Leeat Yariv

Leeat Yariv is the Uwe E. Reinhardt Professor of Economics at Princeton University and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. She holds affiliations with Princeton's Princeton Experimental Laboratory for the Social Sciences (PExL) and previously directed the Caltech Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL). Her education includes a PhD in Economics from Harvard University (2001), an M.Sc. in Pure Mathematics (Summa Cum Laude) from Tel-Aviv University (1995), and dual B.Sc. degrees in Mathematics and Physics (1992).

Her research focuses on experimental economics, game theory, social networks, and political economy. Notable contributions include studies on decentralized matching markets, collective decision-making dynamics, and the diffusion of behavior in networks. She co-edits Econometrica and serves on editorial boards of Games and Economic Behavior, Quantitative Economics, and others.

Yariv has received prestigious awards such as membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2020), Fellow of the Game Theory Society (2021), and the American Economic Journal: Microeconomics Best Paper Award (2018). She leads major NSF-funded research initiatives and has advised over 40 PhD students and postdocs, many of whom hold academic positions globally.

Her teaching includes advanced courses on experimental economics, game theory, and political economy at Princeton. She actively contributes to academic leadership through editorial roles, conference organization, and policy-related research on voter behavior and institutional design.

Yariv’s work bridges theory and experimentation, with applications to market design, social networks, and public policy, reflecting her commitment to interdisciplinary research and methodological innovation.