Uri Gneezy
Professor of Economics and Strategy at Rady School of Management
Biography
Rady School of Management
As a researcher, my focus is on putting behavioral economics to work in the real world, where theory can meet application. I’m looking for basic research as well as more applied approaches to such topics as incentives-based interventions to increase good habits and decrease bad ones, Pay-What-You-Want pricing, and the detrimental effects of small and large incentives. In addition to the traditional laboratory and field studies, I’m currently working with several firms, conducting experiments in which we’re using basic findings from behavioral economics to help companies achieve their traditional goals in non-traditional ways.
Before joining the Rady School, Gneezy was a faculty member at the University of Chicago, Technion and Haifa. Gneezy received his Ph.D. from the Center for Economic Research in Tilburg.
Research Areas
- Behavioral Economic
- Field Experiments
- Strategy
Education
- 1994-1997 Ph.D. in Economics, CentER for Economic Research, Tilburg University
- 1993-1994 M.A. in Economics, CentER for Economic Research, Tilburg University.
- 1990-1992 B.A. in Economics, Tel-Aviv University (with honor).
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- 2006-present Professor of Economic and Strategy and the Epstein/Atkinson Chair in
- Behavioral Economics, Rady School of Management, UC San Diego
- 2011-2021 Visiting Professor of Economics, CREED, University of Amsterdam
- 2017-2021 Visiting Scholar, NHH Bergen
- 2001-2006 Assistant/Associate Professor, University of Chicago GSB
- 1999-2003 Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor with tenure, Technion
- 1997-1999: Lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Haifa
Books
Gneezy, U. & List, J. The Why Axis: Hidden Motives and the Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life. PublicAffairs, October 8, 2013. National and International best seller. Translated into Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish and Thai.
Gneezy, U. Mixed Signals: How Incentives Really Work. Yale University Press (forthcoming, fall 2022).
Videos
2021 Fathauer Lecture in Political Economy: Uri Gneezy, UC San Diego
Uri Gneezy // Flagging Suspicious Behavior Using Machine Learning Can Improve Human Predictions
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