Hal Ronald Varian (born March 18, 1947 in Wooster, Ohio) is Chief Economist at Google and holds the title of emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley where he was founding dean of the

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. Varian is an economist specializing in

microeconomics Microeconomics is a branch of mainstream economics that studies the behavior of individuals and firms in making decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources and the interactions among these individuals and firms. Microeconomics fo ...

and information economics.

Early life

Hal Varian was born on March 18, 1947 in Wooster, Ohio. He received his B.S. from MIT in economics in 1969 and both his M.A. in mathematics and Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1973.

Career

Varian taught at MIT,

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, the University of Oxford, the University of Michigan, the University of Siena and other universities around the world. He has two honorary doctorates, from the University of Oulu, Finland in 2002, and a Dr. h. c. from the

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; german: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) is a public research university in Karlsruhe, Germany. The institute is a national research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 w ...

(KIT), Germany, awarded in 2006. He is emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was founding dean of the

. Varian joined Google in 2002 as chief economist, and has worked on the design of advertising auctions, econometrics, finance, corporate strategy, and public policy. Varian is the author of two bestselling textbooks: ''Intermediate Microeconomics'', an undergraduate microeconomics text, and ''Microeconomic Analysis'', an advanced text aimed primarily at first-year graduate students in economics. Together with

Carl Shapiro Carl Shapiro (born 20 March 1955) is an American economist and academic who serves as the Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business. He is the co-author, along with Hal Varian ...

, he co-authored ''Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy'' and ''The Economics of Information Technology: An Introduction''. According to the

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, Varian is the fourth most frequently cited author on college syllabi for economics courses.

Personal life

Varian is married and has one child, Christopher Max Varian.Curriculum vitae
(PDF; 122 kB), o
berkeley.edu

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External links

Hal Varian's Website

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