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Shachar Kariv is the Benjamin N. Ward Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from New York University in 2003 and has been a faculty member at UC Berkeley since joining that year. His academic career includes leadership roles as Department Chair (2014-17, 2021-22) and Director of the UC Berkeley Experimental Social Science Laboratory (Xlab) from 2008 to 2014. He co-founded Xmobile, a smartphone-based platform for social science experiments.
- Ph.D., Economics, New York University (2003)
- M.A., Economics, New York University (2000)
- B.A., Economics, Tel Aviv University (1998)
Kariv's research focuses on economic theory, experimental economics, and behavioral economics, with particular emphasis on social networks, personal and social preferences, decision-making under uncertainty, and network architecture. His work often combines theoretical models with laboratory experiments to analyze individual and collective economic behavior.
Kariv's recent publications explore topics such as social learning, transfer performance of predictive models, and choice under risk and uncertainty. These works employ experimental data to investigate how individuals process information, make spending decisions, and interact within networked environments.
- UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching (2012)
- UC Berkeley Division of Social Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award (2008)
- NYU College of Arts and Science Outstanding Teaching Award (Golden Dozen) (2002)
- Sloan Research Fellowship (2009-10)
- Outstanding Dissertation Award, NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science (2003)
Kariv has received major grants from institutions like the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, National Science Foundation, and Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging (CEDA). His professional activities include editorial roles at prestigious journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics and Games and Economic Behavior. He has also held visiting professorships at institutions including Stanford University, University of Oxford, and NHH Norwegian School of Economics.
