role of local finances and politics on the evolution of market reforms. He has documented the long run effects of the transplantation of legal codes and how the quality of legal institutions affects trade flows around the world. His work on China analyzes state owned enterprises, property laws and reforms for strengthening markets. In recent quasi-experimental work, he and his co-authors show how households carefully manage the prospects of obtaining substantial but uncertain income from fracking leases. Daniel is currently working on the effectiveness of trade sanctions.
Daniel and Gerard Roland served for ten years managing co-editors of the Journal of Comparative Economics, which is the leading field journal in comparative institutions. His publications have appeared in outlets including the European Economic Review, the Journal of Comparative Economics, the Journal of Development Economics, the Journal of Econometrics, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Law, Economics and Organizations, the Journal of Legal Studies, Management Science and the Review of Economics and Statistics.