Prof. Dan Yaron

IN MEMORY OF
Dan Yaron
1922 - 1999 

Regional and agricultural planning, industrialization of agricultural sector, water economy, resource economics.

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

ACADEMIC DEGREES
1955 - M.Sc. (Agr.), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (with honorary 
           citation). 
1960 Ph.D., Major in Agricultural Economics, Iowa State University 
          (E.O. Heady, supervisor). 
1960 Member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, and of the Honor 
          Society of Gamma Sigma Delta. 
  
 
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

1960            Lecturer in Agricultural Economics, The Hebrew University of 
                    Jerusalem. 
1965           Senior Lecturer in Agricultural Economics, The Hebrew University 
                    of Jerusalem. 
1996            Visiting Associate Professor in Agricultural Economics, North 
                    Carolina State University (on leave from the Hebrew University). 
1966-1967  Research Associate in Economics, Harvard University (on leave from 
                     the Hebrew University). 
1971            Visiting Professor in Agricultural Economics, Iowa State University 
                     (on leave from the Hebrew University). 
1973-1975  Member of the Editorial Council, The Israel Economic Quarterly. 
1974             Associate Professor in Agricultural Economics, The Hebrew 
                      University of Jerusalem. 
1974            Visiting Professor in Agricultural Economics, Colorado State 
                     University, Fort Collins, Colorado (on leave from the Hebrew 
                     University). 
1973-1975  Chairman, Agricultural Economics and Management Studies, 
                     The Hebrew University. 
1976-1977  Visiting Associate Professor in Economics, The University of 
                     Chicago, (on leave from the Hebrew University). 
1979            Chairman, Programme Committee, ORAGWA, International 
                     Conference on Operations Research in Agriculture and Water 
                     Resources, Jerusalem, November, 1979. 
1978-1980  Chairman, Agricultural Economics and Management Studies, The 
                     Hebrew University. 
1981-1991  Professor of Agricultural Economics, The Hebrew University of 
                     Jerusalem. 
1985-1986  Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford. 
1987-1999  Member of Editorial Council, Water Resources Management. 
1988-1990  Head, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, The 
                     Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 
1988-1998  Member of Editorial Council, Oxford Agrarian Studies. 
1990            Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota. 
Sept. 91 -    Professor Emeritus in Agricultural Economics, The Hebrew 
                     University of Jerusalem. 
  
  
 

ADVISORY APPOINTMENTS AND APPLIED EXPERIENCE

1964-1965   Advisor to the Israel Ministry of Agriculture on Agricultural 
                      Planning and Development. 
1967-1969  Advisor to the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture on Agricultural 
                      Planning and Development. 
1968             Analysis of the Diffusion of Agricultural Technology to Arab Farms 
                      in Israel and the Evaluation of the Refugees Resettlement Potential. 
                      Report submitted to the Government of Israel (with E. Sheloh). 
1969-1973   Advisor to Research Department of Mekoroth, Israel Water Company. 
1971-1985   Member, Public Committee on Water Projects Planning in Israel. 
1975-1976   Advisor to Tahal, Israel Water Planning Co. 
1975-1976   Member of Central Advisory Committee on Agricultural Policy 
                       and Agricultural Development, Israel Ministry of Agriculture. 
1979-1982   Chairman, Agricultural Economics Projects Evaluation Panel, 
                       BARD - Binational US-Israel Agricultural Research and 
                       Development Fund. 
1984-1991    Joint Coordinator, Trinational Egypt-Israel-US Research Project 
                       on Exchange of Agricultural Technology (funded by A.I.D.). 
1986              Member of Advisory Committee to Water Commission on Water 
                       Policy in Israel. 
1991-1993    Coordinator, Continuous Workshop on Water Issues in Israel. 
1993-1994    Coordinator, Continuous Workshop on the Future of Israel Agriculture. 
1992-1993    Chairman, and 
1996-1999    Co-Chairman, Water Commissioner Committee of Low Quality Water. 

