Edward G. and Nancy S. Jordan Professor of Economics
University of California — Berkeley
Office Address
Department of Economics
University of California—Berkeley
549 Evans Hall # 3880
Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
phone: (510) 643-8622
fax: (510) 642-6615
e-mail: rabin at econ.berkeley.edu
Personal Information
Date of Birth: December 27, 1963
Citizenship: United States of America
Marital Status: In search of husband
Education
1981-1984: University of Wisconsin—Madison. B.A., December 1984. Economics and
mathematics.
1985: London School of Economics. Graduate Research Fee student, lent and summer terms.
1985-1989: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. PhD, June 1989, Economics.
Positions Held
1982-1984: R.A., Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin—Madison.
1985: R.A., STICERD, London School of Economics.
1989: Visiting scholar, month of June, at C.E.P.R.E.M.A.P., Paris, France.
1989-1996: Assistant Professor, Economics Department, University of California-Berkeley.
1993-1994: Visiting Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Economics, August 1993 - May 1994.
1996-1999: Associate Professor, Economics Department, University of California-Berkeley.
1997: Visiting Research Professor, Center for Mathematical Studies, Northwestern University,
Spring Quarter, April-June.
1997-1998: Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford,
September 1997-June 1998.
1999-: Professor, Economics Department, University of California—Berkeley.
2000-2001: BP Amoco-LSE Centennial Professor, Economics Department, London School of Economics
(visiting position).
2001-: Director, Program in Psychological Economics, University of California-Berkeley.
2004: Taussig Research Professor, Economics Department, Harvard, February - December 2004.
Honors, Fellowships, and Grants
Most Likely to Express His Opinion, high school senior class, Springbrook High School, 1981.
Dowling Scholarship, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Mathematics Department, 1984.
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1984.
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1985-1988.
Alfred P. Sloan Dissertation Fellowship, 1988-1989.
National Science Foundation Research Grant, November 1992-October 1994.
Russell Sage Foundation, Behavioral Economics Roundtable Mini-Grant, 1995.
Graduate Economics Association, Outstanding Teaching Award, 1994-1995.
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1995-1997.
National Science Foundation Research Grant, September 1997-August 2000.
Russel Sage Foundation Research Grant, September 1998-August 2000.
Graduate Economics Association, Outstanding Teaching Award, 1999-2000.
National Science Foundation Research Grant, September 2000-August 2001.
MacArthur Foundation Fellow, 2001-2005.
Econometric Society Fellow, December 2000.
John Bates Clark Medal from American Economic Association, 2001.
Keynote Address, Economic Science Association Meetings, Barcelona, June 2001.
Marshall Lecture, European Economic Association Meetings, Lausanne, September 2001.
Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2002.
National Science Foundation Research Grant, July 2002-June 2005.
Pazener Lecture, Tel Aviv University, December 2004.
Woodward Lecture, University of British Columbia, February 2005.
Downing Lecture, Melbourne University, March 2005.
Zeuthen Lectures, University of Copenhagen, May 2005.
Invited Lecture, Econometric Society World Congress, London, August 2005.
Joln von Neumann Award, Laszlo Rajk College, Budapest, June 2006(planned).
National Science Foundation Research Grant, July 2005-June 2008.
Professional Activities
Participant in MacArthur Research Cluster on Costs of Inequality, Fall 1994 to Summer 1999.
Participant in MacArthur Research Cluster on Norms and Preferences, Summer 1998 to Summer 2002.
Co-Organizer, Russell Sage Foundation Summer Institute in Behavioral Economics, Berkeley, July 1996; Stanford, July 1998; Berkeley, July 2000; Berkeley, August 2002; Trento, Italy, July 2004; Trento, Italy, June 2006(planned).
Member, Russell Sage Foundation Behavioral Economics Roundtable, 1996 to present.
Member, Program Committee, 8th World Congress of the Econometric Society.
Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2000 to Spring 2002.
Teaching
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, undergraduate (Berkeley),
Core Microeconomics, graduate (Berkeley, MIT, LSE),
Economic Theory Seminar (Berkeley),
Advanced Microeconomic Theory, undergraduate (Berkeley).
Game Theory, undergraduate (MIT),
Graduate Courses and Informal Lecture Series in Psychology and Economics (MIT, Berkeley, Northwestern, LSE, Harvard),
Advanced Game Theory, graduate students (Berkeley and MIT).