David Sraer

David Sraer is the James J. and Marianne B. Lowrey Professor of Business & Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Department of ECON. His research focuses on Finance, including Financial Economics, Behavioral Finance, Behavioral Economics, Economics of Organization, and Entrepreneurship. He is also an associate editor for the Journal of the European Economic Association and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Prior to joining Berkeley, he was an assistant professor of economics at Princeton University, where he received the Jacob Viner preceptorship. His academic profile can be accessed at https://www.econ.berkeley.edu/profile/david-sraer, and he can be contacted at sraer@berkeley.edu.

David Sraer is an economist and finance scholar at UC Berkeley, focusing on the intersection of economics and finance. His research explores how real estate shocks, collateral constraints, and financial market dynamics influence corporate investment, entrepreneurship, and monetary policy transmission. Sraer's work also examines the behavior of family firms, retail investors, and the role of unemployment insurance in fostering entrepreneurial activity. His publications highlight the impact of housing collateral on entrepreneurship, the behavior of individual investors, and the effects of banking deregulation on house price comovement. His research contributes to understanding financial market distortions, risk premia, and the role of governance in corporate settings.