 

List of Publications

Since 1974

Books 
1.        D. Yaron, ed. Salinity in Irrigation and Water Resources, Marcel Dekker, 
                  N.Y., 1981. 
2.        G.S. Tolley (Univ. of Chicago), D. Yaron and G.C. Blomquist. 
              Environmental Policy - Water Quality. Ballinger, Cambridge, Mass., 
                 1983. 
3.        D. Yaron and C.S. Tapiero, eds. Operations Research in Agriculture and 
             Water Resources. Proceedings, ORAGWA, Int'l Conference on OR 
                 In Agr. And Water Resources. Jerusalem, November, 1979. North- 
                 Holland, 1980. 
 

Articles in Referred Journals and Books 
1.        D. Yaron, Economic Analysis of Optimal Use of Saline Water in Irrigation 
                  and the Evaluation of Water Quality. In J.E. Flack and C.W. Howe 
                  eds. Salinity in Water Resources. Merriman Publ. Boulder, Colo. 
                  pp. 60-88, 1974. 
2.        J. Shalhevet, D. Yaron and U. Horowitz, Salinity and Citrus Yield - An 
                 Analysis of Results from a Salinity Survey. The Journal of 
              Horticultural Science. 49: 15-27, 1974. 
3.        D. Shimshi, D. Yaron, E. Bresler, M. Weisbrod and G. Strateener. Simulation 
                 Model for Evapotranspiration of Wheat; Empirical Approach, Journal 
              of Irrigation and Drainage Division, ASCE IR 1, Vol. 101: 
                 1-12, 1975. 
4.        G. Strateener, D. Yaron, E. Bresler and D. Shimshi. Simulation Model for 
                 Evapotranspiration of Wheat: Effect of Evaporative Conditions, 
              Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Division, ASCE, IR 1, Vol. 
                 101: 13-19, 1975. 
5.         D. Yaron and G. Strateener, Economic Analysis of Irrigation of Wheat. 
                  Proceedings, Colloque International CENECA, Paris, 1976. 
6.         H. Bielorai and D. Yaron, Methodology and Empirical Estimates of the 
                  Response Function of Sorghum to Irrigation and Soil Moisture. 
              Water Resources Bull. 
7.         D. Yaron, A Model for the Analysis of Seasonal Aspects of Water Quality 
                 Control. J. of Environmental Economics and Management 6: 
                 140-151. 1979. 
8.         D. Yaron, Economics of Irrigation and the Institutional and Pricing Systems 
                  of Water in Israel. Agricultural Water Management 2: 203-216. 
                  1979. 
9.         D. Yaron, The Salinity Problem in Irrigation - An Introductory Review. In 
                  D. Yaron ed. Salinity in Irrigation and Water Resources. Marcel 
                  Dekker. N.Y., pp. 1-20, 1981. 
10.       D. Yaron, E. Bresler, H. Bielorai and B. Harpinist. A Model for Optimal 
                  Irrigation Scheduling with Saline Water. Water Resources Research. 
                  16: 257-262, 1980. 
11.        D. Yaron and C.S. Tapiero, Operations Research in Agricultural and Water 
                   Resources - An Introductory Overview. In D. Yaron, D.S. Tapiero, 
                   Eds. Operations Research in Agriculture and Water Resources. 
                   Proceedings, ORAGWA. Int'l Conference on OR in Agr. And Water 
                   Resources. Jerusalem. November, 1979. North Holland. 1980. 
12.        E. Feinerman, D. Yaron and H. Bielorai, Specification and Estimation of 
