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Nathan Miller is a Professor of Economics at Georgetown University, holding dual affiliations with the McDonough School of Business and the Department of Economics. He serves as Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division under the Biden administration. His research focuses on industrial organization, antitrust economics, and market power dynamics, with notable contributions to merger analysis and procurement markets.
Education: PhD in Economics from University of California, Berkeley (2000s) and BA in Economics from University of Virginia (1990s). He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and editorial board member of the Journal of Law and Economics and International Journal of Industrial Organization.
Research Interests: Mergers & Competition Policy, Market Power Measurement, Procurement Market Analysis, Cement Industry Studies, and Climate Policy Impacts on market structures. His work often combines structural econometric models with policy analysis.
Key Recent Work: Analyzing buyer power in beef packing industries, modeling price leadership in oligopolistic markets (e.g., U.S. beer industry), and evaluating welfare effects of forward contracts. He co-authored influential papers on merger policy critiques and rising market power trends.
Professional Roles: Served as Chief Economist at DOJ Antitrust Division (2021–present), advising on antitrust enforcement strategies. Active in policy debates on rising market power and merger guidelines reform.
Labs/Teams: Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams at NBER and DOJ, focusing on applied industrial organization and policy-relevant research.
