Hal R. Varian

I am an emeritus professor in the School of Information, the Haas School of Business, and the Department of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley.

• In April, 2015, I was named a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economics Association.
• On January 3, I delivered the 2010 Ely Lecture at the American Economics Association meetings.
• I have retired from Berkeley and am now serving as Chief Economist at Google. 
• I recently received a Humboldt Prize from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
• My paper "Positions Auctions" won Paul Gerowski prize for the best article published in the International Journal of Industrial Organization in 2006.
• Here's the cover of a special issue of the Journal of Public Economics celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Bergstrom, Blume, and Varian paper on public goods.
• I recently received an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Karlsruhe. I also hold an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Oulu
• Accenture says I am number 9 on their list of the top 50 business intellectuals
• Fortune Magazine says that Information Rules is one of the 75 smartest books they know about strategy.
• Links to my New York Times columns
• Links to my nonacademic articles
• Link to my academic papers and books

My work

• Articles (general): for a general audience
• Books: text, trade and professional
• Papers (research): primarily for an academic audience

Mail address

School of Information
University of California at Berkeley
102 South Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-4600

Electronic addresses

Email: hal "at" sims.berkeley.edu

Location

Office: South Hall. Click here for map and directions.