                   Piecewise Linear Crop Response Functions to Soil Salinity with a 
                   Threshold Salinity Level. Water Resources Research. 18: 101- 
                   106. 1982. 
13.         D. Yaron and A. Dinar, Optimal Allocation of Water on a Farm During Peak 
                   Seasons. Amer. J. Agr. Econ. 64: 681-689, 1982. 
14.         D. Yaron and D. Golan. An Analysis of the Profiles and Productivity of 
                    Industrial Plants on Collective Rural Settlements in Israel. In 
                Studies in the Economics of Israel Proc. Conf. Israel Econ. Assoc. 
                    Jan. 1981 (In Hebrew). 
15.               D. Yaron and E. Bresler. Economics of On-Farm Irrigation. Invited chapter, 
                     in Hillel, D. I. Ed. Advances in Irrigation. Academic Press. 1983. 
16.         D. Yaron and H. Voet. Optimal Irrigation with Dual Quaklity (Salinity) 
                   Water Supply and the Value of Information. Invited chapter, in 
                    Schiefer G. and Hant C. H. eds. Agribusiness Planning and Decision 
               Models. Elsevier, 1982. 
17.         E. Feinerman and D. Yaron. The Value of Information on the Response 
                   Functions of Crops to Soil Salinity.JEEM. 10: 72-85. 
18.         E. Feinerman and D. Yaron. Economics of Irrigation Water Mixing Within 
                   a Farm Framework. WRR. 1983. 
19.         D. Yaron, A. Cooper, D. Golan and A. Reisman, Rural Industrialization: 
                  Analysis of Characteristics and an Approach to the Selection of 
                   Industrial Plants for Kibbutz Settlements in Israel. Applications of 
              Management Science Vol. 3, pp. 261-291. 1983. 
20.         D. Yaron and A. Ratner. Living with Salinity: An Evaluation of Two Policy 
                  Measures Within a Regional Framework. In French R.H. ed. 
               Salinity in Watercourses and Reservoirs. Proc. of the State of the 
                  Arat Int'l Symposium, July, 1983. Ann Arbor Science Book Publ. 
                  pp. 441-454. 1984. 
21.        E. Bresler, D. Yaron and A. Segev. Evaluation of Irrigation Water Quality 
                  for A Spatially Variable Field. Water Resources Research. 19: 
                 1613-1621. 1983. 
22.        D. Yaron. Economic Aspects of Irrigaiton with Saline Water. State of the 
              Art Publication No. 3 ICID. New Delhi. 1984. 
23.        A. Dinar and D. Yaron. Treatment Optimization of Municipal Wastewater, 
                 and Reuse for Regional Irrigation. Water Resources Research. 22: 
                 331-338. 1986. 
24.        A. Dinar, D. Yaron and Y. Kannai. Sharing Regional Cooperative Gains from 
                 Reusing Effluent for Irrigation. Water Resources Research. 22: 
                 339-344. 1986. 
25.        D. Yaron, A. Dinar and S. Meyers. Irrigation Scheduling - Theoretical 
                  Approach and Application Problems. Water Resources Management 
                  1: 17-31. 1987. 
26.        D. Yaron, A. Ratner and J. Wijler. Integrating Industrial Plants into the 
                  Moshav Economy - Benefits and Conflicts. Economic Analysis and 
              Workers Management. 21: 353-372. 1987. 
27.        D. Yaron and A. Ratner. Regional Cooperation in the Use of Irrigation 
                   Water, Efficiency and Game Theory Analysis of Income Distribution, 
