Academic CV

Martin Berka

Dean (Academic), Griffith Business School | Professor of Economics

Griffith University | Updated October 2026

Email: m.berka@griffith.edu.au | Personal homepage

Griffith University profile

Research interests

International finance, open economy macroeconomics and monetary economics, with a focus on exchange rates, international prices and trade. Recent research also examines housing-market sentiment, financial development, corporate investment and collective decision-making.

Academic appointments

May 2024 - present: Dean (Academic), Griffith Business School, and Professor of Economics, Griffith University.

July 2019 - April 2024: Head, School of Economics and Finance, Massey Business School, Massey University.

January 2018 - April 2024: Professor of Macroeconomics, Massey University.

June 2017 - December 2017: Associate Professor, Massey University.

April 2014 - June 2017: Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Auckland.

June 2011 - April 2014: Senior Lecturer in Economics, Victoria University of Wellington.

July 2005 - June 2011: Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Economics, Massey University.

Education

PhD in Economics, University of British Columbia, 1998-2005.

MA in Transitional Economics, Central European University / University of Essex, 1996-1998.

Masters (Mgr.) in Financial Management, Comenius University, Slovakia, 1998.

Bachelor degree in Management, Comenius University, Slovakia, 1995.

Current academic and professional service

Fellow, Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research, 2018 - present.

Founding Co-director, Open Economy Macroeconomics Programme, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University, 2012 - present.

Associate Editor, Reviews of Economic Literature, 2025 - present.

Associate Editor, New Zealand Economic Papers, 2017 - present.

Member, Council of Advisors, Australasian Macroeconomics Society.

Fellow, Slovak Economic Association, 2014 - present.

Editor, New Economics Papers in Open Economy Macroeconomics.

Selected previous appointments

Council Member, New Zealand Association of Economists, 2023-2025.

Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Surveys, 2016-2024.

Director, New Zealand Centre for Macroeconomics, 2017-2024.

Board Member, New Zealand Financial Education and Research Centre, 2020-2024.

Scientific Committee Member, EQCHANGE, CEPII, Paris, 2018-2022.

Research Associate, Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 2010-2020.

Executive Officer, Central Bank Research Association, 2016-2018.

External Member, New Zealand Treasury Budgetary Economic Forecast Panel, 2016 and 2018.

Academic Fellow, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, 2014-2015.

Economist, Bank of Canada, Ottawa, 2001.

Selected visiting positions

Economic Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava (visiting researcher and mentoring, June 2026); CEPII, Paris (June 2018); University of Washington (November 2016); Vanderbilt University (September-October 2010 and November 2015); University of British Columbia (multiple visits, 2009-2015); University of Kyoto (November-December 2013); University of Tokyo (April 2011); Reserve Bank of Australia (May 2009); Dalhousie University (May-June 2007).

Selected publications

Berka, Martin (2020). Comments on “Strategic complementarity and asymmetric price setting among firms.” In Inflation Dynamics in Asia and the Pacific, BIS Papers 111, pp. 99-102.

Berka, Martin, Michael B. Devereux and Charles Engel (2018). Real Exchange Rates and Sectoral Productivity in the Eurozone. American Economic Review, 108(6), pp. 1543-1581.

Berka, Martin and Christian Zimmermann (2018). The Basel Accord and Financial Intermediation: The Impact of Policy. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, 100(2), pp. 171-200.

Berka, Martin (2015). Comment on: Cross-border portfolios: assets, liabilities and wealth transfers. In Cross-border Financial Linkages: Challenges for Monetary Policy and Financial Stability, BIS Papers 82, pp. 25-28.

Berka, Martin and Michael B. Devereux (2013). Trends in European Real Exchange Rates. Economic Policy, 28(74), pp. 193-242 (lead article).

Berka, Martin, Michael B. Devereux and Charles Engel (2012). Real Exchange Rate Adjustment in and out of the Eurozone. American Economic Review, 102(3), pp. 179-185.

Berka, Martin, Mario J. Crucini and Chih-Wei Wang (2012). International Risk Sharing and Commodity Prices. Canadian Journal of Economics, 45(2), pp. 417-447.

Berka, Martin and Mario J. Crucini (2011). The Consumption Terms of Trade and Commodity Prices. In Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose (eds.), Commodity Prices and Markets, NBER East Asia Seminar on Economics, Vol. 20, University of Chicago Press, pp. 119-145.

