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Hal R. Varian
I am an emeritus professor in
the School of Information,
the Haas
School of Business, and the Department of Economics at
the University of California at
Berkeley.
The Journal of Public Economic Theory has published a
Special Issue:
Commemorating works of James Andreoni, Theodore
Bergstrom, Larry Blume, and Hal Varian (link)
The International Honor Society in Economics has
published a special commemorative issue of its journal,
The Americian Economist, that contains noteworthy articles
from the past 50 years. My
article, How
to Build an Economic Model in Your Spare Time is
included in this special issue.
In April, 2015, I was named
a
Distinguished Fellow of the American Economics
Association.
On January 3, I delivered
the 2010 Ely Lecture at the American Economics
Association meetings.
I have retired from Berkeley and am now serving as
Chief Economist
at Google.
In 2006 I received
a Humboldt
Prize from
the Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation
My paper "Positions
Auctions"
won Paul
Gerowski prize for the best article published in
the International Journal of Industrial Organization
in 2006.
Here is
the special
issue of the Journal of Public Economics that celebrates
the 20th anniversary of the Bergstrom, Blume, and Varian paper on the
Private Provision of Public Goods".
I recently received an honorary Ph.D. from the University
of Karlsruhe. I also hold an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Oulu
Accenture says I am number 9 on their list of the top
50 business intellectuals
Fortune Magazine
says that Information Rules is
one of the 75
smartest books they know about strategy.
Links to my New
York Times columns
Links to my nonacademic
articles
Link to my academic
papers and books
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