               Agricultural Economics. 4: 45-58. 1990. 
28.        D. Yaron and A. Regev. Is Modernization of Traditional Irrigation Systems 
                   in Arid Zones Economically Justified? Proceedings Int'l Conference 
               on Irrigation - Theory and Practice. Southampton University. 1989. 
29.         A. Regev, A. Jaber, R. Spector and D. Yaron. Economic Evaluation of the 
                  Transition from a Traditional to a Modernized Irrigation Project. 
               Agric. Water Management. 18: 347-363. 1990. 
30.        A. Dinar and D. Yaron. Influence of Quality and Scarcity of Inputs on the 
                  Adoption of Modern Irrigation Technologies. Western J. of 
              Agricultural Economics. 15: 224-233. 1990. 
31.        E. Feinerman and D. Yaron. Adoption of Drip Irrigation by Cotton Growers 
                  in Israel. Oxford Agrarian Studies. 18: 43-52. 1990. 
32.       A. Dinar, A. Ratner and D. Yaron. Evaluating Cooperative Game Theory 
                  in Water Resources. Theory and Decisions. 1990. 
33.       D. Yaron, A. Dinar and H. Voet. Adoption of Innovation by Family Farms in 
                   the Nazareth Region in Israel. American Journal of Agricultural 
               Economics. 74: 361-370. 1992. 
34.       D. Yaron, A. Regev and R. Spector. Economic Evaluation of Soil 
                  Solarization and Disinfestation. In Solarization, J. Katan and J. 
                  DeVay, eds. CRC Press, Inc. 1991. 
35.       D. Yaron, A. Dinar and H. Voet. Innovation by Family Farms in the Nazareth 
                  Region in Israel. In Studies of Israel Economy. Y. Ben Porat, ed. 
                  Proceedings of 1990 Conference of Israel Economic Assoc. 1991. 
36.       Dinar, A., A. Baruchin and D. Yaron. Alternative Cropping Systems and 
                  Intensive Irrigation Under Arid Zone Conditions. Agricultural 
                  Systems. 1991. 
37.       D. Yaron, Allocation of Water and Water Prices in Israel. Economic 
              Quarterly. 150, 465-478 (Hebrew). 1991. 
38.       El Rayes, M., Farouk, S., Yaron, D. and Voet, J. Development and 
                  Innovativeness of Gaza Agriculture, Center for Agric. Econ. Res. 
                  Faculty of Agriculture, Rehovot. 43 pp. (mimeo, Hebrew), 1994. 
                  English version forthcoming. 
39.       D. Yaron, An Approach to the Problem of Water Allocation to Israel and 
                  Palestinian Entity. Resource and Energy Economics, 16: 
                  271-286. 1994. 
40.       D. Yaron. The Israel Water Economy: An Overview. In Parker, D. D., and 
                  Tsur, Y. eds. Decentralization and Coordination of Water Resource 
                  Management. Kluwer Academic Press. pp. 9-22. 1997. 
41.       D. Yaron, Bachmat, R., Wallach, S. Meyers, N. Haruvi - Use of Desalinataed 
                  Groundwater and Treated Wastewater. Water and Irrigation, No. 
                  393, Tel-Aviv, July, 1999. (Hebrew). 
42.       D. Yaron. Subsidizing Water for Agriculture. Economic Quarterly (Hebrew). 
                  In Press. 
 43.       A. Kusumi,  T. Morioka, R. Wallalch, and D. Yaron. Cost Effectiveness to 
                  Abote Waterlogging and Salinization in Yizrael Volley of Israel. 
                  Submitted to Environmental Science (Japan). 
 

