Robert Omberg
Assistant Professor of Economics
Jacksonville University
Robert Tucker Omberg is an assistant professor of economics at Jacksonville University and an academic affiliate of the International Center for Law & Economics.
His research spans labor economics, public choice, and law & economics, with particular emphasis on causal-inference methods in applied microeconometrics. His work examines diverse policy questions, including ridesharing markets, government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, public monuments, and mental health.
Omberg previously served as affiliate faculty at Jacksonville University and as a professor of economics at Florida State College at Jacksonville. Earlier, he was a graduate lecturer at George Mason University. He also worked as a research affiliate at New York University and was a Ph.D. fellow at the Mercatus Center, as well as a Humane Studies fellow at the Institute for Humane Studies.
He earned a Ph.D. in economics, a master’s in economics, and a bachelor’s from George Mason University.
