Hal Ronald Varian (born March 18, 1947 in

Wooster, Ohio Wooster ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Wayne County. Located in northeastern Ohio, the city lies approximately south-southwest of Cleveland, southwest of Akron and west of Canton. The population was 27,232 at ...

) is Chief Economist at

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and holds the title of emeritus professor at the

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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 Information economics or the economics of information is the branch of microeconomics that studies how information and information systems affect an economy and economic decisions. One application considers information embodied in certain types ...

Early life

Hal Varian was born on March 18, 1947 in

. He received his B.S. from MIT in economics in 1969 and both his

M.A. A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

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 , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

, the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

, the

University of Siena The University of Siena ( it, Università degli Studi di Siena, abbreviation: UNISI) in Siena, Tuscany, is one of the oldest and first publicly funded universities in Italy. Originally called ''Studium Senese'', the institution was founded in 12 ...

and other universities around the world. He has two honorary doctorates, from the University of Oulu,

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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 ...

(KIT), Germany, awarded in 2006. He is emeritus professor at the

, 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, 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

References

External links

Hal Varian's Website

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