Monographs and Research Reports 
1.         D. Yaron, J. Shalhevet and E. Bresler , Economic Evaluation of Water 
                  Salinity in Irrigation. Research Report submitted to Resources for 
              the  Future. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture. 
                 (Mimeo). pp. 203, 1974. 
2.         A. Meloh, D. Yaron and E. Bresler. Economic Analysis of Efficient Use of 
                 Saline Water in Irrigation in Beissan Valley. Res. Rep. The Hebrew 
.                University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture. (Mimeo,Hebrew) 
3.         D. Yaron, A. Dinar and B. Harpinist. Optimal Irrigation Scheduling on a Daily 
                 Basis. Res. Report. Center for Agr. Econ. Res., Faculty of Agriculture 
                 (Mimeo, Hebrew). 1977, pp.63 +IX. 
4.         R.L. Anderson, D. Yaron and R.A. Young, Models Designed to Efficiently 
                  Allocate Irrigation Water Use., Tech. Rep. No. 8, Env. Resources 
              Center, Colorado State Univ.. (Mimeo, ) 1977, pp. 80. 
5.         A. Cooper, D. Yaron and A. Reiseman, Methodology for Selection of 
                 Industrial Plants for Kibbutz Settlements. Res. Report. Dept. of Agr. 
                 Econ.  The Hebrew Univerwsity, Faculty of Agriculture. (Mimeo, Hebrew), 
                 1977, pp. 122. 
6.         D. Yaron. Cost Effectiveness in Point Source Water Quality Control. 
              Res. Report. The University of Chicago and the Hebrew University 
                 (Mimeo), 1978, pp.112 + V. 
7.         D. Yaron, A. Dinar and S. Shamlah. First Empirical Estimates of Potential 
                  Losses of Agricultural Income in the South of Israel Due to Deterioration 
                  of  Water Quality. Res. Report. Center for Agr.Econ. Res. Faculty of 
                  Agriculture. The Hebrew University. (Mimeo, Hebrew), 1979, pp. 42 + VII. 
8.         D. Yaron, Cooper A., Golan D. and Reiseman A. Analysis of Industrial Plants 
                  and their Adaptability to Rural Collective Settlement. Res. Report. The 
                  Hebrew University, Dept. of Agr. Econ. (Mimeo, Hebrew), 170 p. 
9.         D. Yaron, A. Dinar, H. Voet and A. Ratner. Economic Evaluation of the Rate 
                  of Substitution between Quantity and Quality (Salinity) of Water in 
                  Irrigation. Res. Report submitted to the Ford Foundation. The 
                  Center for Agr. Econ. Research. Rehovot, 1981, 60 p. 
10.       D. Yaron, and A. Ratner. The Effect of Increased Water Salinity of 
              Moshavim in the South and Negev Regions of Israel. The Center 
                  for Agricultural Economic Research. Rehovot, Israel. Working Paper No. 
             8212. 
11.       A. Ratner and D. Yaron. Analysis of Family Farm Types in the Northern 
              Arava. Res. Report. The Center for Agricultural Economic Research 
                 Rehovot, Israel. 1984. (Hebrew). 
12.       D. Yaron and A. Ratner. Attitudes of Moshav Farmers in Northern Arava 
              Towards Agricultural and Non Agricultural Employment. Res. 
                  Report. The Center for Agricultural Economic Research, Rehovot, Israel. 
                  1984. (Hebrew). 
13.        D. Yaron, A. Segev, E. Ben Rafael and A. Yaron. Towards 
                   Industrialization   of the Moshav. Res. Report. The Hebrew 
                  University of Jerusalem, 1985. (Hebrew). 
14.        D. Yaron and A. Ratner. Efficiency and Game Theory Analysis of Income 
                   Distribution in the Unse of Irrigation Water. Reprint Series No. 14 Inst. 
               of Agricultural Economics. University of Oxford. 1985. 
15.        D. Yaron, A. Dinar and A. Ratner. The Applicability and Usefulness of 
                   Cooperative Game Theory in Analysis of Equity Issues in Regional Water 
                   Resource. Problems. Reprint Series No. 16. Inst. of Agricutlural 
               Economics. University of Oxford. 1986. 
16.        D. Yaron, A. Ratner and J. Wijler. Economic Evaluation of Industrialization as 
                   an Alternative for the Development of Moshav Settlements in the Central 
                   and Norhtern Arava. Res. Report. The Center of Agric. Economic 
               Research. The Hebrew University, Rehovot. 1986. (In Hebrew). 
17.        A. Wolk and D. Yaron. Factors Affecting the Growth of Debts in the Moshav. 
               The Center for Agric. Econoimic Research. The Hebrew 
               University. Rehovot. 1988 (In Hebrew). 
18.        D. Yaron, H. Efrat, R. Spector and E. Bresler. Economic Aspects of the 
                   Salinity and Drainage Problems in the Jezreel Valley in Israel. Res. 
                   Report. The Center for Agricultural Economic Research. The Hebrew 
                   University, Rehovot 1990. (In Hebrew). 
19.        D. Yaron, R. Spector and S. Meyers with cooperation of A. Volk and Y. 
                  Goldin. The Use of Water and the Future of Israeli Agriculture. 
                  The Center for Agricultural Economic Research, Rehovot. 240 pages. 
                  (Mimeo). 1996. (In Hebrew). 
20.        D. Yaron and R. Spector. On the Future of Israeli Agriculture. The Center 
                   for Agricultural Economic Research, Rehovot, 1997. In Hebrew. 
21.        D. Yaron and Sellwyn Meyers. The Subsidy for Water - What it Really Is? 
                   The Center for Agricultural Economic Research, Rehovot, 1998. 
                    In Hebrew. 
22.        Water Commissioner Office. Committee on Effluent Use in Irrigation. 
                    D. Yaron and I. Ravina Co-Chairmen with 
                    R. Efrat (secretary), Y. De-Mallach, A. Hadas, D. Hamberg, 
                    N. Haruvi, D. Mishaeli and G. Oron. Final Report. 197 pages. 1999. 
                    In Hebrew. 
 

