Prof. Dr. Hal R. Varian

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsEconomic Theory,Economic Policy, Applied Economics,Business Administration
Keywordsauctions, copyright, experimental economics, marketing

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBerkeley
InstitutionUniversity of California, Berkeley
InstituteSchool of Information
Homepagewww.sims.berkeley.edu/~hal

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Christof WeinhardtLehrstuhl für Informationsbetriebswirtschaftslehre, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2009

Programme(s)

2006Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Varian is one of the leading economists and business intellectuals worldwide. He receives the award in special recognition of his rigorous, relevant, and interdisciplinary research on economic theory, financial economics, and the economics of information goods and the Internet. His main impact is directed towards a wide application of proper and modern scientific methods towards the true and in depth definition and analysis of real world problems. In Germany Professor Varian plans to work on information and market engineering, among others on position auctions and orphan works.