Shachar Kariv
Assistant Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Economics

kariv[at]berkeley[dot]edu

 

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CURRICULUM VITAE

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EDUCATION

-          Ph.D., Economics, New York University, 2003.

-          M.A., Economics, New York University, 2000.

-          B.A., Economics, Tel Aviv University, 1998.

 

EMPLOYMENT

Current position

-          Assistant Professor, Economics, UC Berkeley.

Previous position

-          Visiting Member, Institute for Advanced Studies, School of Social Science, 2005-2006.

 

RESEARCH

Published and Forthcoming Papers

-          Bayesian Learning in Social Networks (with Douglas Gale, NYU). Games and Economic Behavior, November 2003, 45(2), pp. 329-346.

-          Observational Learning Under Imperfect Information (with Boğaçhan Çelen, Columbia B-School). Games and Economic Behavior, March 2004, 47(1), pp. 72-86.

-          Distinguishing Informational Cascades from Herd Behavior in the Laboratory (with Boğaçhan Çelen, Columbia B-School). American Economic Review, June 2004, 94(3), pp. 484-497.

-          An Experimental Test of Observational Learning under Imperfect Information (with Boğaçhan Çelen, Columbia B-School). Economic Theory, October 2005, 26(3), pp. 677-699.

-          Behavioral Aspects of Learning in Social Networks: An Experimental Study (with Syngjoo Choi, UCL, and Douglas Gale, NYU). Advances in Applied Microeconomics, Volume 13, Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2005, edited by John Morgan.

-          Financial Networks (with Douglas Gale, NYU). American Economic Review, Papers & Proceedings, May 2007, 97(2), pp. 99-103.

-          Revealing Preferences Graphically: An Old Method Gets a New Tool Kit (with Syngjoo Choi, UCL, Ray Fisman, Columbia B-School, and Douglas Gale, NYU). American Economic Review, Papers & Proceedings, May 2007, 97(2), pp. 153-158.

-          Individual Preferences for Giving, 2007 (with Ray Fisman, Columbia B-School, and Daniel Markovits, Yale Law School). American Economic Review, December 2007, 97(5), pp. 1858-1876.

-          Consistency and Heterogeneity of Individual Behavior under Uncertainty, (with Syngjoo Choi, UCL, Ray Fisman, Columbia B-School, and Douglas Gale, NYU). American Economic Review, December 2007, 97(5), pp. 1921-1938.

-          Sequential Equilibrium in Monotone Games: Theory-Based Analysis of Experimental Data, 2008 (with Syngjoo Choi, UCL, and Douglas Gale, NYU). Journal of Economic Theory, forthcoming.

Working Papers

-          Substantive and Procedural Rationality in Decisions under Uncertainty, 2006 (with Syngjoo Choi, UCL, Ray Fisman, Columbia B-School, and Douglas Gale, NYU). [under revision]

-          An Experimental Test of Advice and Social Learning, 2007 (with Boğaçhan Çelen, Columbia B-School, and Andrew Schotter, NYU).

-          Trading in Networks: A Normal Form Game Experiment, 2007 (with Douglas Gale, NYU).

-          Estimating Ambiguity Aversion in a Portfolio Choice Experiment, 2007 (with David Ahn, Berkeley, Syngjoo Choi, UCL, and Douglas Gale, NYU).

-          Social Learning in Networks: A Quantal Response Equilibrium Analysis of Experimental Data, 2008 (with Syngjoo Choi, UCL, and Douglas Gale, NYU)

-          Network Architecture, Salience and Coordination, 2008 (with Syngjoo Choi, UCL, Douglas Gale, NYU, and Thomas Palfrey, Caltech).

-          Overconfidence and Informational Cascades, 2005. [under revision]

Other Publications

-          Book Review of Behavioral Game Theory: Experiments in Strategic Interaction. By Colin F. Camerer.  Princeton University Press. Economica, May 2004, 71, pp. 319–329.

-          Learning in Networks (with Douglas Gale, NYU), forthcoming in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition, Palgrave Macmillan.

-          Book Review of Markets, Games, & Strategic Behavior. By Charles A. Holt. Journal of Economic Psychology, June 2007, 28(3), pp. 414-415.

 

MAJOR LECTURES, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS AND GRANTS

-          Distinguished Teaching Award, Division of Social Sciences, UC Berkeley, 2006-7

-          Outstanding Advising Award, Graduate Economics Association, UC Berkeley, Department of Economics, 2006-7.

-          National Science Foundation Grant for Substantive and Procedural Rationality in Decisions under Uncertainty (with Ray Fisman, Columbia B-School, and Douglas Gale, NYU), 2006-7.

-          A conference in celebration of Frank Hahn's 80th birthday, Cambridge, Confronting Theory with Data and vice versa: An Experimental Study of Learning in Social Networks, May 2005.

-          The Dean’s Outstanding Dissertation Award in the Social Sciences, New York University, Graduate School of Arts and Science, 2003.

-          The Richard Crowell Memorial Prize Paper Competition (with Boğaçhan Çelen, Columbia B-School), 2002.

-          The James Arthur Fellowship in social sciences, New York University, Graduate School of Arts and Science, 2002.

-          Outstanding Teaching Award (Golden Dozen) in recognition of excellence in teaching and contributions to undergraduate education, New York University, College of Arts and Science, 2002.

-          The Dean’s Outstanding Teaching Award in Social Sciences, New York University, Graduate School of Arts and Science, 2001.

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Refereeing

-          American Economic Review; B.E. Journals in Theoretical Economics; The Canadian Journal of Economics; Econometrica; Economic Journal, European Economic Review, Experimental economics, Games and Economic Behavior; Journal of Economic Theory; Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics; Quarterly Journal of Economics; National Science Foundation; Review of Economic Studies.

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

-          Israeli citizen (green card) born in Tel-Aviv, Israel, Dec. 17 1970.

-          Married (Hilla Frenkel-Kariv) with three children (Danya, Omri and Yotam).

 

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