Papers Presented At Conferences 
1.        D. Yaron, Seasonal Aspects of Water Quality Control. NBER Workshop on 
                Economics and Control. Yale University, May, 1977. 
2.        D. Yaron, A. Cooper, E. Fogel and A. Reisman. Methodology for Selection 
                    of Industrial Plants for Rural Communities. ORSA/TIMS Meeting. 
                    Los  Angeles. Nov. 1977. 
3.        D. Yaron, Misc. Invited Discussion and Working Papers. Panel on Water 
                   Resources. Int'l Conference of Agricultural Development and Food 
               Policy. Bonn, October, 1979. 
4.         D. Yaron and A. Dinar. Water Allocation During Peak Seasons. ORAGWA, 
              Int'l Conference on OR in Agr. and Water Resources. Jerusalem, 
                  November, 1979. 
5.         D. Yaron, Economic Evaluation of Efficient Irrigation with Reference to 
                  Response Functions of Crops to Irrigation and Soil Moisture. 
              Binational Mexico-Israel Symposium on Agriculture in Arid 
              Lands. Zacatecas, Mexico, July, 1980. 
6.         D. Yaron and D. Golan. Rural Industrialization - An Analysis of Profiles of 
                  Industrial Plants on Rural Collective Settlements in Israel. 9th IFORS 
              Triennial International Conference on Operations Research. 
                 Hamburg, July, 1981. 
7.         D. Yaron and A. Ratner. Empirical Evaluation of Certain Policy Measures 
                 Aimed to Reduce Salinity Losses in Agriculture. Int'l Symposium on 
                 State of the Art control of Salinity. Salt Lake City. 1983. 
8.         D. Yaron. Economic Approach to Irrigation Scheduling. Invited Paper. 
              IAHS Int'l Meeting. Hamburg. 1983. 
9.         D. Yaron and A. Ratner. Efficiency and Game Theory Approaches to Income 
                 Distribution. IFAC Int'l Conference. Lisbon, October, 1985. 
 