Berka, Martin (2009). Nonlinear Adjustment in Law of One Price Deviations and Physical Characteristics of Goods. Review of International Economics, 17(1), pp. 51-73.

Berka, Martin (2006). Funding of Regions in New Zealand. Clm. Economía, 6(1), pp. 393-436.

Selected public working papers

Publicly available working papers are listed separately from published work. Dates refer to the identified draft or repository posting.

Chang, Yuk Ying and Martin Berka (2026). Accessibility as a Foundational Driver of Institutional Allocation and Economic and Financial Development. Draft dated 25 September 2026; last revised on SSRN 1 October 2026.

Chang, Yuk Ying and Martin Berka (2026). Extraneous Influences in Collective Decision-Making: Evidence from Atmospheric Conditions. Draft dated 4 June 2026; posted to SSRN 1 August 2026.

Wen, Yantao, Martin Berka, Alexander Molchanov and Yafeng Qin. Economic Policy Uncertainty Exposure and Corporate Investment Efficiency: Evidence from China. Posted to SSRN 13 May 2025.

Berka, Martin and Yiran Mao (2023). Social Media Sentiment and House Prices: Evidence from 35 Chinese Cities. Massey University Discussion Paper 2301; draft dated 12 January 2023; posted to SSRN 6 May 2025.

Narantungalag, Odmaa, Syed Hasan and Martin Berka (2022). No Pain, No Gain? Mining Pollution and Morbidity. Massey University Economics Discussion Paper 22.03, 9 March 2022.

Narantungalag, Odmaa, Syed Hasan and Martin Berka (2022). The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Large Electricity Subsidies: Evidence from Mongolia. Massey University Economics Discussion Paper 22.02, 22 February 2022.

Berka, Martin and Daan Steenkamp (2018). Deviations in Real Exchange Rate Levels in the OECD Countries and Their Structural Determinants. Reserve Bank of New Zealand Discussion Paper DP2018/08, October 2018.

Berka, Martin, Michael B. Devereux and Thomas Rudolph (2011). Price Setting in a Leading Swiss Online Supermarket. NBER Working Paper 17126.

Teaching and research training

Teaching at Massey University, Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Auckland, 2005-2018.

Postgraduate: International Monetary Economics; Advanced Macroeconomics; Advanced International Finance; Time-Series Econometrics; International Finance; Macroeconomics and Finance; Research Methods in Finance.

Undergraduate: International Economics; Intermediate Macroeconomics; Principles of Economics / Macroeconomics; Intermediate Econometrics.

PhD Programme Director, Department of Economics, University of Auckland, 2015-2017. External PhD examination for Victoria University of Wellington, the University of Auckland, the University of Sydney, Macquarie University and Massey University, 2014-2025.

Selected awards and grants

Massey Business School STAR Awards: Leadership (2022); Enterprise, shared (2022); Research (2018).

University of Auckland Faculty Research and Development Fund (2015); Victoria University of Wellington Research Fund (2014) and Development Grant (2013); Massey University Research Fund (2006 and 2008).

Post-doctoral Fellowship, Initiative for New Economics, University of British Columbia (2003); University Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia (1999-2002); Bank of Montreal Fellowship, University of British Columbia (1998-1999); George Soros Fellowship, Central European University / University of Essex (1996-1998).

Selected conference and workshop organisation

Southern Workshop in Macroeconomics, Wellington (2024); co-organiser in 2013, 2014 and 2016.

Australasian Conference on International Macroeconomics, Auckland (2019).

New Zealand Centre for Macroeconomics Inaugural Workshop, Palmerston North (2018).

Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research Annual Conference, Singapore (2015 and 2016).

NBER East Asian Seminar on Economics, Wellington (local organiser, 2013).

Victoria University of Wellington Macro Workshop (co-organiser, 2011 and 2012).

Selected invited seminars and policy engagement

Invited seminars include the University of Sydney (2019, 2023), University of Auckland (2022), Paris School of Economics (2018), Utrecht University (2018), University of Melbourne (2013, 2016), Monash University (2016), University of Sheffield (2016), Reserve Bank of New Zealand (2009, 2014, 2015), European Central Bank (2010), Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (2010) and Reserve Bank of Australia (2010).

Selected engagements include the NBER East Asian Seminar on Economics, Tokyo (paper, 2023); ABFER Annual Conference, Singapore (discussion, 2023); Australasian Macroeconomic Society workshops (papers/discussions, 2018, 2022, 2025); and the CEPII Conference on Real Equilibrium Exchange Rates, Paris (keynote, 2018).