David Holtz
Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
David Holtz is a Research Affiliate at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and is an assistant professor in the Management of Organizations (MORS) and Entrepreneurship and Innovation groups at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. He earned his PhD at the MIT Sloan School of Management, in the Information Technology (IT) group. He also holds an MA in Physics and Astronomy from Johns Hopkins University, and a BA in Physics from Princeton University.
Holtz studies the design of online marketplaces and platforms using large-scale online field experiments and novel digital trace data. His research agenda focuses on online trust and reputation system design, the business and societal impacts of personalized recommendations, and the design and analysis of field experiments in online marketplaces. His work has appeared in a number of journals and conferences, including The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Science Advances, and the ACM Conference on Economics and Computation, and has been covered by popular news outlets, such as MSNBC, The Washington Post, and the Boston Globe. Before returning to academia, Holtz spent time in the Bay Area working as a data scientist and product manager at a number of technology firms, including Airbnb (where he was one of the founding members of the company’s algorithmic pricing team) and TrialPay (acquired by Visa). In carrying out his research agenda, he continues to work closely with many leading firms in the tech sector, including Airbnb, Facebook, Spotify, Microsoft, and Etsy.
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July 19, 2024
- David Holtz | Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
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- Sinan Aral | Director, MIT IDE; Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management
- David Holtz | Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
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- Andrey Fradkin | Assistant Professor, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
- David Holtz | Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
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- David Holtz | Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
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- Andrey Fradkin | Assistant Professor, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
- David Holtz | Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
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- David Holtz | Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
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- David Holtz | Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
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- Andrey Fradkin | Assistant Professor, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
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