B. EARLIER PUBLICATIONS (Before 1974) 
1.         D. Yaron, Economic Problems of Immigrant Villages. The Economic 
                 Quarterly. Israel, No. 16, 1957. (Hebrew). 
2.         H. Halperin and D. Yaron. Moshavei-Olim. A Survey of Immigrant 
                 Villages. Dept. of Agr. Econ., Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew 
                     University, Rehovot, 1957. (Monography in Hebrew with English 
                     summary). 
3.         D. Yaron. Dairy and Field Crop Farming in the Negev Area of Israel. 
                    Dept. of Agr. Econ., The Hebrew University. Faculty of Agriculture, 
                    Rehovot, 1957. (Monography, Hebrew). 
4.         D. Yaron and E.O. Heady. Approximate and Exact Solution to Non-Linear 
                   Programming Problem with Separable Objective Function. 
               Journal of Farm Economics, 43: 57-70, 1961. 
5.         D. Yaron. Productivity of Resources of the Negev Family Farms. The 
               Economic Quarterly, Israel, No. 29-30, 1961. 
6.6a.    D. Yaron. Projection of Field Crops for 1965 and 1975, in Y. Mundlak 
                   Long Run Demand and Supply Projections of Israeli Agriculture. The 
                   Falk Project for Economic Research in Israel and the Department of 
                   Agricultural Economics, The Hebrew University, 1962. Reprinted 
                   in Hebrew, 1964. 
7.         D. Yaron, H. Bielorai, U. Waachs, J. Putter. Economic Analysis of Input 
                 Output Relations in Irrigation. In Transactions of the Fifth 
              Congress in Irrigation and Drainage, IDIC, Vol. III, R. 2, 
                  pp. 16. 13-16.14, 1963. 
8.         D. Yaron, H. Bielorai, U. Wachs, J. Putter. Economic Analysis of Input 
                  Output Relations in Irrigation. Kvatim, Quarterly of the University 
               and National Institute of Agriculture. Vol. XIII, No. 2, 1963 (Hebrew). 
9.         D. Yaron. Development et Repartition Optimum des Resources en Fau: 
                  un Model Economique. Cahiers de L'Institute de Science 
              Economique Appliques. Progres et Agriculture. 2: 119-135, 1963. 
10.       D. Yaron. Rational Use of Water Resources and their Development - an 
                  Economic Evaluation. The Economic Quarterly, Israel, 
                  No. 39, 1963. 
11.       D. Yaron. Application of Mathematical Programming to National 
                  Planning in Agriculture. The Farm Economist. Vol. X, No. 6, 1963. 
12.       D. Yaron, U. Regev, M. Weiss. Trends of Regional Specialization in 
              Field Crops and Vegetables. The Ministry of Agriculture and 
                  the Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture. 
                  Monography. 1964 (Hebrew). 
13.       U. Regev, A. Levinger and D. Yaron. Application of Linear Programming 
              to Planning of a Kibbutz Farm. University and National Institute 
                  of Agriculture Bull. No. 71, 1964 (Hebrew). 
14.       D. Yaron, Y. Plessner, E.O. Heady. Interpretation of Interregional 
                 Competitive Solutions with Aid of Mathematical Programming. 
              Paper presented at the First World Congress of the Econometric 
              Society. Rome. 1965. 
15.       D. Yaron. The Demand for Water for Israeli Agriculture. The Economic 
               Quarterly, Israel, No. 45-46. 1965. 
16.       D. Yaron, Y. Plessner, E.O. Heady. Competitive Equilibrium - Application 
                  of Mathematical Programming. Canadian Journal of Agricultural 
               Economics. 13: 65-79. 1965. 
17.       J. Putter, D. Yaron, H. Bielorai. Quadratic Equations as an Interpretive 
                  Tool in Biological Research. Agronomy Journal. 58: 103-104, 1966. 
18.       D. Yaron. Economic Criteria for Water Resource Development and 
                  Allocation. Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University, 
                  Monography,  Parts I, II and Supplement. 1966. 
19.       D. Yaron. Empirical Analysis of the Demand for Water of Israel Agriculture. 
               Journal of Farm Economics. 49: 461-473, 1967. 
20.       D. Yaron and E. Bresler. Towards Economic Evaluation of Water Quality 
                  in Irrigation. In Proceedings of Water for Peace Conference. 
                  Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govt. Printing Office. 
                  Washington, D.C. 1967. 
21.       D. Yaron. Incorporation of Income Effects into Mathematical Programming 
                  Models. Metroeconomica. 19: 141-164, 1967. 
22.       D. Yaron. Towards Incorporation of Income Effects into Mathematical 
