Carl Shapiro

For the philanthropist, see Carl J. Shapiro. For the poet, see Karl Shapiro.
Carl Shapiro
Shapiro c. 2009–2011
Born (1955-03-20) March 20, 1955 (age 69)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Occupations
  • Economist
  • academic
Years active1995–present
Academic career
FieldMicroeconomics
InstitutionHaas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley
School or
tradition		Neoclassical economics
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, BS, PhD)
University of California, Berkeley (MA)
Doctoral
advisor		Richard L. Schmalensee[1]
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Carl Shapiro (born March 20, 1955) is an American economist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business.[2] He is the co-author, along with Hal Varian of Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy, published by the Harvard Business School Press. He served on former US president Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers from 2011-2012.[3][4]

Shapiro served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (1995–1996). He is a Senior Consultant with Charles River Associates and has consulted extensively for a wide range of private clients as well as for the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission.

Shapiro was again the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics of the Antitrust division of the Justice Department from 2009 to 2011.[5]

Shapiro holds a BS in mathematics and a BS in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MA in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley and a PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Shapiro has written multiple scholarly articles on standard-essential patents (SEPs).[6][7]

  1. ^ Consumer information, product quality, and seller reputation.
  2. ^ "Professor Carl Shapiro, UC Berkeley". faculty.haas.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  3. ^ WSJ Staff (February 23, 2011). "Nomination for Council of Economic Advisers". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Former Members of the Council". The White House. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  5. ^ "Carl Shapiro". faculty.haas.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 18 Oct 2018.[title missing]
  6. ^ Lemley, Mark A.; Shapiro, Carl (2013). "A Simple Approach to Setting Reasonable Royalties for Standard-Essential Patents". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2243026. ISSN 1556-5068.
  7. ^ Shapiro, Carl (2001). "Navigating the Patent Thicket: Cross Licenses, Patent Pools, and Standard-Setting". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.273550. ISSN 1556-5068.