Antonio Rangel

Antonio Rangel is a Senior Consultant with Compass Lexecon. He is the Bing Professor of Neuroscience, Behavioral Biology and Economics at the California Institute of Technology. He was in the faculty of the Economics Department at Stanford University from 1998 to 2006, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Professor Rangel has provided expert analyses and testimony in federal and state courts in antitrust, consumer fraud, financial disputes and jury bias cases. He was a behavioral economics expert for the Department of Justice in its recent antitrust case on search against Google.

Professor Rangel is an expert on behavioral economics, neuroeconomics, public economics and political economy. He has published over 80 academic articles in top science, economics and psychology journals, including Science, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron, Nature Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Econometrica and Psychological Science. His laboratory studies the computational and neurobiological basis of consumer decision making, and the role that contextual variables such as interfaces have on how decisions are made.

Professor Rangel has received several awards, including being a past president of the Society for Neuroeconomics, a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, a recipient of the 2019 NOMIS Distinguished Scientist Award, and a National Science Foundation Career Award.