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Feb 18, 2025

Berkeley Economics Assistant Professor Chen Lian receives a 2025 Sloan Fellowship

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A new study by Professor Shachar Kariv shows that “Altruistic” doctors put patients before profits — and achieve better results

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Professor of Economics David Card wins the 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize

David Card, a labor economist and professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, won the prestigious award for work that challenged orthodoxy and dramatically shifted understanding of inequality and the social and economic forces that impact low-wage workers.

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