                  Programming Models. Israel Journal of Technology. 6: 
                  387-391, 1968. 
23.       D. Yaron and H. Horowitz. A Sequential Programming Model of Growth 
                  and Capital Accumulation of a Firm under Uncertainty. Paper 
              presented at the 1969 European Econometric Society Meeting. 
                  Brussels. 1969. 
24.       D. Frumkin and D. Yaron. Economic Analysis of Growth and 
              Fattening of Calves from Dairy Stock. The National and 
                 University Inst. of Agr. Bull. No. 133 (Hebrew, Mimeo). 1970. 
25.       D. Yaron and G. Fishelson. A Survey of Water Mobility on Moshav Villages. 
              The Center for Agricultural Economic Research, The Hebrew 
                  University. Research Paper No. 7001 (Hebrew), 1970. 
26.       D. Yaron and E. Bresler. A Model for Economic Evaluation of Water 
                  Quality in Irrigation. Australian Journal of Agr. Economics. 
                  14: 53-62, 1970. 
27.        D. Yaron. Use of Data in Irrigation Research and Practice for the Analysis 
                   of the Economic Benefit of Irrigation. In Symposium on Irrigation, 
               Proceedings of 18th International Congress of Horticultural 
               Society. 1971. 
28.        D. Yaron. Water Policy in Israel Towards the Seventies. The Economic 
               Quarterly, Israel. No. 69-70: 145:156, 1971. 
29.        D. Yaron. Estimation and Use of Water Production Functions in Crops. 
               Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Div. ASCE. 97 (IR2): 
                   291-303, 1971. 
30.        E. Fogel, D. Yaron, Y. Itzhaky. Generation of Synthetic Monthly 
               Rain-Fall Data for the National Carrier Area. Mekoroth Co. 
                   Research Dept. 231/107 (Hebrew, Mimeo), 1971. 
31.        D. Yaron, H. Bielorai, J. Shalhevet and Y. Gavish. Estimation Procedures 
                   for Response Functions of Crops to Soil Water Content and Salinity. 
               Water Resources Research. 8: 791-800, 1972. 
32.        D. Yaron and U. Horowitz. A Sequential Programming Model of Growth and 
                  Capital Accumulation of a Farm under Uncertainty. Amer. Jour. of 
               Agr. Economics 54: 441-451, 1972. 
33.        D. Yaron and E. Fogel. A Decision Tree Model for the Analysis of 
               Optimal Crop Sequence under Unstable Rainfall. Dept. of 
                   Agricultural Economics. The Hebrew University (Hebrew, Mimeo), 1971. 
34.        E. Bresler and D. Yaron. Soil Water Regime in Economic Evaluation of 
                   Salinity in Irrigaiton. Water Resources Research. 8: 791-800, 1972. 
35.        D. Yaron. Incorporation of Income Effects into Mathematical Programming 
                  Models. Zentralblatt fur Mathematik und ihre Grenzgebeite, Vol. 
                  211, p. 230, 1971. 
36.         D. Yaron and U. Horowitz. Short and Long Run Farm Planning under 
                  Uncertainty - Integration of Linear Programming and Decision 
                  Tree Analysis. Canadian J. of Agr. Economics. 20: 17-30, 1972. 
37.         Y. Itzhaky, N. Arad, Y. Katz, S. Carmel and D. Yaron. Engineering and 
               Economic Analysis of Operation and Development of the 
               National Water System in Israel. Mekoroth Co. Research Dept. 
                   231/213, Res. Report Project 1604 (Hebrew, Mimeo), 1972. 
38.        D. Yaron, E. Fogel, N. Tyroler and A. Yaniv. Economic Analysis of the 
                Integration of an Industrial Plant into a Kibbutz Farm. 
                    Research Report. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty 
                    of Agriculture (Mimeo, Hebrew), 1972. 
39.        D. Yaron and A. Olian. Application of Dynamic Programming in Markov 
                   Chains to the Evaluation of Water Quality in Irrigation. Amer. J. 
                of Agr. Economics. Vol. 55, No. 3, 1973. 
40.        D. Yaron, G. Strateener, D. Shimshi and M. Weisbrod. Wheat Response to 
                   Soil Moisture and the Optimal Irrigation Policy under Conditions 
                   of Unstable Rainfall. Water Resources Research, 9: 1145-1154, 
                   1973. 
41.        E. Fogel and D. Yaron. Production Scheduling on an Industrial Plant. 
                   Research Report. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Faculty 
                   of Agriculture. 52 pp. (Mimeo, Hebrew), 1973. 
42.        D. Yaron and G. Strateener. Economic Analysis of Wheat Irrigation in 
               the Northern Negev. Research Report. The Center for Agricultural 
                   Economic Research. Rehovot, Israel. 54 pp. (Mimeo, Hebrew), 
                 1973.