Haim Ben-Shahar (Hebrew: חיים בן שחר) (born c. 1935) is an Israeli economist, and former President of Tel Aviv University.

[1] He earned a Ph.D. in Banking and Finance from New York University in the United States.

[2] Ben-Shahar is an economist and taught economics at Tel Aviv University.

[3][4] From 1972 to 1975 Ben-Shahar was Dean of the university's Social Sciences faculty.

[1] Ben-Shahar was President of Tel Aviv University from 1977 to 1983.